Metro Transit’s 40-point plan to deter the violent crime and vagrancy plaguing the Twin Cities’ light rail and bus lines continues to flounder a year into the highly publicized security…
Minnesota’s media is always on the lookout for good news stories about the state, which might explain the coverage given to our ranking of 5th in CNBC’s annual “America’s Top…
It should be common sense, especially to our policymakers, that raising the price of one product or banning it induces consumers to shift to a cheaper alternative. Unfortunately, it isn’t.…
Typically school boards rubberstamp the district’s renewal of affiliation with the Minnesota State High School League and move on to the next item on the agenda. Yet it was anything…
On Friday afternoon, July 14, 2023, Fargo police were dispatched to a traffic accident at 25th St. and Ninth Ave South. Officer Jake Wallin, 23, just three months into his police…
Last week, Axios reported: Minnesota swing voters in Axios’ latest Engagious/Sago focus group support some of the DFL‘s biggest legislative victories, but overwhelmingly oppose tax increases included in the recent state budget. … Zoom…
While teachers can now retire with full benefits at age 65 (instead of age 66) effective July 1, 2025 (unless hired before 1989), the Minnesota legislature missed an opportunity to…
Despite a razor-thin majority, the DFL pushed through a radical agenda.
Time to pull the plug on the Northstar Commuter Rail.
State and local taxes and spending Kare 11: Oops: A multi-million dollar mistake needs to be fixed in Minnesota’s tax law Minn Post: Error in tax bill would cost Minnesota…
DFL legislators pushed through ‘historic investments’ in education, so the system is bound to improve, right?
Minnesota’s eleven Native American tribes did very well during the 2023 legislative session. It’s not surprising given their $1 million in campaign contributions to the DFL and having one of…
We recently visited this southern Minnesota city and noted some of the connections to free-food fraud. Back in March of last year, we noted that during Covid, Owatonna had more…
There’s only one reason to construct a carbon dioxide pipeline to dispose of emissions from ethanol plants in North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota — fear and loathing over climate…
Minnesota’s Top 5 ranking for business by CNBC caught attention recently, as my colleague John Phelan wrote about here. But the state’s drop in the education subindex over the years…
Price floors and ceilings — Minimum wages and rent controls Public policymakers often intervene in economies using “price floors,” such as government-mandated minimum wages, or “price ceilings,” like rent controls.…
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…