Last week, the Star Tribune published an op ed on how to grow Minnesota’s economy. It was pretty wide of the mark, in my view, so I submitted a response.…
On Wednesday, the Minnesota Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) — formerly part of the Department of Human Services (DHS) — presented its new proposed childcare licensing standards before the House…
Even a highly capable, incredibly thoughtful Minnesota teacher may be stymied in the classroom by a lack of consistent student attendance. When students aren’t present, they lose essential instructional time…
In 1997, Minnesota enacted a K-12 education tax credit as part of a bipartisan compromise. A special session was called to resolve a stalemate over K-12 education funding, resulting in…
The Minnesota House Public Safety Committee held its first committee hearing of the 2026 legislative session yesterday. Rep. Walter Hudson (R) introduced HF-3380, which seeks to strengthen sentencing involving repeat violent…
Checking up on national electricity prices: Minnesota continues to have the highest rates in its local region, and prices above the national median, according to the latest data from the…
Last week, the DFL tweeted: State legislators are understandably concerned about the DFL’s embrace of such “direct action” tactics. As a safeguard, Rep. Walter Hudson (R) and, Alpha News reports,…
“Improper payments occur here more than almost anywhere else in the country. It’s time we give counties the tools they need to verify eligibility—the cost of inaction is bankrupting the…
Federal District Judge Laura Provinzino (Biden appointee) has found a government lawyer in contempt of court, imposing a $500-a-day fine, for not returning an illegal alien’s ID to him fast…
In my session preview on Monday, I wrote that “the Republicans are leading with fraud” while “the DFL is prioritizing immigration.” This was quickly born out. Yesterday, MinneapoliMedia reported on…
Fahima Egeh Mahamud became the 79th defendant charged in the sprawling Feeding Our Future fraud case, and the first to be charged in 2026. She is currently being held in…
Junior de Jesus Herrera Berrios, aged just 18, is a popular man. We have not one but two separate habeas corpus petitions seeking his release from ICE custody. First, some…
Grace and Kathryn dig into Governor Walz’s $10 million “relief package” proposal to bail out businesses negatively impacted by the ICE surge. How can we trust this administration to hand out more money without losing it…
North Dakota will soon be experimenting with team-taught classroom models. The Peace Garden state recently became the first state in the nation to be approved by the U.S. Department of…
A new interactive tool from Georgetown University’s Edunomics Lab gives school leaders, parents, and community members the ability to assess how public school staffing has changed in recent years. The…
Minnesota’s legislature convenes tomorrow. What can we expect in terms of economic policy? Not too much, perhaps, given its partisan composition. The House remains tied between Republicans and Democrats and…
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…