On Monday, Minnesota Management & Budget announced that the state’s forecast budget surplus had grown to $9.3 billion. This is a staggering amount of money the state government is forecast…
An already historic surplus just got bigger. Earlier today the Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) released their updated economic forecast. And According to the new numbers, Minnesota is now expecting…
Much of the attention in the Feeding Our Future scandal has focused on the role of Safari Restaurant. The Safari group is just one of three networks within Feeding Our…
Minnesotans are feeling the pinch from higher prices, and the price of gas is one of the main culprits. Lawmakers in St. Paul are anxious to ameliorate this — especially…
Yesterday, Gov. Tim Walz’s tax policy proposal got its first hearing of the session in the Minnesota House. The tax policy plan, which is part of a broader spending package,…
Two Chinese companies stand to benefit from millions of dollars in local tax breaks being offered to locate or expand their operations in Grand Forks and Duluth. No one evidently…
Today, Minnesota’s Senate Republicans released their plan for what to do with the state’s forecast budget surplus. They propose to reduce the first-tier income tax rate from 5.35 percent to…
It’s been exactly 30 days since the FBI raids on the St. Anthony-based free-food nonprofit Feeding Our Future. With the passing of time, more questions have piled up than answers.…
The U.S. Attorney for Minnesota is seeking to recover assets purchased with the alleged proceeds of the Feeding Our Future scandal. As of yet, no properties have been seized. Not…
It’s been exactly four weeks since 200 officers executed FBI search warrants at the St. Anthony offices of the nonprofit Feeding Our Future and related sites. Not one person has…
Our Give It Back campaign is sending thousands of emails to Gov. Tim Walz and Minnesota legislators demanding that the surplus be returned to the people who created it. A…
This week sees the launch of our new report, ‘It’s Our Surplus: Give It Back!: The case for permanent tax cuts for Minnesotans.’ In it, we argue that Minnesota’s politicians,…
Giving away free food to Minnesota children may be the fastest growing industry in the state, judging by the numbers involved in the alleged Feeding Our Future scandal. The two…
Although the beleaguered nonprofit at the center of the alleged scandal gets most of the attention, there is a lot more going on below the surface. On the surface, the…
In an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal this weekend, Grover Norquist noted that “eight states have no personal income tax” and that: Two more states have already enacted laws…
American Experiment recently cautioned that the imposition of a local sales tax to generate a new revolving stream of funding provides a more tempting option than ever for communities across…
On Thursday, the Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) released the numbers for January revenue collections. And according to the new data, tax collections were $649 million higher than was predicted…
What questions haven’t been answered? What questions haven’t even been asked? It’s been exactly three weeks since 200 FBI agents raided the offices of a Minnesota free food nonprofit and…
Nonprofits behind the Feeding Our Future alleged scandal argued that Minnesota children were going hungry for lack of free food distribution sites. A look at one Bloomington address suggests otherwise.…
Yesterday, we released our new Policy Briefing, ‘Reducing Tax Complexity for Minnesotans.’ Today, we release another, ‘Reducing tax complexity for Minnesota’s businesses.’ Minnesota ranked 45th out of 50 states in…
Today, we release our new Policy Briefing, ‘Reducing Tax Complexity for Minnesotans.’ This starts by noting that Minnesotans are some of the most heavily taxed citizens in the United States.…
Although the USDA’s Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) is having its difficulties in Minnesota, the rest of the country is seeking more nonprofits to tap a higher federal reimbursement rate…
In the Feeding Our Future alleged scandal, the numbers can be staggering. So, let’s focus on a single city as a case study in bureaucratic bloat to make the figures…
The numbers are staggering. FBI search warrants allege that $48 million was stolen from a federal low-income food program in Minnesota. How was it done? Volume, sheer volume. Not one…