Sheriffs across the state have gone on the offensive over the ramifications for public safety of DFL-sponsored legislation to legalize marijuana in Minnesota. The top law enforcement officers in several…
In the intramural fight between Keith Ellison and Mary Moriarty, is “democracy” at stake? Earlier this month, state Attorney General Keith Ellison, with the approval of Governor Tim Walz, removed…
The controversial Hennepin County Attorney is much in the news. Just three months into her first term as the county’s prosecutor, Moriarty has been removed from a high-profile murder case…
Just as the DFL-controlled legislature prepares to enact a series of constitutionally questionable gun control measures, a federal judge has upstaged them by recently striking down a state law already…
Make no mistake, Governor Tim Walz’s appointment of Attorney General Keith Ellison to take over a murder case from Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty is significant. It was the right thing…
The suits at Meet Minneapolis, the group in charge of promoting the place as a destination, know they have a big image problem. The city’s reputation took a serious hit…
On Monday 4/3/23, University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel announced she had accepted an offer from the University of Pittsburg to become its president effective July 2023. Gabel’s announced departure…
I have written frequently this past year on the role the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission (MSGC) plays in our overall public safety. Current legislative efforts to stack the MSGC (including adding…
Buried on page 6 of today’s Star Tribune were two stories that documented violent events over the weekend involving large groups of teens from the north metro. Find links to the…
There’s an all-out assault on the 43 percent of Minnesota households that keep at least one firearm at home. The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus ticked off a list of gun…
The Minnesota House of Representatives Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee debated HF 2290 in a hearing last evening. The bill would effectively ban law enforcement from having the ability…
Minnesota’s Attorney General Keith Ellison has come under criticism in recent months for his responses to several significant public safety issues facing our state. Violent crime, gun crimes, and auto thefts…
Mary Moriarty didn’t hide the fact that she would be a progressive prosecutor if elected as the Hennepin County Attorney. Despite examples of similarly minded progressive prosecutors across the country…
According to Black Lives Matter Twin Cities, Communities United Against Police Brutality, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, and the family of Khalil Azad, an independent “community investigation” of Azad’s July…
There’s another threat to U.S. border security that continues to fly under the radar. With the focus largely on millions illegally crossing into the U.S. on the southern border under…
According to the latest Thinking Minnesota poll (February 26-28), an overwhelming majority (60%) of Minnesotans oppose restoring the right to vote for convicted felons. The poll results were released by…