18th guilty plea filed in Feeding Our Future case
The most recent defendant charged in the case — Hoda Abdi (No. 70, in the official numbering) — was in federal court in Minneapolis this afternoon to file guilty plea…
The most recent defendant charged in the case — Hoda Abdi (No. 70, in the official numbering) — was in federal court in Minneapolis this afternoon to file guilty plea…
The Biden administration continues to concoct new ways for American taxpayers to be held financially responsible for the student loans of untold thousands of fellow citizens who calculated a college…
While events are still unfolding, it has been reported that a Hennepin County deputy was shot and another deputy injured shortly before noon today in the 13000 block of Crestwood…
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced today that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased — the rate of inflation — by 0.4% in March, which matches February’s number for another “hot”…
Uri Berliner has exposed National Public Radio (NPR) as a partisan and ideologically driven organization which has lost its journalistic integrity and the trust of America. The article is even…
With over $6 billion in new funds dedicated to Health and Human Services (HHS) in the 2023 legislative session, welfare spending in Minnesota has reached record levels. As CAE’s most…
Approximately 150,000 Xcel Energy customers across Colorado lost power over the weekend as high winds damaged power lines. As a safety measure to prevent wildfires, Xcel Energy preemptively shut off…
Public pressure to reconsider the protected status of the gray wolf has only intensified over the winter. Standing-room-only crowds filled local meeting halls across northern Minnesota in support of the…
Last month I outlined why I think the current proposal from Republicans in St. Paul to bail the voters of Minneapolis out of the consequences of their decisions with a…
Are all the children in Lake Wobegon still above average? If Democrats in the legislature have their way, we’ll never know. The Minnesota Senate passed an education bill this week…
Many supporters of renewable energy are urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to overrule state objections to transmission projects for renewable energy deployments and force them to pay for…
One of my favorite Substack accounts in Penguin Empire Reports. Last weekend, they wrote this fantastic piece about the blackouts that occurred in Alberta, Canada, on Friday, April 5, 2024.…
Growth in public school administration continues despite declining student enrollment, according to Minnesota data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) compiled by American Experiment. In January 2023, I…
A few additional points on HF 2666 and the use of “nonprofits” to distribute taxpayer cash. Elsewhere, the Center’s John Phelan discusses this proposal, which is moving forward in the…
Last week, a House bill — HF 2666 — was referred to the Ways and Means Committee. The bill, authored by Reps Hollins (DFL), Gomez (DFL), Agbaje (DFL), Keeler (DFL), Xiong…
Wind advocates are prone to dismissing concerns about the intermittency of their preferred generation source by claiming, without evidence, that the wind is “always blowing somewhere,” and building more transmission…