The national teachers' union (NEA) convention is in Minneapolis this year. While the rest of America is celebrating Independence Day, the teachers' union is conducting a day of business at…
The High Court said that employees who declined to join the union, but who were forced to pay “fair share” fees, no longer should be charged those fees. Their employer…
“States and public-sector unions may no longer extract agency fees from nonconsenting employees. The First Amendment is violated when money is taken from nonconsenting employees for a public-sector union; employees…
Speaking of the Janus case…Mrs. Rebecca Friedrichs, a school teacher from California, challenged union agency fees as unconstitutional. Her case was heard by the Supreme Court just two years ago.…
Decision affects thousands of Minnesota teachers, state and local government employees In a landmark decision for First Amendment rights, the U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that public employees cannot be…
Media Contact: Kim Crockett 612.388.2820 [email protected] Decision affects thousands of Minnesota teachers, state and local government employees In a landmark decision for First Amendment rights, the U.S. Supreme…
UPDATE: OPINION TO BE ANNOUNCED TOMORROW. I am in my office again this morning waiting for the High Court to issue opinions starting at 10:00 AM EST; we may hear…
According to National Public Radio, “A division of the American Library Association voted unanimously Saturday to strip Laura Ingalls Wilder’s name from a major children’s literature award over concerns about how the…
Many public employees object to union policies. The Supreme Court is in a position to overturn a requirement of “fair share” fees. This op-ed originally appeared in the Star Tribune…
We are standing by live right now to see if the Supreme Court rules in favor of restoring the First Amendment rights of public employees; in Janus v Afscme, the…
I am not at all unsympathetic to hungry kids if they have incompetent and/or neglectful parents. But this is not a proper expenditure or activity for any public school. Period.…
Kim Crockett will join Kerri Miller on MPR tomorrow, Tuesday June 19th for an hour at 9:00 AM (91.1 FM) to discuss the public employee union fee case, Janus v…
Superintendent Joe Gothard said in an interview that he was unaware of the audit when he picked Dutrieuille as principal of the grades K-8 Hazel Park Preparatory Academy on the…
This case out of Minnesota was a challenge to the constitutionality of a Minnesota law that prohibits “political” apparel at the polls. The Court ruled 7-2 that this ban violates…
Fox 9 News and other media reported a raid on the Baraka Child Care Center in Minneapolis yesterday. State and federal agents participated, including the Secret Service, and while we…
I went to see the “Power and Beauty in China’s Last Dynasty” at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA). I recommend that you go to see the art now that…
Drag performers will regale families with glitz, glamor, and stories about acceptance and inclusion at three Saint Paul libraries
This is a great day for America; our First Amendment jurisprudence remains strong in the face of attacks on our Judeo-Christian culture. In a 7-2 opinion, the Supreme Court ruled…
Why are state taxpayers giving New Hope a $2 million “grant” for a pool? We recently helped Golden Valley put in a new clubhouse for its Brookview Golf Course. Huh.…
The author, the great-grandmother of Kim Crockett, came with her parents to the United States from Czechoslovakia as a very young girl, then Katharine Jirsa. She later taught school in…
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