A guilty plea coming in the Feeding Our Future bribery case?
A “plea agreement hearing” has been scheduled for July 23 in Federal court in Minneapolis. The always-alert Lou Raguse of KARE-11 was the first to report on this new development…
A “plea agreement hearing” has been scheduled for July 23 in Federal court in Minneapolis. The always-alert Lou Raguse of KARE-11 was the first to report on this new development…
Yesterday, I noted that Minnesota had slipped one place — from 5th to 6th overall — in CNBC’s annual ranking of “America’s Top States for Business.” But so what? 6th…
A childcare modernization project is underway at the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS). In 2021, legislators passed a law requiring the DHS to revise standards for licensed daycare centers.…
The on-again, but reliably off-again wind turbines operated by Willmar Municipal Utilities appear to be headed for the scrap heap, five years sooner than expected upon installation in 2009. For…
Last year, there was much excitement among Minnesota’s political leaders and journalists when our state ranked fifth on CNBC’s annual ranking of “America’s Top States for Business.” Some headlines were:…
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is preparing to award grant funding for 13 electric vehicle charging station sites. The sites will receive a combined total of $7.8 million, with individual…
The Biden administration’s changes to Title IX are set to go into effect Aug. 1, but litigation has halted implementation in 14 states. “While Minnesota is not one of them,…
Regulation KSTP: City of St. Paul increases minimum wage for small businesses NFIB: Start Preparing for Inclusive Pricing Mandate in Minnesota State and local taxes and spending West Central Tribune:…
That’s exactly the question posed by the Minneapolis Star Tribune in a remarkable article published today under the headline: Many millions lost. Is the Walz administration taking fraud and waste…
After submitting nearly twice as many signatures as the 17,500 needed for a referendum, opponents have succeeded in putting the fate of a controversial new law tied to a proposed…
This morning, in the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis, Abdiaziz Shafii Farah was formally arraigned in the $120,000 juror bribery case arising from last month’s fraud trial in the Feeding…
In May, I wrote about Madison Equities putting ten of its commercial properties in downtown St. Paul up for sale, including the First National Bank building, the Park Square Court…
And because the idea is so apocalyptically bad, it’s almost certain to become law next year. Buried on page 87 of the 217-page state government budget bill (HF 1830), passed…
Just weeks after Rochester implemented a ban on homeless camps on public property in March, the Brainerd City Council began considering a similar measure based on Rochester’s ordinance. Now comes…
The number of principals and assistant principals in Minnesota public elementary and secondary schools has ticked up again, despite declining student enrollment, according to state data from the National Center…
The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Century Aluminum is planning to build the country’s first new smelter in 45 years. That could be good news, if the company can…