The former DFL state representative from St. Paul’s District 67A owes more than $4,000 in fines and penalties to the state campaign finance regulator (CFB). The agency sued Thompson in…
Regulation Star Tribune: Minneapolis council members seek study of proposals to hike rideshare drivers’ pay Duluth News Tribune: Pro/Con: Strong requirements for prevailing wages help grow the economy State and…
Apparently the doubling in cost of a proposed 175-mile long high voltage power line in southwestern Minnesota to more than $1 billion hasn’t slowed down Xcel’s determination to connect more…
Two weeks ago, I wrote a post regarding two studies that ranked Minnesota as one of the least free states in the country. I got an interesting response from a…
Thompson killed five young women with his rented SUV back in June. The county attorney is now negotiating a plea deal. The crash in Minneapolis made international news, in part…
Minneapolis city council members are overpaid compared to their peers in similar-sized cities. That is the finding of an analysis carried out by the city’s own staff at the request of…
The Saint Paul Federation of Educators and the Saint Paul Public Schools (SPPS) district are currently negotiating a new contract. The union is asking for a $7,500 pay increase for…
Today’s post is simply a reminder of the mission of public education in Minnesota, as written in state statutes. May it prompt necessary next steps to return public education in…
Nearly 50 million people in America were born somewhere else. On the first day of this month, I wrote a piece speculating on whether the share of foreign-born had reached…
I’ve applied to fill an upcoming vacancy on the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC). To be clear, there is zero chance I will be appointed by Governor Walz, but here…
When lawmakers legalized marijuana last session, they also set aside tens of millions of tax dollars to subsidize the marijuana industry. The bill that legalized marijuana, HF 100, instructed the…
Isaac Orr was on the Jon Justice show yesterday to discuss why Texas is growing increasingly vulnerable to winter blackouts and talk about how the failure of Minnesota electric buses…
Bail was set at $1 million on the single charge of 2nd-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of Christian Hans Lundegaard on Thanksgiving Eve. His next court appearance on the…
The New York Times Editorial Board recently published an op-ed on how school closures during COVID-19 “may prove to be the most damaging disruption in the history of American education”…
As we’ve documented on video, the situation at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in south Minneapolis hasn’t improved in 3 1/2 years. A group of businesses located in and near…
Back in 2020, my colleague Tom Steward and I described how Minnesotans — and residents of the Twin Cities specifically — were failed so miserably that summer by their state and…