After years of struggling to keep two chronically unreliable wind turbines up and running, Willmar Municipal Utilities finally plans to pull the plug on them, five years sooner than projected…
Damarco Thompson is reported to have been Derrick’s passenger in the rented Cadillac Escalade that night. The federal trial for Derrick John Thompson on drug and gun charges begins October…
Yesterday, I wrote about a questionable “fact check” by KSTP which said that a Minnesota Congressional candidate’s claim of “20% inflation” was misleading. I noted that: Inflation is calculated as…
The House passed H.R. 8790, the “Fix Our Forests Act,” which intends to reduce the risk of wildfires and promote forest health. Projects proposed to thin overgrown forests of fuel…
After years of declining enrollment on some state campuses, the number of students attending North Dakota colleges and universities shot up more than three percent this fall. The Grand Forks…
Democrats try to pass Tim Walz off as a small-town moderate, “America’s coach.” The reality is entirely different, as Minnesotans know: he is a hard-core left-winger. Walz is in the…
One of the new things in journalism is running ‘fact checks’ of candidate’s claims. An example comes from KSTP’s recent fact check of an ad by Congressional Candidate Joe Teirab…
On Monday, Minnesota Power announced plans to build two large-scale solar projects in northern Minnesota. The utility has not yet released cost estimates. The Regal Solar project will be located…
It’s no secret that the state teachers’ union and its affiliates are big spenders on politics. During 2022, Education Minnesota’s Political Action Committee (PAC) spent $5.4 million on statewide general…
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz took time out from his busy schedule to visit the Manhattan, New York, home of the philanthropist Alex Soros. The event is commemorated on Soros’ Twitter…
The Rochester Public Schools Board wasn’t about to take any chances after a ten-year $10 million annual technology referendum was rejected by voters last year. The board recently quietly renewed…
The respected national financial firm Moody’s has lowered the city of Fargo’s credit outlook from stable to negative, increasing pressure on city commissioners to take another look at cuts to…
I’ve written a few times recently about the looming budget problems in Minneapolis and St. Paul resulting from the collapse in commercial real estate prices. These prices are down, for…
The Wall Street Journal published an article last week titled “Renewables, and Good Luck, Prop Up Power Grid Through Extreme Heat.” The authors are right that ‘good luck’ is propping…
Since late spring, the Minnesota Department of Education’s Ethnic Studies Working Group has been drafting a “framework” and other resources that are expected to direct school districts on implementing new…
Those wishing to cut state government spending could begin with the 173 employees in the Walz administration working on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). American Experiment intern Nathan Fish recently…
Fox 9 TV reports that the City of Minneapolis is pushing ahead with plans for the former Speedway gas station at the site, near where the unfortunate events of Memorial…
Representatives of the Department of Energy and Department of Commerce told attendees at RE+, an energy trade conference recently held in Southern California, that the U.S. solar supply chain faces severe hurdles.…
Last week, the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reported: Two downtown Minneapolis office towers have sold in a deal representing one of the core’s steepest discounts in recent history. The 634,000-square-foot…
Constellation Energy and Microsoft announced an agreement last Friday to restart Three Mile Island, a nuclear power plant near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It’s a victory for reliable energy and shows the…
Over the past 24 months, with little fanfare, more than 423,000 Haitian nationals are known to have entered the United States. The island nation has a population of around 11…
You read that headline correctly. To meet the state’s mandate for 100 percent “carbon-free” electricity by the year 2040, the state’s largest electric utility is planning to build at least…
A mass shooting in downtown Minneapolis overnight claimed the lives of two with three more injured. It caps a deadly week in the state’s largest city. The Minnesota Star Tribune…
State and local taxes and spending The Ely Echo: St. Louis County Board considers property tax hike Duluth News Tribune: Our View: Taxpaying Duluthians can appreciate the ‘breather’ Caledonia Argus:…