Trade Minnesota Reformer: Minnesota exports down 6% from this time last year WJON: Minnesota Exports Decline Amid Tariff Uncertainty Business North: Minnesota exports declined 6% to $6.3Billion in first quarter…
Vance Luther Boelter, 57, the man charged with killing Minnesota Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark last Saturday in their Brooklyn Park home, was arrested Sunday evening near his…
Following that Tuesday morning incident in Bloomington, a federal grand jury has formally indicted Roberto Carlos Munoz-Guatemala with one count of assaulting a federal officer: Presumably, the “deadly weapon” was…
From property to income tax On Wednesday, I asked: If you are not willing to forgo the goods and services property taxes pay for but want the property tax eliminated anyway, then…
Repeat after me: It’s a $300 million+ scandal. MPR News has been monitoring some of the other litigation spun off from the sprawling Feeding Our Future scandal. Partners in Nutrition,…
In 2021, the Minnesota legislature passed a law creating the childcare modernization project. The legislature tasked the Department of Human Services (DHS) with analyzing and recommending updates to childcare licensing…
Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, now age 36, pled guilty to one count of attempted bribery of a juror at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Minneapolis this morning. Your correspondent was there.…
The Owatonna People’s Press has an op-ed from Derek Delaney titled “Property taxes in Minnesota should end once a home is paid off.” I have long argued that Minnesotans are…
Big River Pizza, a long time wood fired pizza restaurant located in downtown St. Paul’s Lowertown made the announcement that it would be closing its business at the end of…
Yesterday, American Experiment released a new report, “Shattered Green Dreams: The Environmental Costs of Wind and Solar,” and it is already getting traction. Josh Antonini at the Mackinac Center for…
The headline: Convicted Sex Offender Illegally Present in the Country Assaults Federal Officer During Immigration Removal. That’s from a U.S. Attorney’s press release put out this evening. Where to begin?…
Ahmed Ghedi, Defendant No. 13 in the free-food scandal, was scheduled to become the 47th individual convicted in the fraud case, so far. He was present and on time at…
In this episode of the American Experiment Podcast, Grace and Kathryn take you behind the scenes of the tragic events in Minnesota this past weekend. First, they’re joined by public…
Minnesota could do a better job equipping elementary teacher candidates in math instruction, according to a new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ). The report analyzes how…
A new report released today by Center of the American Experiment warns that the environmental costs of wind, solar, and battery storage are routinely underestimated in public policy discussions, while…
American Federation of Teachers union President Randi Weingarten is leaving her position with the Democratic National Committee (DNC) due to disagreements with leadership, according to a letter obtained by POLITICO.…
Providing a financial cash incentive for poor women to give birth at home with the promise of a safer delivery, when it is actually much riskier is just making things…
The Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s Office filed a criminal complaint against Vance Luther Boelter, 57, Sunday night following his arrest near his home in Green Isle, MN. The complaint charges Boelter…
Today’s message was supposed to be about the recently completed special session of the Minnesota legislature. But the assassination of Democratic House Leader Melissa Hortman, the murder of her husband…
The manhunt that has taken place since early Saturday morning ended Sunday evening with the successful capture of Vance Luther Boelter, 57. Reports indicate that Boelter was located by trail…
The Minnesota Star Tribune reports on the hundreds of suspects never charged in the free-food scandal. A non-paywall version can be found here. The headline: ‘Hundreds’ had ties to Feeding…
We are awaking to the disturbing news that two Democratic Farmer Labor (DFL) legislators were apparently targeted at their homes overnight in Champlin and Brooklyn Park. Reports indicate at least…
My dad once told me that when The Beatles returned from their triumphant first tour of America in February 1964, an interviewer asked them what the best American music they’d…
State and local taxes and spending Pine Journal: Walz calls one-day special session of Minnesota Legislature MPR News: Special session called for Monday for legislators to finish Minnesota’s next budget…