EDITORIALS
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Pioneer Editorial: Center a big success for dental health 
An estimated one in five children in America go without dental care each year and two-thirds of states do not have effective policies in place to ensure proper dental health and access to care, according to a report by the Pew Center on the States.
February 24, 2010
Pioneer Editorial: Cheers and Jeers
February 23, 2010
Pioneer Editorial: Launching a new war on obesity
First Lady Michelle Obama’s newfound campaign against obesity got a boost Saturday as she used an audience of the nation’s governors to urge their help in reducing child obesity. We hope Gov. Tim Pawlenty was listening.
February 21, 2010
Pioneer Editorial: Bipartisan fiscal panel strong start
Behind putting people back to work, solving the growing federal deficit has to be the top priority of the Obama administration. President Barack Obama took firm steps Thursday in signing an executive order to establish the bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.
February 19, 2010
Pioneer Editorial: Major step for nuclear power use
It’s been 30 years since the last nuclear reactor was built in the United States. The 1979 nuclear accident at Three Mile Island stopped further new nuclear energy cold in its tracks — and rightfully so. The technology wasn’t safe, as outlined by the accident.
February 18, 2010
Pioneer Editorial: Republican lawmakers hold the key
Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s proposed supplemental budget, if adopted, would be devastating to Minnesota. Budget reductions focus on Minnesota’s most vulnerable citizens and would drag down local governments and increase local property taxpayers.
February 17, 2010
Pioneer Editorial: Cities have ‘shared the pain’ enough
On Monday, Gov. Tim Pawlenty will outline his supplemental budget for the 2010 session which will be his proposal to fill a $1.2 billion budget hole for the remainder of the biennium. With few exceptions, nearly all other areas of the state budget will be proposed for reduction.
February 14, 2010
Pioneer Editorial: Just cutting taxes won’t create jobs
Gov. Tim Pawlenty, in his eighth and final State of the State speech on Thursday, really offered nothing new but rehashed old proposals which have so far gone nowhere.
February 12, 2010
Pioneer Editorial: Is it higher taxes or the weather?
Minnesotans are leaving the state in droves because of high taxes — or, at least, that’s what a conservative think tank would have you believe.
February 11, 2010
Pioneer Editorial: North city park good opportunity
The city of Bemidji, with some foresight, came up with a plan to upgrade and create new parks and trails facilities throughout the city through the use of a voter-approved city sales tax. That tax, by state law, is to raise $9.8 million for a park and trails plan that quickly become obsolete.
February 10, 2010
Pioneer Editorial: Cheers and Jeers
February 09, 2010
Pioneer Editorial: Bemidji a poster child for LGA use
Gov. Tim Pawlenty picked the wrong city to make his stand on excessive use of Local Government Aid.
February 07, 2010
Pioneer Editorial: Don’t use gambling to fill budget
Lawmakers, who started their 2010 session Thursday, must think outside the box to fill a $1.2 billion state budget deficit and an even larger one predicted for the next biennium. Part of the problem rests with a governor who has pledged to veto any tax increases
February 05, 2010
Pioneer Editorial: Engaging more voters to caucus?
One would have thought that with a lame-duck governor and about two dozen people seeking to win the post this fall, that people would have turned out in droves to Tuesday night’s precinct caucuses. The caucuses are the first formal step in the political process that finally pits a person from each party on the November ballot for the general populace to decide.
February 04, 2010
Pioneer Editorial: Fed budget scary but necessary
The federal budget proposed by President Barack Obama on Monday is scary. It proposes a sea of red ink well into the future, saddling us and our offspring with enough federal debt to sink a battleship.
February 03, 2010
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