Freshman state Senator Omar Fateh (DFL-Minneapolis) has been generating more than his share of headlines lately. Tracking his various scandals requires a scorecard, if not an entire program. The latest…
It’s alive and well with controversial state Representative John Thompson. Alpha News reported last week that Thompson and his company, Fight For Justice Enterprises LLC, combined received more than $43,000…
American Experiment’s wind energy billboards were prominently featured in a recent CNN story about the growing local opposition to wind turbine projects in rural Minnesota. I was pleasantly surprised by…
A recent Rasmussen poll found a majority of voters are concerned about rising energy costs and favor increased drilling for oil and gas, although most Democratic voters consider reducing climate…
State and local taxes and spending The Center Square: Minnesota lawmakers set to haggle over tax cuts Duluth News Tribune: Minnesota House passes property tax cuts, family tax rebates West…
Each year in May, we set aside time to honor fallen peace officers as part of National Peace Officers Memorial Week. Today elected officials, law enforcement leaders and the public…
There’s been a sharp increase in the number of children with emotional or behavioral health issues being dropped off at M Health Fairview Masonic Children’s Hospital. Due to a shortage…
The Biden administration is currently considering a student loan cancellation package that could range from $10,000 to $50,000, but doing so would ignore this one weird trick guaranteed to eliminate…
The U.S. Energy Information Administration recently released some of the findings of their 2020 Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS), which asks respondents a series of questions about their households and…
The more officials in the southwestern Minnesota city of Hendricks go over the numbers, the more the results from 2020 just don’t add up. They want a recount, not of…
The two-year fallout from the death of George Floyd has been damaging to Minnesota law enforcement, and in turn the communities they serve. Activists seized the opportunity to attack the…
The political backlash since Biden’s Department of Education released new and restrictive rules for a federal charter school grant program in March is not letting up. Parents, educators, education advocacy…
Wind and solar companies are often assumed to be wholesome, good actors. While the vast majority of these companies are likely owned and operated by honest, hardworking Minnesotans, Minnesotans need…
Less than a year ago, Minnesota legislative leaders and Gov. Tim Walz approved a $1.1 billion increase in school funding and gave the K-12 funding formula its biggest increase in…
A couple of weeks ago, I saw a post in a Facebook group for residents of my neighborhood where a desperate mother was asking if anyone knew a store that…
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released figures for the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in April today. The good news was that the CPI increased by 0.3 percent in April,…
An Indiana electric company has announced they will delay the closure of two units at a coal-fired power plant because of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Commerce of the…
The recent tax bill by the Minnesota Senate would, among other things, cut our state’s bottom rate of state income tax from 5.35 percent to 2.80 percent. Refreshingly in these…
In fall 2020, public school enrollment fell 2.5 percent — over 1 in 40 students, according to an enrollment tracker published by the American Enterprise Institute. Districts that spent the…
It understandably hasn’t received much attention given the rampant shootings, car jackings, and general atmosphere of lawlessness that dominates media crime coverage. But there’s another indicator that illustrates how little…
Reporter Pafoua Yang at Alpha News has put together two video reports on the Feeding Our Future scandal. The first report features an overview of the scandal with an interview…
In March, I had an op-ed in the Star Tribune about the shortage of ‘affordable housing’ in the Twin Cities, in which I argued that: A price is not a…
A combination of unseasonably warm temperatures, plant maintenance, and a shortage of reliable power plant capacity on the electric grid could lead to a strain on the electricity system this…
The Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB) is considering a new standard called “Racial Consciousness and Reflection” — adding it to the list of seven “Standards of Effective…