Over the course of 15 years of studies, charter school students have gone from lagging their traditional public school peers in both math and reading to outperforming them. Starting in…
A year ago, I wrote about twin examples offered by one of Minnesota’s Twin Cities, St. Paul, of the principles of Econ 101 in action. The Saint Paul City Council passed a minimum…
There is no better way to combat crime than through swift and sure apprehension of offenders, timely prosecution of defendants, and the incapacitation of those awaiting trial or convicted of…
Two more of the 60 defendants plead guilty. As expected, Defendants Nos. 51 and 52 pled guilty this week, bringing the number of convictions in the Feeding Our Future free-food-fraud…
I recently appeared on the Republican Roundtable, a public access television program that appears on stations in the Twin Cities, to discuss the state of energy policy in Minnesota as…
“They’re banning books from their schools. We’re banishing hunger from ours,” tweeted Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday. While it’s not clear who the “they” is that Gov. Walz is referencing,…
Now we know where the surplus went — staff raises and member per diems. Yesterday the House Rules Committee met and voted to increase their per diem payments from $66…
It’s often only a matter of time before big-city problems like the homeless encampments now commonplace in the metro area spread to regional cities like Rochester. The uptick in encampments…
As I noted last month, the state government voted to waste $200 million on a train running between Minneapolis and Duluth. The media is now — belatedly — asking “How…
On Tuesday, June 6, 2023, the Biden administration’s Army Corp of Engineers revoked the Clean Water Act Section 404 permit issued in 2019 for the proposed NorthMet/NewRange copper-nickel mine in…
Despite facing an $18 billion budget surplus, the legislature has slapped Minnesotans with about $9 billion in tax hikes in the just-ended legislative session. But unfortunately for residents in some…
The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) has moved transgender inmate Christina (formerly Craig) Lusk, 57, from the Moose Lake men’s prison to the all-female Minnesota Correctional Facility in Shakopee. Female-identifying…
And a well-connected local political nonprofit is driving the agenda. In settling a lawsuit brought in 2022 by a Minnesota prison inmate, the state just discovered a new constitutional right…
The Met Council claims to be all about equity and inclusion in the grandstanding statements on the agency’s “Equity in Action” page posted on its website. Our public engagement plan…
For decades, Americans have been told that they must recycle to save the planet. It turns out some things, like cardboard and aluminum cans, are worth recycling, but the vast…
You’ve probably never heard of the American Governors’ Border Strike Force, but anyone who supports secure borders should salute them. The Biden administration’s open-border policy allowing millions of illegal aliens…
On May 24, 2023, Gov. Tim Walz held an elaborate bill-signing ceremony on the steps of the Capitol to celebrate his “One Minnesota” budget. Beyond the substance of the event,…
Last week, I highlighted The Good and The Bad provisions of the debt ceiling compromise. Today, I’ll highlight The Ugly provisions pertaining to energy. The Ugly: Pipeline approvals by an act of…
Back in 2020, I noted that the growth or otherwise in Minnesota’s state tax revenues seems to be a function of the growth or otherwise of the state’s economy rather…
Curriculum used during an English 10 class at Mankato West Senior High School calls colorblindness, stating that there is only one human race, and calling the police on black people,…
On May 25, 2023, the Minneapolis City Council unanimously voted to ban new heavy industries and limit the expansion of existing facilities in the city via an update to city…
It may be time for summer vacation, but school’s never out for parents and taxpayers keeping an eye on the test scores, quality of curriculum, and ever-increasing cost for too…
Beyond the big-ticket items that got most of the press attention such as abortion, transgender rights, tax rebates and gun control, the 2023 legislature made several dramatic policy changes that…
In recent days we have heard from a disgruntled conservative who is leaving Minnesota and a liberal bidding him “good riddance.” But there is another view: those conservatives who are…