Met Council Chairman Charlie Zelle has yet to acknowledge the brutal, not to mention embarrassing, fact he oversees the most dangerous light rail system in the country. As American Experiment…
Teachers’ unions and other school choice opponents use every excuse they can to limit empowering families with greater education choice, including that such programs don’t benefit rural areas because options…
One of the main problems with the paid family and medical leave scheme being pushed by the DFL in St. Paul is the extent to which it will force businesses…
Last November, talking about how to spend what was then an estimated $9.3 billion surplus, Gov. Tim Walz said he wanted to focus heavily on one-time spending, citing the grim…
It was a close call, a 4 to 3 vote, but the Rochester Public Schools Board approved the hiring of another school resource officer — a cop — to begin…
Can St. Paul be far behind? San Francisco’s official African American Reparations Advisory Committee issued a report last month detailing recommendations for local residents, victims of the City’s past discrimination.…
Today is the day the Minnesota House of Representatives will hear House File 7, which would require 100 percent of the electricity generated in Minnesota to be “carbon-free” by 2040.…
As Gov. Tim Walz rolled out his education budget for 2023, Center of the American Experiment reminded Minnesotans that there is no correlation between Walz’s favorite solution, more money, and…
Tomorrow at 3 p.m., the Minnesota House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee will hold a hearing on House File (HF) 7, which is the 100 percent carbon-free electricity…
My colleague Bill Walsh writes about the coming collision of two bills at the legislature, both dealing with driver’s licenses, in this week’s Capitol Watch. HF 4, if passed, would…
Yesterday we honored Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and remembered the dream he had for all Americans. A dream that focuses on our common humanity over identity politics and racial…
Semi-retired Star Tribune columnist Lori Sturdevant wrote recently about the just-started Minnesota legislative session under the headline: DFL may go big, and that wouldn’t be bad Some policy moves are…
In 2015, Hennepin County seized Geraldine Tyler’s Minneapolis condo “over about $2,300 of unpaid property taxes, plus $12,700 in penalties, interest and fees.” The county sold the condo for $40,000…
It’s all the rage among local elected officials in cities from Dilworth to Rochester to Fairmont and points in between. A community center funded by imposing an up to 25-year…
It’s Super Bowl Sunday this weekend and, once again, the Vikings will be watching it at home. It is also budget season at the state Capitol, with Gov. Tim Walz…
Two bills made fast progress this week in the Minnesota House and appear to be on a collision course if they both become law. The first grants driver’s licenses 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…