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Howie: Here comes Duluth Public Schools Red Plan Jr.
Debt service already consumes about 60 percent of the school levy. With this addition of $38 million in bonding debt, Duluth is entering a decade in which the school system will spend more paying off debt than teaching future students.
Howie: Duluth Public Schools still drowning in Red Plan debt
Since 2008, Duluth Public Schools has paid more than $300 million toward Red Plan debt service, with $175 million remaining. By the time the bonds are gone, Duluth will have spent half a billion dollars servicing a plan that shrank the district, buried its budget, and doubled property taxes.
Howie: Duluth Schools' formula for levy creep
Duluth Schools' levy creep isn’t an accident. It’s a feature of the system, baked into Minnesota law, and the district has leaned on it harder than any of its neighbors. The taxpayers? They’re the audience at a rigged show, asked to clap politely while the board insists there’s no other way.
Howie: Trust and integrity are cornerstones of public education
Multiple referendums have been floated in recent years asking voters for more funding — and taxpayers have responded with a clear and resounding no. Not because we don’t support kids. We do. But because we no longer trust the system to spend responsibly.
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Tuesday Prep Boys 7A, 7AA Scoreboard
Section 7A Boys Hockey Quarterfinals Hibbing/Chisholm 14, Ely 1 Proctor 2, International Falls 0 Hermantown 14, North Shore 0 Cloquet/Esko/Carlton 6, Greenway 0 Semifinals, Saturday (Amsoil Arena, Duluth) Hibbing/Chisholm vs. Proctor, 6:05 p.m. Hermantown vs. Cloquet/Esko/Carlton, 8:05 p.m. Championship, Wednesday,
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Video of deputy-involved shooting in Duluth
Sgt. Berndt and Deputy Sobczak exited their patrol vehicles and gave verbal commands as they approached. Authorities said shots were fired from inside Felver’s vehicle toward the deputies. Berndt and Sobczak returned fire, striking Felver.