To help reduce classroom distractions, curb online bullying, and encourage face-to-face interactions among students, more states are introducing legislation on cell phone use during school. North Dakota, Mississippi, Missouri, New…
On Oct. 21, 2024, pro-Palestinian student protestors took over Morrill Hall, the University of Minnesota’s administration building. The students covered security cameras with spray paint, smashed windows, and secured doors…
You would expect that a raging constitutional crisis and an “attempted coup” would be more, well… kinetic. The House reconvened at noon today in the state capitol House Chamber for…
A new report released today from Center of the American Experiment assesses the impact of the Biden administration’s regulations for Affordable Care Act (ACA) Exchanges on individual market premiums, the…
In news from nearby Michigan, it’s now in vogue to clear-cut state forests to build unreliable and expensive solar facilities in the far north. The backlash to this story is…
The 2025 Minnesota Student Survey (MSS) will be administered to students electronically in grades 5, 8, 9, and 11 between the months of January and June. The triennial survey is…
Let’s talk turkey! Golden Turkey, that is. In what turned out to be a two-project race, the new state flag and seal defeated Gov. Tim Walz’s DEI staff to win…
Lots of Feeding Our Future news to report this week. Ayan Abukar, award-winning founder of the nonprofit organization Action for East African People (AFEAP), is scheduled to plead guilty in…
Back in September, Governor Walz announced a new effort to attract business to Minnesota; “we’re focused on maintaining our record as a top state for business,” he said. This record…
Yesterday’s shenanigans at the capitol have been ably covered by my colleagues Bill Walsh and Bill Glahn. Nevertheless, there remains one unanswered question. Yesterday, Bill G. noted: During today’s session,…
A few minutes late, but shortly after noon on the appointed day (today), MN Secretary of State Steve Simon gaveled into session the House of Representatives of the 94th Minnesota…
In an unprecedented move, House Democrats boycotted the first day of Minnesota’s legislative session while House Republicans elected Lisa Demuth Speaker of the House. There was a dramatic moment when Secretary…
Today, the Biden administration directed the Departments of Energy and Defense to lease public lands to data centers — so long as they’re powered with “clean energy.” The order did…
Thinking Minnesota magazine just hit mailboxes across the state featuring our latest poll revealing the top issues that drove Minnesota voters in the November election. House Democrats should read this…
We are less than a day away from a potential constitutional crisis in Minnesota. And national media are beginning to pick up on it. Fox News ran a piece this…
We appear to be in the midst of a slow-motion coup here in the North Star State, all in the service of overturning the results of the state House of…
Our country relies on free and fair elections, participation of the electorate, and the knowledge that office seekers will have to earn our vote every election cycle. But unlike presidential…
Sometimes, in the midst of disaster and tragedy, miracles occur. Yesterday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Executive Order N-4-25 that may help assist with the rebuilding after the devastating fires.…
It’s an old adage that politicians get “sworn in” and then immediately “sworn at.” Never has that been more true for Minnesota Democrats, who held a bizarre secret swearing-in ceremony…
The state could be heading for a constitutional crisis Tuesday if all 66 Democratic Representatives-elect fail to show up, get sworn in, and fulfill their duties. At this writing, the…
For months now, we’ve been beating the drum, warning of the potential negative impacts in Minnesota of the current boom in data centers, large computer server farms supporting AI and…
Labor market Minnesota Reformer: Minnesota minimum wage rises to $11.13 per hour — and other labor news Star Tribune: Minnesota H-1B workers nearly double in decade as businesses rely on…
Making sense of crime data. If you have found the buzz around crime data confusing, or if you have doubts on what you’ve read in legacy media about crime rates…
To deal with congestion in its streets, New York implemented congestion pricing. According to the Associated Press, beginning last Sunday, January 5, drivers have been paying: $9 to enter Manhattan…