The mayor of Minnetonka has joined fellow suburban mayors in calling for more prosecution of non-violent property crimes. Mayor Brad Wiersum is calling for assistance from the Hennepin County Attorney,…
I started covering public safety for American Experiment a couple of years ago, writing about a surge of violent muggings in downtown Minneapolis. Things have got worse since then. Minneapolis…
About one in every five Minnesotans has an occupation that requires a license. According to a 2017 report by the Institute of Justice (IJ), Minnesotans spend an average of $238…
On an 8-2 vote, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors backed Mayor London Breed’s plan to implement an emergency declaration in the city’s troubled Tenderloin neighborhood. The mayor needed their…
All of a sudden the fervor for purging schools of police officers appears to be falling flat. The ‘no cops in the corridors’ campaign gained momentum in the aftermath of…
Minnesota electricity companies like Xcel Energy are planning to spend billions of ratepayer dollars on solar panels, but there is a problem. Solar panels don’t work well in winter. Solar…
With Omicron cases on the rise, debates are once again brewing on whether or not schools should close. In fact, some schools have already returned to remote learning, in states…
California may not be what it used to be, but it still looks tempting in the middle of a Minnesota winter. So tempting that two of Hennepin County’s highest paid…
The Midcontinent Independent Systems Operator, MISO, is the regional electric grid that Minnesota belongs to. It consists of portions of 15 states and the Canadian province of Manitoba. In late…
The video below is an excellent primer on why the electric grid is becoming less reliable. Merry Christmas!
State and local taxes and spending Minn Post: Online retail sales are way up. So are local sales tax collections in Minnesota Park Rapids Enterprise: Hubbard County’s first levy increase…
The only decisions being made right now in Minnesota are political decisions. It was a political decision to charge Kim Potter with a crime for making a mistake while carrying…
World Nuclear News reports that a new coalition government in the Netherlands has placed nuclear power at the heart of its climate and energy policy. The government will spend about…
A Ramsey County District Court judge has suspended implementation of St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter’s all-or-nothing vaccine mandate on the city’s police and firefighters set to take effect in January.…
When Minnesota’s blockbuster surplus of $7.7 billion for the FY 2022-23 biennium was announced on December 7, the DFL did a victory dance. Gov. Tim Walz, Lt. Gov. Flanagan, and…
According to The Wall Street Journal, Some $100 billion has potentially been stolen from Covid-19 relief programs designed to help individuals and businesses harmed by the pandemic, the U.S. Secret…
Another county in rural America has decided to ban the development of industrial wind projects. On Tuesday, Dec. 14, the Reno County, Kansas Commission unanimously voted to ban commercial wind…
Earlier today, Pioneer Press reported that the Omicron variant might be dominating new cases in Minnesota. Minnesota health officials said Wednesday they believe the new, more contagious omicron variant of…
New Census Bureau population data show that Minnesota’s population grew by just 225 people in 2021. One particularly alarming aspect of this was a loss of 13,453 residents to other…
Modern sports are not exempt from controversy — just consider the evolution of equipment and rules, race relations, and politics. But nothing has threatened the future of sports more than…
Demography is destiny. In the past year, the population of the entire United States grew by only 393,000, at the slowest rate ever recorded. But the growth (and shrinkage) was…
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has upheld the air permit for the PolyMet mining project in Northeastern Minnesota. This act rebukes anti-mining groups who oppose the project, despite the scientific…
On Dec. 7, the Minnesota Management and Budget announced that Minnesota was expecting a $7.7 billion surplus for the 2022-2023 biennium. $3.1 billion of that is leftover money from the…
It’s game on and the stakes are nothing short of law and order in the city. The mayor of San Francisco, London Breed, recently announced a crackdown on crime, coupled…