Longtime legislator cites spending more time with family and grandchildren as reason, says tough rural environment for DFLers didn't factor into decision
Trygve Olson cartoon: Chronic fatigue syndrome
InForum columnist Trygve Olson comments on the rash of retirements among local legislators.

In today's cartoon, Trygve Olson comments on bills proposed in the Legislature that would ban sexual material from North Dakota libraries.
Officials at Theodore Roosevelt National Park weigh the needs of the ecosystem with the park's echo system.
InForum cartoonist Trygve Olson comments on the driving force behind high prescription drug costs.
There are more affordable options than Fargo's proposed pedestrian bridge, this cartoon from Bryan Shinn and Jacqueline Baarstad illustrates.