Now that 2021 has (finally) rolled off the board, we can begin to total up the damage. St. Paul recorded 38 homicides, a new record for the city in a…
If you want to stay informed about the most important issues in 2022, here are three Twitter accounts you should follow in the new year. @COVID_Clarity for the pandemic, @CrimeWatchMpls…
Labor market Pine Journal: Can this workforce be saved? Here’s why US workers are quitting in droves Morrison County Record: Letter: Walz to blame for worker shortage Bemidji Pioneer: Child…
It doesn’t require training in critical film studies to figure out that Netflix’s new movie, Don’t Look Up, which tells the story of a comet wiping out life on earth,…
Earlier today, the Star Tribune run an editorial encouraging Minnesotans to do their part to control COVID-19 so that kids can stay in school as Omicron surges. The editorial especially…
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…