Right before the New Year, a U.S. District Court judge approved the sale of three properties forfeited in the Feeding Our Future case. The properties were Nos. 10, 11, and…
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…
If the federal government decides to pursue anti-agriculture policies in the name of fighting climate change (like those of the Netherlands), it is...
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…
Peter Zeihan is a geopolitical strategist who has written several excellent books, with his most recent being The End of the World is Just the Beginning. He produced an interesting…
State and local taxes and spending Duluth News Tribune: State Senator’s View: With so many challenges, now is the time to invest in one another Grand Forks Herald: Surplus, Social…
The owner of a Twitter account abruptly dropped her copyright lawsuit against Center of the American Experiment this week after filing it in United States District Court last month. The…
During the pandemic Rochester Public School administrators implemented a whacky new grading system called “Grading for Learning.” No more grades based on traditional testing, homework or quizzes, no deadlines for…
Among the DFL’s priorities to move Minnesota forward in the upcoming legislative session is the idea to increase funding for early care and learning. Specifically, the DFL wants to: Help…
2022 was a tough year for parents trying to find baby formula. But after months of parents facing empty shelves, Congress waived tariffs, which can be as high as 17.5%,…
On Friday 12/30/22, Jeremy Ellis, 26, became the 80th Minneapolis murder victim in 2022. Ellis was found shot to death behind the wheel of a car, adjacent to US Bank Stadium…
You have to give librarians credit. Despite digital technology inevitably changing the need for physical storage centers for books and information, the antiquated institution has reinvented itself in order to…
The Minnesota DFL, now holding a trifecta in state government, released their legislative priorities yesterday: These are aspirations, ends rather than means. We should ask, 1) Is there a problem?…
Bloomberg reports that an increase in electric heating in Southern states over the last ten years was a key factor in why power companies could not keep up with electricity…
Isaac Orr joined Jon Justice to talk about the rising prices and rolling blackouts that will ensue if liberal lawmakers like Governor Tim Walz push forward with a carbon-free electricity…
Fargo taxpayers let it rip when they were recently asked their opinion on the city’s proposed up to $11 million pedestrian bridge connecting City Hall to the riverfront. This excerpt…
Hennepin County worked for over a year on their version of the latest woke fad: a land acknowledgement. After reading it, I think someone with Dakota or Anishinaabe heritage should…
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…
Ibram X. Kendi wants parents to raise ‘antiracists.’
Just before Christmas, I noted that, on net, 19,400 Minnesotans left our state for other states in 2022, the largest exodus in at least 30 years. Where are they going?…
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…
Minnesota Public Radio reports that Minnesota’s environmental review process will now require developers of new highways, industrial plants, livestock feedlots, and significant housing developments to calculate their project’s greenhouse gas…
This post was originally emailed to subscribers of our Capitol Watch weekly email. To subscribe, click here. Elections have consequences. Minnesota Democrats ran the table in the 2022 election and…
As Tim Walz is sworn in for his second term as governor he will find himself at the helm of an economy in relatively poor shape. In our report “The Cost of…