Cuts due to declining enrollment get real at St. Cloud State
No one can say administrators at St. Cloud State University didn’t warn them. Long before SCSU President Robbyn Wacker recently left her post two months early, she froze registration in…
No one can say administrators at St. Cloud State University didn’t warn them. Long before SCSU President Robbyn Wacker recently left her post two months early, she froze registration in…
First, the good news. MPR News reports that: Chief authors of legislation setting a minimum wage and employee protections for rideshare drivers in Minnesota announced Monday they’ve reached a deal…
As the first trial in the sprawling free-food scandal continues into its second week, government prosecutors are putting on witnesses to meals that were never served. The U.S. Attorney alleges…
Back in February, I wrote that falling commercial real estate prices are hitting local budgets. That is now biting in Minneapolis. The Star Tribune reports: Minneapolis is staring down a…
Minnesota homeschool enrollment increased 10 percent from the 2022-23 school year to the 2023-24 school year, a new surge since the post-COVID lull. From the 2019-20 school year to the…
You could call it another form of long-COVID, the continuation of a policy that allows state employees to work remotely from home, long after the pandemic’s end. At last count,…
Last month, I wrote about a bill in the state legislature which would have abolished sub-minimum wages for people with disabilities. I concluded that: There is a fundamental policy question here:…
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported last week that Metro Transit is ordering 20 new electric buses before 2026. Perhaps Metro Transit has forgotten the sorry saga of electric buses in…
Things are happening fast at the Minnesota legislature now that we’re down to the final 17 days. According to the Minnesota Constitution, the legislature must adjourn on the first Monday…
Regulation Minn Post: Minnesota should end sub-minimum wage for workers with disabilities WQOW: Minneapolis smokers to pay some of the highest cigarette prices in US with a $15 per-pack minimum…
In the 2023 legislative session, lawmakers dedicated over $6 billion in new money to Minnesota’s welfare system. A little over $1 billion of this money went to various childcare programs…
I would think, by now, the political ideology of the teachers’ union is all but well known, as is its track record of spending significant dollars on politics. A recent…
The last six years working at Center of the American Experiment have been the most fun and professionally rewarding of our careers. Unfortunately, all good things must come to an…
As the date for Uber and Lyft’s exits from the Twin Cities approaches, competitors are waiting in the wings. And so far “waiting” is the operative word. The Minnesota Reformer…
It came as a surprise to many when the Forum recently revealed that 18 employees of the Fargo School District live out of state and work remotely from as far…
Sometimes an impactful story just doesn’t need to be long. This is one of those times. As reported by the Dakota County Sheriff on its official Facebook page: The actions of…