It’s not every day a state’s top prosecutor faces accusations of potential “abuse of prosecutorial discretion” and questions over “the integrity of your office.” But Minnesota Attorney Gen...
Read full articleIt’s a given that solar power is unreliable as a source of base load power to meet our daily energy requirements. After all, the sun—at best—shines some of the time. Great River Energy’s exper...
Read full articleRushford-Peterson Schools bond referendum passed in 2014, construction started in 2015, but a citizens group wants to turn back the clock in 2016 on the controversial $38 million project in the works....
Read full articleThe “b” as in billion has gotten most of the attention generated by Center of the American Experiment’s new report [PDF] on Minnesotans moving to lower tax states at a net cost of nearly $1 b...
Read full articleThe timing couldn’t be better for American Experiment’s forthcoming lunch with Peter Wallison on May 4. Wallison’s target topic, the unintended consequences of the Dodd-Frank Act, has hit the ...
Read full articleFor years backward-looking bureaucrats and local officials have sought to revive the failed passenger rail line between the Twin Cities and Duluth. But a legislative hearing in Duluth this week design...
Read full postWhen’s the last time you or anyone you know received double the pay out of the blue, for doing the same work? That’s what I thought. But that’s how much of a raise the Rochester City...
Read full postThere’s plenty of snow for skiing at Spirit Mountain following the nearly two feet of white stuff that fell a week ago in Duluth. Yet despite prime conditions, the city-operated ski resort faces...
Read full postIt’s farm country in Nicollet County in southern Minnesota–solar farm country, that is, given recent actions by the county board. The county commissioners decided to move ahead with a 3,70...
Read full postTo be sure Democratic Rep. Betty McCollum recognizes “every transit rider deserves a positive experience.” Still she insists “we must address the social issues that contribute to cha...
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