In December, I wrote about the formation of a “Blue Dog Coalition” in the Minnesota Senate. This is a group of eight DFL senators who, among other things, promise to…
Today, I testified in front of the Transportation Finance and Policy Committee on HF 5. This bill would, among other things, halt indexing on the motor fuels tax, repeal the…
Some DFL legislators will reportedly reintroduce a bill to cap childcare costs at 7 percent of household income for parents — with the Minnesota state government paying the rest — after it…
The headline in the Sahan Journal is shocking: Feeding Our Future suspect threatened to kill witness, prosecutor reveals Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson says Salim Said threatened to kill a…
Back from his failed bid for the Vice Presidency, Gov. Walz released his proposed budget for FY 2026-27 yesterday. As my colleague Bill Glahn noted, “This exercise is largely meaningless, with…
The next trial of four defendants begins February 3 and will feature some of the biggest names in the scandal: Aimee Bock (Defendant No. 1), two co-owners of the now-defunct…
Let’s talk turkey! Golden Turkey, that is. In what turned out to be a two-project race, the new state flag and seal defeated Gov. Tim Walz’s DEI staff to win…
Lots of Feeding Our Future news to report this week. Ayan Abukar, award-winning founder of the nonprofit organization Action for East African People (AFEAP), is scheduled to plead guilty in…
Last week I wrote that, adjusted for inflation, government spending per person in Minnesota has risen 23% since 2019. From this, I concluded that “There is ample capacity for the…
The state Attorney General, Keith Ellison, announced a new Medicaid prosecution involving $7.3 million and five felony counts. The defendant is named as Chavis Willis. Mr. Willis stands accused of…
As I’ve mentioned before (here and here), the incoming Republican majority of the state House of Representatives held a press conference at the capitol yesterday to present their 2025 legislative…
Or, at least that’s what he’d like you to think. The Minnesota governor, having returned home from his failed Vice-Presidential bid, held a press conference this morning to announce new…
The forecast state government budget deficit for the 2028-2029 budget biennium is likely to dominate policy and political debate in Minnesota for the next few years. The state is constitutionally…
The U.S. Attorney for Minnesota, Andy Luger, issued a press release yesterday announcing a 13-count indictment against three executives of Evergreen Recovery for Medicaid fraud. Two of the three employees…
Last week, the following statement appeared on the Minnesota Senate DFL’s website: Today, Senator Matt Klein (DFL-Mendota Heights), Senator Nick Frentz (DFL – North Mankato), Senator Judy Seeberger (DFL – Afton), Senator Grant Hauschild…
Two videos, both produced in 2021, show the Minneapolis mayoral candidate speaking about his advocacy work on behalf of private companies providing social services funded by state government (taxpayers). Here…
Duluth may be in fourth place behind Minneapolis, St. Paul and Rochester when it comes to population. But the Lake Superior city came in first by far in holding the…
The MN Reformer uncovers a new scandal involving tutoring centers. What are the connections to the Feeding Our Future scandal? The headline in the MN Reformer this morning: Low-income mothers…
One of the most bizarre aspects of the Feeding Our Future scandal has been the deep and recurring connections between the case and the city of Seattle, Washington. It was…
After three years, the Kandiyohi County commissioners have nearly $300,000 in federal pandemic funding still on hand burning a hole in their pocket. Just one problem. They need to come…
We at Center of the American Experiment have long warned of looming budget battles in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Those battles are now here, but the two sides are lining…
Reporter Deena Winter of the Minnesota Star Tribune was the first to break the story on Twitter (X) this morning: Winter followed up with a story on the Star Tribune…
In a press release issued last week, the state’s Attorney General, Keith Ellison, announced a settlement in which the free-food nonprofit Youth Leadership Academy, d/b/a Gar Gaar Family Services (GGFS),…
The state’s Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) issued a new report this morning with the title: Department of Human Services: Outstanding Provider Debt in Minnesota’s Medicaid Program The full…