The question of what to do with Minnesota’s forecast state government budget surplus of $9.3 billion is dominating political and policy discussion in the state right now. Such a decision…
I am very pleased to have co-authored the editorial piece below with Congressman Tom Tiffany from the 7th Congressional District of Wisconsin. The article was originally published in the Washington…
A number of addresses have featured prominently in the alleged free-food fraud story, but none more prominently than 3055 Old Highway 8, St. Anthony, Minnesota. The office building at that…
On Thursday, the Minnesota Senate Energy and Utilities Finance Committee heard multiple bills regarding nuclear power in our state. These bills included a full repeal of the current moratorium on…
Minnesotans are getting back into the workforce. According to new numbers, Minnesota’s unemployment rate in February was the lowest in decades. And fortunately, this is due to people moving into…
Our free-food fraud tour brings us to Minnesota’s third largest city. Home of the famed Mayo Clinic, a large IBM facility, and a campus of the University of Minnesota, the…
The Biden administration is weaponizing the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to push its environmental agenda because it is incapable of getting legislation passed in Congress. The ultimate goal of…
State and local taxes and spending Star Tribune: Gov. Tim Walz proposes bigger rebate checks as surplus grows Kare 11: Gov. Walz unveils revised Minnesota state budget Knox Radio: MN…
Our free-food fraud tour of the state brings us to the central Minnesota city of St. Cloud. This city of 69,000 sits about an hour and a half (by car)…
Center of the American Experiment releases its latest report, Gas Station Inflation: How the Walz Administration’s “Clean Fuel Standard” Would Increase Pain at the Pump. The report was written to…
Savage is among hundreds of Minnesota cities and towns in line to spend another $1 billion in federal pandemic recovery funding under the American Rescue Plan Act. The process provides…
A lot of things about occupational licensing do not make sense, especially in the state of Minnesota. One good example of this is the fact that our state has stricter…
A text message exchange between a high-ranking Minneapolis School official and the head of the Minneapolis teachers union provides new proof that the Minneapolis School Board is completely controlled by…
The rate of year-over-year inflation in the United States hit a 40-year high of 7.9 percent in February. In the Midwest, the rate was a touch higher at 8.0 percent, driven in…
Exactly one year ago today, the Star Tribune ran a story called “Oil demand questioned as Line 3 permit hits appeals court” in the printed version of the paper. The…
Minnesota State Senator Omar Fateh returned contributions from 11 persons linked to the alleged Feeding Our Future scandal. Who were the 11? Early in the alleged Feeding Our Future scandal,…
On Thursday, the Minnesota Senate Energy and Utilities Finance Committee will vote on a bill to lift Minnesota’s ban on building new nuclear power plants in the state. One would…
The discussion thus far over a shortage of applicants to be police officers has largely revolved around the vastly understaffed Minneapolis and St Paul police departments and other metro area…
Minnesota regulators have shut down three free-food distribution networks, so far. The smallest of the three took in $26 million in its only year of operation. The Star Tribune reported…
While the debate over voter fraud and the “big lie” continues across the country, a relatively minor bill moved through a Senate committee this week that could do more to…
Broad agreement exists that we suffer an affordable housing crisis in Minnesota — especially in the Twin Cities. The cause is no mystery. Affordable housing is scarce here because state…
During the pandemic, people made calls for the cancellation of student debt. However, the best that President Joe Biden could offer was putting a pause on loan payments. These calls…
The Minneapolis School Board released a shocking statement this week about their negotiations with the teachers union: MPS received a package of counter proposals from the MFT with a cost…
Digging deeper into the alleged free-food scandal uncovers fascinating stories in outstate Minnesota communities. It’s amazing how quickly the unlikely coincidences pile up. Yesterday, we looked at Willmar, Minnesota. Today,…