Recent content from Lori Sturdevant
Minnesota voters still cross party lines
Recent trends toward partisan allegiance work against good government. Thankfully, some ticket-splitters remain with us.
Packing the court to save it? A Minnesota judicial moderate ponders
When word came that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died, one name popped out of my mental source file: retired Minnesota Supreme Court…
REVIEW: 'Fix What You Can,' by Mindy Greiling
NONFICTION: A former legislator shares the compelling story of her son's schizophrenia.
If we wait any longer to take climate change seriously, it will be too late
Yet the Republican-led state Senate isn't taking the threat seriously.
Voters show every sign of turning out in force this year
Even if unprecedented numbers stay home while doing it.
One (half) cheer for the Legislature
The failure to pass the bonding bill is painful.
In the fight for racial equity, why did the spark catch here, now?
The demography of our city and state, and how it's changed, can bring some insight to the big question many of us are asking.
Minnesota's higher education is facing a crisis
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the usual way of rebalancing budgets will put our colleges and universities at risk.
Minnesotans eager to vote as always — but not in the old way
It's up to legislators to tap the federal funding, update certain rules and bring clarity.
Telework's moment of true arrival is bound to make ripples in Minnesota
The change we've been forced to make is likely to stick to some degree. And that has implications for Minnesota road funding.