My dad once told me that when The Beatles returned from their triumphant first tour of America in February 1964, an interviewer asked them what the best American music they’d…
State and local taxes and spending Pine Journal: Walz calls one-day special session of Minnesota Legislature MPR News: Special session called for Monday for legislators to finish Minnesota’s next budget…
In a letter sent Wednesday to the Chair of the House of Representative Fraud Prevention Committee, Ellison solves a longstanding mystery. You’ve all heard the audio recording of the infamous…
On Monday, June 9, legislators held a special session to finalize the budget. The global targets were already agreed upon in May before the regular session adjourned. However, as American…
As more states pass legislation curbing cell phone use during school, more parents are getting on board with the idea, according to a new survey commissioned by Yondr, an American…
I recently shot this video of the intersection in south Minneapolis that found itself at the epicenter of the George Floyd riots of May 2020. The third precinct police station…
A West St. Paul couple is expected to plead guilty in federal court to charges of voter registration fraud. That thing that never happens in Minnesota happened again. Ronnie Williams…
Federal prosecutors secured their 46th conviction in the free-food scandal when Ahmed Mohamed Artan, Defendant No. 8, entered a guilty plea. Artan, now age 40, now billed out of Golden…
The Environmental Protection Agency yesterday announced it would propose to repeal burdensome greenhouse gas emissions standards for the power sector. The press release states: Ensuring affordable and reliable energy supplies…
Back in 2023, I noted that childcare is relatively expensive in Minnesota because, as my colleague Martha Njolomole has written at length, the regulatory burden on providers is relatively high…
Isabel Lopez, age 27, described in local media as a community activist, has been indicted on four counts of assault and resisting arrest, all related to the anti-ICE protests on…
We have updated our ScandalTracker 2025TM spreadsheet to a number above $661 million over the past five years. The update is based on a new figure for the Feeding Our…
The U.S. Attorney announced machine gun possession charges against two men in connection with the shootings at Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis last month outside of the Wayzata High School graduation…
As legislators worked to complete a special session to avoid a partial government shutdown, MinnesotaCare funding for illegal aliens became a flashpoint. Progressive DFL legislators considered it among their top…
So much is going on with the Feeding Our Future case in the next two weeks that I had to create a calendar to keep up. Up next in the…
Last week, investigators from a federal law enforcement task force that included local detectives from the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office conducted high-risk search warrants at eight locations around the Twin…
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…