Category: Syndicated

Time will tell.

The total elimination of the state and local tax (SALT) deduction in the current tax reform plan will drive up taxes for homeowners, drive down their property values, and upend a safeguard that has protected taxpayers against double taxation and…

After Twin Cities residents ate turkey and celebrated with family and friends, they hit the stores. Here’s a roundup of what’s been going on in the area during Black Friday so far.

The reconstruction of Flying Cloud Drive in Eden Prairie and Chanhassen is closer to the start, according to Hennepin County.

This recipe offers a slightly different take on how to combine your leftovers.

I strongly oppose the tax bill proposed by either the U.S. House or Senate without major modifications.

If supply side (trickle-down) economics works, President Ronald Reagan didn’t prove it.

Eden Prairie resident Roxanne Williams, the director of nutrition services at Eastern Carver County Schools, is one of five recipients of the STAR Award from the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health.

The problem with politics today is that the truth is often hidden with half-truths.

I would like to address Mr. Lichtenwalter’s recent letter concerning his comments on the proposed tax plan (“Family will lose with health plan,” Nov. 16).

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A surprising number of people are doing something they have never done before. They are finding a need to go to a food shelf.

Tradition is what makes the Minnesota State High School League championships special.

Carver County Libraries feature specialty magazines with baking, cooking, crafts, gifts, and tips for the holidays. Browse your nearest branch to see a selection of these magazines. For those wanting to create handmade gifts, a variety of books are also…

Jeanne Guemmer of Shakopee examines the baked goods at the CAP Agency’s Shakopee food shelf.

Editor’s note: This is the first of a three-part series examining poverty in the southwest suburbs.

Holy Family Catholic/Waconia has won double-digit games on the ice each of the last eight seasons, including 19 contests in 2012-13.

If you woke up to the news of a two-year contract extension for P.J. Fleck, first-year Gophers head football coach, you likely had the same thought as everyone else.

A 44-year-old Waconia woman allegedly stabbed a man in the chest with a steak knife.

Each week we publish a detail of a local landmark. The next week we identify the landmark. Do you know where the heck this is? Send us your guess.