An obscure entry in the federal court calendar suggests “Yes” A hearing has been scheduled at the federal courthouse in downtown St. Paul for Friday afternoon (Oct. 18) at 1:30…
The Cato Institute opens its 2024 Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors with the words: State government budgets have grown substantially in recent years with the influx of federal…
The first prison sentence in the sprawling free-food scandal was handed down this afternoon in the Federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. Mohamed Jama Ismail, aged 51, defendant No. 16 in…
Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance visited Minneapolis yesterday. Standing outside the ruins of the Third Precinct, he painted an unflattering picture of our state’s biggest city, suggesting that it was…
It’s our favorite time of year — Golden Turkey Season! The competition to find the most bird-brained examples of waste in state government is back and getting ready to kick…
On Thursday, October 17, it’s expected that a 23rd guilty plea will be entered in the sprawling free-food scandal. Farhiya Mohamud, Defendant No. 35 overall, will become Guilty Plea No.…
Back in April, I wrote: One area where there is a good deal of bipartisan agreement in Minnesota is the need to expand broadband internet. The growth of remote work offers the…
A new, independent report says that public school teachers’ pensions are underperforming the relevant benchmarks by more than $1 billion (with a “b”), per year. That’s what generated this provocative…
It’s only a drop in the bucket when it comes to the massive cost overruns and delays that have plagued the continuing construction of the Southwest Light Rail Transit line…
Nolosha is still hoping to acquire Feeding Our Future-linked property next month. State attorney general Keith Ellison announced a lawsuit on Wednesday against a controversial housing developer with plans for…
The federal Interstate Income Act of 1959 put limits on states’ ability to assert tax nexus over businesses with limited connections to the state. A recent Minnesota Supreme Court decision undermines that. Abir Mandal…
A second sentencing hearing has been set for this month in the sprawling Feeding Our Future fraud case. Mohamed Jama Ismail is due in court on October 15 to learn…
Sentencing for the five Feeding Our Future defendants convicted at trial back in June is scheduled to occur on October 16. Two other defendants in that trial were acquitted. This…
It came as a surprise to many Minnesotans in 2023 to discover that one one of the most pressing priorities facing our state was not crime or the economy but…
As expected, in the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis, Kawsar Jama (Defendant No. 54) became Guilty Plea No. 22 in the Feeding Our Future case. Kawsar, aged 42, was assisted…
It would be hard to overstate the depth of uncertainty plaguing Minnesota businesses, big and small, over the looming paid family and medical leave program rammed through the DFL-controlled state…
The respected national financial firm Moody’s has lowered the city of Fargo’s credit outlook from stable to negative, increasing pressure on city commissioners to take another look at cuts to…
Those wishing to cut state government spending could begin with the 173 employees in the Walz administration working on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). American Experiment intern Nathan Fish recently…
Last week, the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reported: Two downtown Minneapolis office towers have sold in a deal representing one of the core’s steepest discounts in recent history. The 634,000-square-foot…
No. 20, Haji Salad, has ties to a controversial Lakeville housing development. It was a busy week for the Feeding Our Future case at the Federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis.…
The Minnesota Star Tribune writes about the growing number of investigations undertaken by the state Department of Human Services (DHS) of taxpayer-funded private autism clinics. The Star Tribune‘s headline: Minnesota…
The ever-alert Lou Raguse of KARE-11 TV noticed a late addition to the federal court schedule for tomorrow. Raguse writes on Twitter (X): New to the Federal Court docket: Feeding…
While Minnesota’s fiscal condition is looking good — at least in the short run — as tax revenues blow past projections‚ the same cannot be said about the federal government.…
Hints at a widening scope for the Feeding Our Future bribery case emerged at an ordinary court hearing yesterday in downtown Minneapolis. Your correspondent was there. The occasion was a…