Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon pushed hard in the 2023 session to pass automatic voter registration, replacing the opt-in checkbox previously in law. The new law was in place…
The state Office of Legislative Auditor (OLA) published a new report today under the title, Department of Human Services:Investigations of Alleged Kickbacks in the Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention…
If all goes according to plan this week, six (6) more guilty pleas will be recorded in the sprawling Feeding Our Future fraud case. The six are all close relatives…
In a New York Post exclusive, President Trump will sign an executive order [EO} Monday afternoon formally creating a benefits fraud task force chaired by Vice President JD Vance —…
In recent months, the nation’s eyes have been on Minnesota, as chaos engulfed the Twin Cities during the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement here. Gov. Tim Walz urged protesters on, exhorting…
Critics of school choice frequently oppose giving families access to more educational options for a variety of reasons, but do their claims hold up? Take the new federal education tax-credit…
This week Democrats in the Minnesota Senate spent almost four hours debating a bill to allocate $40 million for rental assistance to poor families (less than 200% of the federal…
Here’s a roundup of recent news stories about Minnesota’s massive fraud crisis that you may have missed. From the Minnesota Star Tribune, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz staked his last year…
Economic growth KNSI: In search of affordability: How Minnesota ranks for cost of living Fox 9: Economic impact of ICE surge in Minnesota KTTC: New data suggests living in Rochester…
“The good news is that fraudsters are running scared. However, the extent of the fraud that has been exposed makes it difficult to believe that members of the executive branch…
We hit 1,000 habeas corpus cases in Minnesota (for 2026) back on February 25. In the almost three weeks since, we have managed to inch up to only 1,081 (to…
While there are myriad harms associated with allowing students to access their personal digital devices in the classroom, the use of digital learning technology in the classroom might be a…
On Wednesday evening March 11th, 2026, at about 9:30 pm, Rochester Police fatally shot a man who reportedly grabbed an officer’s gun while being detained for a mental health hold.…
The two parties in St. Paul have very different priorities this session. For Republicans, the focus is “affordability;” for the DFL, it is gun control and immigration. Part of the…
In the contest between tornados and solar power farms, tornados remain undefeated. From Indiana’s WSBT-22, Severe storms, suspected tornado damages solar farm, structures in Jasper County. The station reports from…
Governor Walz has responded by aggressively restricting the flow of money to these drivers, Minnesota Rep. Sydney Jordan is carrying a bill to increase the money paid per mile to…
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…