Minnesota spends a lot on education. According to the Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB), our state government is poised to spend nearly $52 billion in the 2022-2023 biennium. This is…
The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office charged a 15-year-old male late last month with murder for the apparently random, fatal shooting of a 34-year-old businesswoman in her car. Police were called…
Rochester officials must be fans of the “if you build it, they will come” way of doing things. They’re racing to fill in the blanks on a vaguely defined $65…
The Minneapolis teachers’ union went on a 14-day strike in March over stalled contract negotiations, with “smaller class sizes” listed as a bargaining priority. Smaller class sizes in schools are…
The state Department of Education (MDE) testified in front of the state Senate earlier this week, and blamed their failure to halt the free-food money flows on “local judges.” Not…
The Dairyland Power Cooperative in Wisconsin is exploring its options for building new nuclear power facilities. According to a press release issued last month, the co-op signed a memorandum of…
Econ 101 has been getting bad rap the last few years. The time when Freakonomics was the book to be seen reading if you wanted to look smart is long past, and…
If there’s anywhere in the country you’d expect the Pledge of Allegiance to be a slam dunk, it’s Fargo. But the hand-wringing and heated rhetoric over whether the pledge should…
Liberal members of the DFL House of Representatives held an informational hearing on HF 2083 last week, which, if passed, would establish a California fuel standard (CFS) in Minnesota. You…
Census Bureau data show that, in 2021, Minnesota lost 13,453 residents to other states, its biggest net loss of domestic migrants to other states in at least 30 years. Data…
A really bad bill that gives rights to plants and trees Rep. Kaohly Her (DFL-St. Paul) introduced a bill that gives constitutional rights to plants and animals. You read that…
A third report about the 2020 riots released this week revealed once again that Tim Walz’s stated reason for not immediately deploying the National Guard is not supported by the…
Recent news headlines from Iowa confirm another Minnesota neighbor is prioritizing students over systems by expanding the types of school choice available to K-12 students and their families. Notice I…
They say that the children are our future. Based on the names of the nonprofits involved, that cliche was never more true than when applied to Minnesota’s free-food scandal. Of…
Labor market Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal: State hits lowest unemployment rate in 20 years as more Minnesotans go back to work MPR News: Unemployment rate falls, labor market tightens Duluth…
Governor Tim Walz’s fishing opener has always been a public relations bonanza for the state’s top elected official, particularly in an election year. It’s one of the few must-cover media…
President Joe Biden presented his budget for the fiscal year 2023, and much like earlier proposals with his Build Back Better plan, the proposal does not deviate from Biden’s core…
On Tuesday, liberal lawmakers in the Minnesota House of Representatives held an informational hearing on a bill that would bring expensive California fuel standards to Minnesota. On that same day,…
The small suburb of Hopkins, MN, is wedged in between the larger western Minneapolis suburbs of Edina, Minnetonka, and St. Louis Park. The city has a population of about 20,000,…
Investopedia (a financial website) defines investment as “the act of allocating resources, usually money, with the expectation of generating an income or profit.” Ordinarily, these funds being invested have to…
It’s probably a miracle the ban on Congressional earmarks ushered in by the GOP in 2011 lasted as long as it did. From the looks of it, members of Congress…
Prescription drug costs tend to shoulder a lot of the blame for the high and rising cost of health care in America. Bringing down the cost of drugs was the…
Center of the American Experiment announced today they will host a Tax Rally on the steps of the Minnesota State Capitol on Saturday, April 23 at 11:00 a.m. The rally…
However unlikely, the west metro suburb of Edina features prominently in the free-food scandal. Not one person has been arrested or charged in the case. The alleged scandal involves two…