What happened in Vegas didn’t stay in Vegas for the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. As word of the North Dakota tribes’ $115 million venture into…
State and local taxes and spending Minnesota Reformer: Cheap insulin, expanded tax credits and other benefits now available for undocumented Minnesotans Winona Post: Winona County OKs first tax increase for…
Once, when I was a kid back in Britain, I was watching Superman II on TV. At the end, with General Zod vanquished, the music swells and the Man of…
As Minnesota moves into the “legalization of adult-use marijuana” business, it never hurts to keep an eye out for what’s next on the progressive agenda. Look no further than Oregon,…
One would think Mary Moriarty might give pause to the belief that her role as lead prosecutor is to argue on behalf of violent, murderous defendants. Consistency is often a…
The Biden administration’s new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule regulating carbon dioxide emissions from power plants has come under criticism from the largest regional power grid operators in the country.…
None of the three Minnesota school districts that sought residents’ approval for bonding referendums this week came close to succeeding. But the losses in the Annandale (57-43%) and Glenville-Emmons (55-45%)…
On August 8, four regional grid operators, Pennsylvania Jersey Maryland (PJM), the Midcontinent Independent Systems Operator (MISO), the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), and Southwest Power Pool (SPP) issued…
Likely unbeknownst to many (including me, originally) the National Education Association — the largest teachers’ union in the country — has a federal charter that was issued by the U.S.…
The window for candidate filings opened on August 1 and runs through August 15. The filings, so far, do include a few surprises. All thirteen seats on the Minneapolis City…
Just last month a New York Times opinion article about Golden Valley, MN got a lot of attention. The title of the piece was “Half the Police Force Quit. Crime Dropped.” Golden…
With the recent legalization of marijuana, Minnesota plans to not only make reparations to residents affected by former marijuana laws, but also give preferential treatment to organizations in those communities. …
Center of the American Experiment has modeled the impacts of the Biden administration’s new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules regulating carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and determined that these…
Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin are all more appealing states to teach in compared to Minnesota, according to an analysis by the left-leaning Learning Policy Institute. (And how…
The Federal Emergency and Management Agency promoted a recent open house in Montevideo to unveil new flood insurance rate maps for Chippewa County as a chance “to see how the…
During the last legislative session, the Minnesota House and Senate managed to pass a bill so wacky that it was too much even for Governor Walz. The bill required that…
Consulting the current Minneapolis crime dashboard, auto thefts in the city stand at 5,177 year-to-date (as of August 7). That works out to almost exactly one care stolen every hour.…
The Iowa company backing what’s billed as the world’s biggest carbon capture pipeline just hit a roadblock, if not a dead end, in the state where the controversial project would…
When I have pointed out the record numbers of Minnesotans fleeing the state in recent years, one of the standard responses has been: …something like “breaking news: old people are leaving…
You have seen Ethan Hunt (played by Tom Cruise) perform death-defying stunts in not just one but six Mission Impossible movies, as he tries to save the world from one…
Labor market KROX: Minnesota labor force grows for four straight months KRWC: Wright County Unemployment Up in June, New High for Available Labor Force in Nearly Three Years KPVI: Metros…
It’s been a quiet summer so far for the Feeding Our Future scandal, but rest assured, a lot is going on in the behind the scenes. MN Reformer is continuing…
Not when it comes to choosing a school, according to the roughly 1,500 parents who participated in EdChoice’s 2023 Schooling in America Survey. But academic quality was a top factor…
Student behavior and discipline continues to be a significant challenge for teachers, administrators and other students in the post-pandemic era. Newly released statistics from the recently concluded school year indicate…