Iris Garcia Salamanca made her first court appearance yesterday on multiple drug distribution charges. The hearing took place at the federal courthouse in downtown St. Paul and your correspondent was…
Regulation KSTP: Business owners await decision this month on whether paid leave payroll tax will go up KSTP: Minnesota’s Paid Family Leave program paying out nearly $600M. Is wage tax…
This is my fourth post, of hopefully many to come, as a regular weekly resource for our readers: The top ten stories, for the week ending on July 17, 2026,…
Abdikerm Abdelahi Eidleh, most recently an international fugitive from justice, appeared in court this afternoon at the federal courthouse in downtown St. Paul. Your correspondent was there. Yesterday, the U.S.…
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…
After a holiday weekend in which the metro area experienced multiple shootings and at least one murder involving Somali gang members, Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher posted a video on…
The Star Tribune reports that, on Monday, Abdirashid Bixi Dool pleaded guilty in Minnesota federal court to defrauding the U.S. government, admitting that only a fraction of the federal funds…
Minnesota’s budget has been on shaky ground since the end of the 2023 legislative session. The latest update from Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) confirms that lawmakers did little to…
Yesterday, we wrote about a man who was convicted of repeatedly raping a 10-year-old girl but has now been pardoned by a three-person panel including Governor Walz and Attorney General…
On July 1, news broke that a three-person panel containing Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison had pardoned a man who had been convicted of repeatedly raping a…