School boards have many responsibilities — from hiring the district superintendent and prioritizing and approving the district’s budget to managing the collective bargaining process for the district’s employees and establishing…
Photo: AMTRAK MIDWEST “Profit” A couple of weeks ago, I noted the flurry of excitement in the local media over the news that the new train service between St. Paul…
Summer is usually a time of celebration. Graduations, weddings, vacations — new beginnings abound, and the possibilities are endless. In Minnesota, the lakes are full of fishermen and pleasure-seekers, and…
The Minneapolis Police Department reported that over the weekend (Thursday-Sunday) three (3) murders and seven (7) other shootings had occurred in the city. “This weekend we’ve seen an unacceptable level…
Photo: Christopher Oquendo for DailyMail.com In the Summer 2020 edition of our magazine Thinking Minnesota, my colleague Tom Steward and I wrote an article outlining how state and city leaders — particularly Governor…
In an order issued late last week, Federal District Judge Nancy Brasel rescheduled the upcoming trails for many of the remaining 40 or so Feeding Our Future defendants to dates…
Following last year’s spending spree and tax money giveaways, there wasn’t much in the legislative tills to spend at the Capitol this year. And with DFL-majority lawmakers railroading through their…
Labor market KSTP: Minnesota’s unemployment rate stays nearly the same from May to June Red Lake Nation News: Minnesota Jobs Metrics Tick Down, but Remain High Pioneer Press: Minnesota down…
It was the tweet heard-round-the-world. At 5:30 p.m. yesterday, the local CBS affiliate, WCCO TV Channel 4 posted this on Twitter (X): Those 14 words have generated a firestorm. The…
The effort to eliminate homeless camps on public property, while directing the occupants to shelters and public services, continues to gain momentum across Minnesota. The city of Minneapolis just cleared…
New test results show millions of students in grades 3-8 require months of additional school to catch up to pre-COVID achievement levels, according to an analysis of MAP Growth reading…
As Democrats scramble to assemble a ticket following Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the presidential race, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is putting himself out there as potential vice-presidential pick. He is…
A local cause célèbre for everyone from Hollywood stars to big name politicians is generating more nationwide headlines. AlphaNews reports that former President Trump mentioned the Minnesota Freedom Fund (MFF)…
Center of the American Experiment released a new report today that outlines how states can take advantage of Health Care Choice Compacts under Section 1333 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to…
Minnesota appears to have hit the jackpot again in the quest for strategic resources and minerals increasingly in demand for electronics, laptops, phones, batteries and defense industry. Less than a…
Not according to a new poll of likely voters and parents, reports Chalkboard News. The Voters Voice Poll conducted by Noble Predictive Insights in July found that over two-thirds (68…
The controversial nonprofit, founded in 2017 “to pay criminal bail and immigration bonds,” is back in the news. The Minneapolis Star Tribune posted on Twitter (X) yesterday, Weaponize? The current…
A recent economic working paper has found something that should be no surprise to anyone: Wealthier households reap the most benefit from U.S. tax credits for heat pumps, solar panels,…
This week, I’ve written about new Internal Revenue Service (IRS) data, which show that Minnesota saw a net loss of 13,455 residents in 2021-2022 and that these losses were seen…
Abdimajid Mohamed Nur pled guilty today in federal court in downtown Minneapolis to one count of bribery of a juror in the Feeding Our Future case. It’s the first guilty…
It’s well established that disciplinary problems continue to plague many schools, even three years after the interruption of in-person classes during the pandemic. Yet the ongoing behavioral problems outlined at…
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on Monday, July 22, nine days after a shooter defeated security at a Trump campaign rally…
Yesterday, I wrote about Internal Revenue Service (IRS) data that show Minnesota losing, on net, 13,455 residents in 2021-2022. A common response to such data is that these are just…
Digging into the most recent batch of campaign finance reports, I came across this gem: on the last day of the latest reporting period (May 31), a man named Barry…