It must be a tough sales job trying to talk employees accustomed to working remotely in their sweats to return to their downtown St. Paul offices for at least a…
He also received U.S. citizenship in 2019. Add Mohamad Barakat’s name to the long list of people who shouldn’t have been around to commit mayhem on American soil. Earlier this…
The summer break may ultimately turn out to be more than a temporary hiatus for an additional number of Bemidji State University professors and staff who previously appeared to have…
Arguing that payday loans are exploitative, the Minnesota Legislature passed a law restricting interest rates charged on such loans. But as it turns out, that has had some negative consequences.…
The Twin Cities have an affordable housing problem as the result of excessive taxes, fees, and regulations that effectively make it illegal to build affordable housing there. Occasionally, when I…
Most Minnesotans disapprove of the Walz/DFL legislative agenda.
As states across the country create and expand educational freedom, more families are being empowered to pursue the education options best suited to their individual needs and goals. One of…
State and local taxes and spending KROC: Minnesota Fiscal Year Revenues Beat Forecast by a Half Billion $ KSTP: St. Paul voters to mull property, sales tax increases over next…
The Minneapolis suburb has a goal of adding 1,000 or more affordable housing units by the year 2030. One local developer has stepped forward to help, but local residents point…
Last summer Minneapolis Mayor Frey announced the hiring of Dr. Cedrick Alexander to lead the newly created Office of Community Safety. Mayor Frey called Alexander’s hire a “seminal moment” in the…
The City of Lakes adopts “ambitious” goals for global warming. Mild amusement follows. Today, the City of Minneapolis adopted its most ambitious climate change goals, ever. The Star Tribune recaps…
Impulsive expansion of health regulations will harm patients.
The Walz administration kept a tight lid on the behind-the-scenes deal-making in recent months to turn over ownership and control of the Upper Sioux Agency State Park to the Upper…
Fargo authorities conducted a follow-up press conference yesterday, as reported in the Fargo Inforum, to update the public with more facts that have been determined in the ambush shooting of several Fargo…
The Minneapolis Star Tribune has a story up about an incident from July 7, in which state Rep. Dan Wolgamott (DFL-St. Cloud) was arrested for DWI in Kanabec County. The…
The 2023 legislative session saw a torrent of mostly bad policy passed into law. Gov. Walz, among others, called the session “Transformational” and I would not disagree. As I wrote…
The 2023 legislative session was a study of pushing through an ideological agenda.
North Dakotans are not represented in Washington by a 90-year-old like California Senator Diane Feinstein, whose frail health and memory have prompted widespread calls for her resignation. They don’t have…
The DFL-controlled legislature passed many changes to Minnesota’s E-12 education landscape this past legislative session. One of those changes is the removal of a local arts standards option. While the…
50 years after its TIME cover story, does Minnesota still work?
Yesterday I wrote about how CNBC’s much heralded rankings of “America’s Top States for Business” actually told you very little that was useful about which American states really are top…
Much attention (including by me) has been given to the troubling academic trends in our public schools. But less attention has been given to the schools defying the sobering math…
Earlier today, the Tax Foundation published its mid-year report on sales tax around the country. Minnesota, as usual, ranked high, coming at number 17 based on its effective combined state…
Metro Transit’s 40-point plan to deter the violent crime and vagrancy plaguing the Twin Cities’ light rail and bus lines continues to flounder a year into the highly publicized security…