Simone Biles came to the Tokyo Olympics with nothing to prove as a gymnast. She was already widely acclaimed as the greatest the sport had ever seen.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland last week ensured the Justice Department would stop spying on journalists, something Congress should enshrine in law.

Thumbs up to the Mankato MoonDogs and the Northwoods League for their efforts in putting on the Northwoods League All-Star game in Mankato at ISG Field.

Spread the word.

It’s troubling the gathering of evidence on the biggest threat to the U.S. Capitol in recent history has been turned into a partisan cacophony.

We applaud Mankato Area Public Schools Board for its recent 5-1 decision to adopt an equity checklist for funding and policy decisions that also supports its new mission and vision statements advocating inclusivity.

A push to restrict housing density in the North End neighborhood near Tourtellotte Park as developers look to build affordable housing stands as an unwarranted and unwise idea.

On the surface, an audit of state COVID procedures sounds like a good idea, but it would be a massive undertaking and one that should not be driven by political considerations.

International corporate tax rules were established a century ago with the good intentions of protecting multinational companies from being gouged by unscrupulous countries and being hit with double taxation.

Minnesota has attained a horrible but necessary achievement: The state is taking the lead in putting a stop to the murder and disappearance of Indigenous women.

Under an executive order issued Friday by President Joe Biden, the monopolistic shipping industry couldn’t charge businesses exorbitant rates to export their products.

Thumbs up to the community mural project in Old Town Mankato that marks the 100th anniversary of the local Kiwanis Club.

Assessing the accomplishments of the Minnesota Legislature offers a glimmer of hope for continued bipartisanship, but it’s a fragile relationship that could easily turn south.

Perhaps it was too fragile a project under any circumstances. Perhaps it failed because of the pandemic.

Conservative governors have rightly sent out a warning signal to their highly unvaccinated followers to get the vaccine before hospitals fill, businesses have to shut down and people die.

One of the many disturbing political trends in recent years has been more aggressive harassment of public figures.

May North Carolina’s lawsuit settlement be a promise of good things on the horizon when it comes to extinguishing the campaign to attract youth to vaping.

As the pandemic wanes and political fires die down, on this Independence Day it’s worth reflecting on the founding principles and events that have held us together as Americans for nearly 250 years.

Thumbs up to the city of Mankato and its public safety department for a new online dashboard providing information on crime and public safety operations as well information on department policies and accountability.

Let’s hope the compromise deal between Democrats, Republicans and Gov. Tim Walz to settle the state budget and other critical matters becomes a model going forward.

It isn’t going to be pretty.

The city of Mankato has taken another step in a positive direction in public safety reform by proposing to purchase body cameras for its officers.

The agreement between Republican and Democrat senators to an infrastructure plan will provide badly needed improvements to transportation and other infrastructure and shows that there is still room for compromise in Congress.