Two bills made fast progress this week in the Minnesota House and appear to be on a collision course if they both become law. The first grants driver’s licenses to…
Ah, the good old days of the pandemic, when Gov. Tim Walz’s emergency authority waived the public meeting laws, empowering state and local governments to hold official meetings online without…
Complaints about the increasing unreliability of mail service in some areas have been surfacing around the state and nation for weeks. It’s not just a matter of getting Christmas cards…
The 2023 legislative session is off to a fast and furious start as new Democratic majorities in the House and Senate roll out their ambitious plans for Minnesota. One of…
It’s in the math. Advocates for the ranked-choice voting method claim many advantages for their voting system, not least among them producing a nicer, more moderate politics. Something closer to…
Trash collection isn’t the sort of service that gets most folks worked up, unless there’s a problem. But the prospect of unexpectedly having twice as many trash haulers to choose…
Grand Forks has racked up some $235,000 in legal bills this year in the effort to win approval for a controversial $700 million Fufeng Chinese ag plant that remains in…
More states every week take action to ban the controversial Chinese app TikTok on state government phones and devices due to security concerns over the vulnerability of state and private…
The Minnesota House of Representatives is considering a $500 million renovation of the State Office Building. That’s $200 million more than we spent renovating the State Capitol. The current proposal…
It’s not exactly a pleasant subject to write about, much less personally encounter while shopping, sightseeing or on a lunch break downtown. But workers and visitors to city center Fargo…
Steve Sviggum’s recent apology tour is a good lesson for those attacked by the woke mob. Don’t bother apologizing because the apology will never be enough. Sviggum was forced to…
One of the front lines in the showdown over the Chinese threat to national security continues to be in one of the seemingly most unlikely of places — North Dakota.…
The $500,000 MnDOT grant came to Brainerd packaged under an innocuous enough sounding state program called “Safe Routes to School.” SRS funds construction for sidewalks and crossings near schools to…
We reported in February on Rep. Mike Howard’s conflict of interest between his job at Haven Housing and his outward support of state housing policies that benefit his employer. Howard,…
In political science, it’s very difficult to conduct controlled experiments. However, in this month’s general election, a natural experiment appears to have occurred in Edina, MN. Statewide, Democrats swept to…
It’s been almost a month since the 2022 election, so it’s time for your esteemed editors at Capitol Watch to provide our expert analysis about what happened.
It’s the magic of Ranked-Choice Voting! We’ve previously discussed the truly bizarre election system in Alaska, which has perfected the art of counting ballots until the correct result is reached.…
To protect everyone from the COVID virus, Minnesota state government shut down all the bars, restaurants and theaters, putting already starving artists out of work. But have no fear: the…
On terms favorable to his firm, of course. As recently as last month, Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of FTX, was promoting a bill in the U.S. Senate that would place new…
For many years prior to the mid-term elections, the lack of affordable high-quality childcare has been one of the biggest issues plaguing Minnesota families. The coronavirus pandemic has merely worsened…
When the Golden Turkey committee gathered to discuss nominations for this year’s award, the Met Council’s Southwest Light Rail Transit (SWLRT) project was at the top of the list. It…
Less than half of North Dakota registered voters turned out to cast a ballot in the midterm elections, the lowest participation level in years. But those who did show up…
Muse Mohamed was convicted of perjury related to his mishandling of absentee ballots in a 2018 election. The Sahan Journal reports that Mohamed was sentenced this morning to two years…
It’s been more than two decades since residents of a state have voted to impose legislative term limits on elected officials. North Dakotans could end that dry spell on November…