At least Americans were told upfront that candidate Trump planned to build a wall like it or not. But Minneapolis residents have found out the hard way about the Met…
The separation of powers doctrine says that the three branches of government are coequal, and that each branch has certain defining and exclusive functions. It’s a beautiful, powerful and simple…
Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges blamed her refusal to submit a detailed $1.4 billion city budget by August 15 as required by law on the demands of her job following the…
The verdict has been virtually unanimous on President Trump’s nominee to fill the vacancy on the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Current Minnesota Supreme Court Justice David Stras’s stellar…
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman proposed a budget that dramatically reduces road maintenance fees and raises property taxes by an equally dramatic 23.9 percent. The fee reduction and property tax…
A botched investigation has not only cost the Minnesota Department of Commerce its reputation for impartiality but also nearly $1 million in court-ordered legal expenses to be paid to the…
Center of the American Experiment has filed a “friend of the court” or amicus brief with the Minnesota Supreme Court in the line-item veto case between the current Legislature and…
7 Things the legislature didn't do, but should.
Sounding like an outraged King, Dayton chided and lectured state legislative leaders, making several amazing demands: “Your job has not been satisfactorily completed, so I am calling on you to…
Trump signs Jason Lewis bill to halt Met Council expansion
Hugh Hewitt delivers some excellent advice to Mr. Trump in the wake of his Morning Joe tweet fiasco in today’s Washington Post: Combative, but not cruel, Mr. President. He argues…
To its credit, the Trump administration is trying to get to the bottom of the voter fraud issue. President Trump has established an Election Integrity Commission headed by Vice President…
The housecleaning continues at U.S. Bank Stadium in the aftermath of revelations of political perks handed out by DFL insiders. It’s a big house to clean, but here’s a scorecard…
Property rights activists are slamming a U.S. Supreme Court case involving land along the St. Croix River near the Twin Cities that strengthens the hand of government environmental regulators nationwide.…
“Hate crimes” can now be directly reported via telephone in Minneapolis. Using its pre-existing, taxpayer-funded 3-1-1 service, the city launched a hotline for residents to report “harassing behaviors motivated by…
Minneapolis just became one of the first 100 cities in the world to hire a chief resilience officer. The new employee, former DFL legislator Rep. Kate Knuth, says it will…
Governor Mark Dayton prejudged the Jeronimo Yanez case hours after the fatal shooting of Philando Castile, at a time when virtually nothing was known about the facts. He said: Would…
Remember the subsidy for an indoor shrimp farm that was floated before being quickly sunk as word leaked out at the Minnesota Legislature this year? Our report could have been mistaken…
The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to pay themselves an annual salary of more than $92,000. They also decided to double the county's sales tax for public transit.
Lots of iffy reasons have been given for calling special legislative sessions in the past, but the Star Tribune editorial board’s wacky suggestion today will be hard to top in…
I attended the Minneapolis mayoral candidates debate today at the Humphrey School at the University of Minnesota. The best part was the excellent questions asked by the moderators, Larry Jacobs…
The governor of Minnesota has attempted to de-fund the state legislature, an equal branch of the government. Like a critical parent, Dayton dressed down GOP leaders in a dramatic letter,…
The special legislative session wrapped up before dawn last Friday with a flurry of bills on their way to Gov. Dayton; K-12 Education, Transportation, Health and Human Services, Taxes, among…
The Legislature concluded the special session early Friday morning, sending a flurry of budget bills to Governor Dayton. Roads and bridges will get $2 billion over 10 years in existing…