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    April 13, 2018
    Editorial: Your local news is under tax attack
    U.S. tariffs again made big headlines last week. What readers may not know is that tariffs could kill the writers of those headlines. We're...
    opinion/editorialsApril 13, 2018 - 6:00am
    April 1, 2018
    Editorial: Voters should cash out Treasurer's Office
    The balance sheet is clear. Wisconsin no longer needs a treasurer. Voters will head to the polls Tuesday—in droves, we hope—to decide...
    opinion/editorialsApril 1, 2018 - 1:13pm
    March 15, 2018
    Editorial: Light the way for democracy
    This is Sunshine Week, the seven days each year since 2005 when people who believe in transparent, accountable government draw special attention...
    opinion/editorialsMarch 15, 2018 - 7:49am
    March 8, 2018
    Editorial: Shame on us
    Yes, you read the headline correctly — shame on us. We (the newspaper industry) have done a terrible job throughout the decades of informing readers, audience members, business leaders, community leaders, elected officials and citizens about how our business operates. Now,...
    opinion/editorialsMarch 8, 2018 - 3:00pm
    February 21, 2018
    Editorial: Public notices are printed publicly for good reasons
    Government of, by and for the people requires keeping "the people" informed. This includes timely, vetted notification of the actions that their elected representatives intend to take, the actions they do take, the laws they change and the money they spend in the process. Every year...
    opinion/editorialsFebruary 21, 2018 - 10:43am
    February 19, 2018
    Editorial: A free press, not a free-for-all
    The First Amendment protects people's right to say hateful things — including hurtful and false words about minorities, religious groups,...
    opinion/editorialsFebruary 19, 2018 - 7:49am
    February 7, 2018
    Editorial: Children at risk of going hungry
    Last year, nearly 235 sponsors provided 2.87 million free meals to Wisconsin children from low‑income families during the summer. These sponsors...
    opinion/editorialsFebruary 7, 2018 - 7:49am
    February 5, 2018
    Editorial: A rescue, a wakeup call, a pawfect program
    Positive flow: The University of Wisconsin-River Falls' service dog training project is the first of its kind in the University of Wisconsin...
    opinion/editorialsFebruary 5, 2018 - 1:23pm
    January 25, 2018
    Making corrections and additions to our calendar
    This arts calendar update includes a correction of the Jan. 18 ArtsMinded column and the addition of events near at hand. Correct dates for the Frances Cohler Coffee Concert Series follow. All are free, Fridays at noon, Abbott Concert Hall, Kleinpell Fine Arts, UW-RF. • Jan. 26,...
    opinion/editorialsJanuary 25, 2018 - 12:00pm
    January 19, 2018
    Editorial: By all indications, we're good and could be better
    Families living in the upper Midwest should be feeling pretty good — subzero weather and all. The cold, hard truth — when you look...
    opinion/editorialsJanuary 19, 2018 - 2:12pm
    January 12, 2018
    Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, speaks at a convention in San Francisco, April 30. Copyright 2018 New York Times
    If you’re using Facebook to find your news, you’re going to be seeing less of us
    If you get your news using Facebook, you deserve to know that the social media platform is changing the way it delivers that information to you....
    opinion/editorialsJanuary 12, 2018 - 4:15pm
    December 10, 2017
    Column: How do we respond to letters to the editor?
    "Please stop publishing letters about (X). We don't want to read negative opinions in our local newspaper." "When you print people's horrible...
    opinion/editorialsDecember 10, 2017 - 8:00am
    December 3, 2017
    Think 12 reasons to shop locally this Christmas
    Just as "The Twelve Days of Christmas" are familiar, many of us know why residents should shop locally instead of going online or traveling to...
    opinion/editorialsDecember 3, 2017 - 2:45pm
    November 12, 2017
    Letters to the editor: Hydros are profitable; Dam facts I need to know
    Our River Falls dams and hydros are a profitable, local source of renewable energy! The River Falls "2016 Committed Net Position Hydro Analysis"...
    opinion/editorialsNovember 12, 2017 - 8:45am
    November 9, 2017
    Editorial: Veterans have earned twice the thanks
    You'll go to bed Friday night and wake Saturday as you did today, living in a free land. You can thank every veteran — from those determined...
    opinion/editorialsNovember 9, 2017 - 10:00pm
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