Iris Garcia Salamanca made her first court appearance yesterday on multiple drug distribution charges. The hearing took place at the federal courthouse in downtown St. Paul and your correspondent was…
Regulation KSTP: Business owners await decision this month on whether paid leave payroll tax will go up KSTP: Minnesota’s Paid Family Leave program paying out nearly $600M. Is wage tax…
This is my fourth post, of hopefully many to come, as a regular weekly resource for our readers: The top ten stories, for the week ending on July 17, 2026,…
Abdikerm Abdelahi Eidleh, most recently an international fugitive from justice, appeared in court this afternoon at the federal courthouse in downtown St. Paul. Your correspondent was there. Yesterday, the U.S.…
Ryan Wolner Booking Photo – Martin County Sheriff’s Office Bail in Minnesota Minnesota is an outlier among states when it comes to mandating bail in criminal cases. Minnesota’s courts have…
There’s an old Schoolhouse Rock jingle that explains in about three minutes how a lonely bill on Capitol Hill hopes to become a law someday. Catchy tune, and it taught…
The Natural Gas Innovation Act, or NGIA, is yet another example of Orwellian doublespeak. Rather than being about innovation in natural gas, the NGIA’s provisions are about the replacement of…
On July 1, news broke that a three-person panel containing Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison had pardoned a man who had been convicted of repeatedly raping a 10-year-old girl,…
Two women from Philadelphia pled guilty this morning to Medicaid fraud at the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. Your correspondent was there. Cynthia Allen, age 62, and Candice Langley, age…
Maria Virginia Lopez Herandez, age 47, pled guilty this afternoon in federal court in downtown St. Paul to one count of illegal immigration. Your correspondent was there. Technically, Lopez, of…
Amidst mounting frustration with the state and national teachers’ union, a small group of teachers in Becker, Minnesota decided to try something different. They successfully petitioned the state to call…
Starting fall 2026, public schools across the state will be required to implement new K-12 academic standards and benchmarks in social studies. Since there is no external approval process on…
The last few years will go down in history as a time when fraudsters brazenly stole billions of dollars from Minnesota and federal taxpayers while state regulators looked the other…
Gov. Tim Walz delivered his final State of the State address last Tuesday evening, using the speech to tout false education “successes,” claim he lowered taxes for Minnesotans, and take…