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Joint Statement from NAMI National and NAMI Minnesota on tragic shooting at Annunciation Church and School
Minneapolis, MN – NAMI National and NAMI Minnesota, the national and state offices of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, are deeply saddened by the devastating shooting and loss of life at Annunciation Church and School in Minneapolis. With each school shooting, there is a lasting and far-reaching impact on the mental health of the people in the community – and across the country. NAMI stands ready to support everyone impacted by this trauma.
A note from Deb
I hope you enjoyed all the summer ball team pictures in last week’s Play Ball section. Obviously that took the cooperation of many coaches to send in the pictures and captions. We love to do this each summer.
Where’s My Guitar, Darling?
I am an Episcopalian, an American citizen with a college degree, a published author, I have a great many more important concerns than trying to navigate the Delta Air Lines website to purchase a flight to MSP but I have now wasted an hour and a half and worked myself into a crimson rage trying to delete two expired credit cards from the site and put in a new one, and luckily for me I’m a liberal Democrat so I don’t own a gun, otherwise this laptop would be full of holes and cops in camo would be pounding on my door.
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Special Session ends with new budget, smarter spending
ST. PAUL – Following a one-day special session where state lawmakers finalized Minnesota’s upcoming budget, State Representative Paul Torkelson (R-Hanska) said some balance was finally restored at the State Capitol with Republicans having equal control in the Minnesota House.
To the Editor,
I’d like to apologize to residents for not being able to attend our recent town meetings with Senator Dahms. As chair of the Minnesota House Ways and Means Committee, I have been in daily meetings with legislative leaders as we try to find compromise on numerous budget proposals in order to finish our legislative work for 2025. Because of this, I was unable to leave St. Paul in order to make the town meetings.
LETTER: Despite Industry Challenges, Sleepy Eye Medical stands on solid ground
Despite Industry Challenges, Sleepy Eye Medical Center Stands on Solid Ground
Riding Downtown to the Cowboys
The family took the subway downtown to a dance performance as a favor to the one dance fan in our midst and she thanked us for it afterward. “Thank you for indulging me, I really loved this,” she said. People ought to do that more often. Me, for one. My wife and daughter leave the apartment for hours, leaving me to work in silence. It seems awkward to say, “Thank you for going away,” so I don’t.