Opinion

Howie: This isn’t a scam. It’s just a smart utility deal.

This isn’t a hostile takeover or a backdoor privatization scheme. This is a well-structured financial agreement that delivers capital, safeguards ratepayers, and pushes the utility deeper into the renewable energy era without turning it into a monopoly Frankenstein.

Howie: Duluth's billion-dollar hospitals — and the neighborhoods left behind

Howie: So how’s ‘Risky Roger’ doing? It turns out, no risk. It's just good old-fashioned Duluth leadership

His opponent tried to tag Mayor Roger Reinert with that clever little campaign jab last fall — “Risky Roger.” Like slapping a caution sticker on a snow blower: handle with care, might chew your hand off. But turns out the only real risk was if we hadn’t elected him. Because

Essentia strike deepens: Patients caught as union, hospital dig in

It’s a heck of a look for Essentia, a system that prides itself on community stewardship yet has poured millions into temporary travel nurses to keep hospital beds staffed while turning around and padlocking places like the Solvay Hospice House.

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