It’s not official yet, but the fate of a controversial $350 million Chinese-backed agriculture processing plant tentatively approved by the Grand Forks City Council may soon be in the hands…
This suburban city south of the Minnesota River has a population of about 32,000 and is thick with free-food fraud connections. Allegedly. It’s a fast-growing suburb and a haven for…
A new report from the Minnesota Department of Health lays bare a looming problem for our state’s hospitals: a staffing shortage. The report — Three Key Trends for Minnesota Community…
The Minnesota House of Representatives is hearing a bill that would impose California Fuel Standards in the Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee this morning. Mitch Rolling sought to…
The value of a dollar is what it can buy you. In economics, this is referred to as purchasing power. A dollar is worth more if it can buy you…
There’s an old adage about never picking a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel, but sometimes the fight is warranted. That was the case when the Rochester…
This stop on the free-food fraud tour brings us to the south-central Minnesota city of Mankato. This town of 44,000 is home to Minnesota State University (which advanced to this…
Days after launching a new app for citizens to report complaints with city services, Duluth has already logged some 265 responses and counting on the city’s Resident Problem Reporter. The…
Sen. Eric Pratt lost the Republican endorsement to a candidate backed by Action For Liberty over the weekend. First-time candidate Natalie Barnes won more than 60% of the vote on…
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…