Minnesota’s media will often celebrate data showing that the state has added a particular number of jobs over a given month. What they are less likely to report is that…
Days after securing a surprise $1 million dollar emergency taxpayer-guaranteed line of credit from the city, the urgency behind the bailout of the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center has become even…
Gov. Tim Walz tweeted on October 4 that “We need to remember our history, not erase it.” If Walz really believed that, he would find the statue of Christopher Columbus,…
State and local taxes and spending WCCO: Twin Cities metro shoppers will see 1% sales tax increase Sunday NFIB: Coming Sunday: Metro Sales Tax Hike Takes Effect, Will Cost Minnesota Consumers, Small…
Without parental consent, schools cannot require a student to answer questions about: their political beliefs, mental problems or challenges, sexual behavior or attitudes, illegal or self-incriminating behavior, critical appraisals of…
We’ve previously discussed the rap sheet of the lone person charged with the gang-rape of an 11-year-old girl in Bemidji. In this post, we dig into the criminal histories of…
Last Saturday a true nightmare played out in New York State. A nine-year-old girl was abducted while riding her bike in a state park where she was camping with her…
Controversy over critical race theory (CRT) in America’s public schools has been a flashpoint in our nation’s culture wars since at least 2020. In Virginia, parents’ outcry against it determined…
The end of federal emergency funding for childcare has brought the issue of childcare once again front and center — not that it ever really left. Last week, the news was…
The incident discovered last month has received national attention. An 11-year-old rape victim escaped from a house in Bemidji where she says that she and two other teen girls were…
In late September, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC), all of whom were appointed or reappointed by Governor Tim Walz, approved Xcel Energy’s expansion plans for the Sherco solar project, which…
The sole suspect charged in an alleged child gang rape should not have been free. Oscar Ernesto Luna, age 22, has been charged with the alleged rape of an 11-year-old…
Dickinson State University has become the latest institution of higher education to announce cuts in faculty and major programs due to a downward trend in enrollment and interest among high…
Recent efforts by progressive politicians and our media have tried to suggest that progressive policies have sent crime into a retreat. They cite slight decreases in select crime rates in 2022,…
I highly recommend Rufo’s book on the origins of the CRT/DEI/ethnic studies phenomenon. The Manhattan Institute’s Christopher Rufo book, America’s Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything, still ranks…
Wind and solar electricity prices are soaring in response to supply chain disruptions, rising costs for materials and labor, interest rate hikes, and increasing costs to connect wind and solar…
In 2016, the Minnesota legislature passed a law requiring the state’s public school students to pass a civics test. It wasn’t a graduation requirement; districts decided what grade level to…
The silly season has officially begun for the 2023 election. Today’s installment comes from Bloomington courtesy of some unhinged liberals accusing Ricardo Oliva of “anglicizing” his name to appeal to…
In this second part of the series, we review a Sept. 12 panel discussion held at the university in St. Paul. Some background is in order. Last year, Hamline University…
Back in April, we reported that Gov. Walz was going to move into a lakeside mansion costing Minnesota’s taxpayers $17,000 a month while the governor’s mansion was renovated. After an…
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School choice is making waves across the country thanks to union boss Randi Weingarten.
Data shows more people are walking away from Minnesota — or aren’t coming here at all.
The Guthrie Theater tries hard to ruin a great story.