A flurry of budget agreements was announced by legislative leaders and Governor Walz yesterday. Among them was the announcement that the state has decided to close the men’s prison facility at…
In defense of critical ethnic studies that is coming to all K-12 public classrooms, Minnesota Democratic legislators posit it as simply an opportunity to ensure students are taught about racial/ethnic…
“You’re killing our community!” In a bizarre scene at the state capitol this morning, protestors, including sitting DFL members of the state legislature, attempted to break into the Governor’s reception…
Reportedly, ICE has not picked up former fugitive and accused felon German Adriano Llangari Inga after his latest release from county custody. Everyone knows where he is. The address for…
I’ve been writing for a while about the forces driving increased residential property taxes in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Now, with state government finances in a mess following the DFL…
The Energy Information Administration published a brief article today forecasting a steady increase in residential electricity prices. The EIA expects electricity prices to rise through 2026, as prices have outpaced…
This week is National Police Week, and Thursday is National Peace Officers Memorial Day. In honor of these events, we interviewed Dodge County Sheriff Scott Rose, who produces The Officer…
An old video has surfaced of a Feeding Our Future defendant testifying in favor of an unrelated nonprofit seeking a multi-million-dollar state government grant. They got the money, of course.…
German Adriano Llangari Inga, the illegal Ecuadorian immigrant accused of criminal vehicular homicide in a horrific drunk driving car crash last August, was released from Hennepin County jail this (Tuesday)…
In the seventy-fifth episode of the American Experiment Podcast, Grace, Kathryn, and Bill dive into Governor Walz’s latest round of self-congratulations — this time for handing out what they’re calling…
For a state with low performance rankings across a number of metrics, the rise of Mississippi as a national exemplar in math and reading growth has been hard for many…
In a state increasingly renowned for bad public policy, it is still possible to be surprised. Take this headline from the Star Tribune: Minneapolis council to consider new 2% fee…
After an understandably lukewarm reception of their initial $400 million ask for state funds to cover renovations at Xcel Energy Center, the city of St. Paul and the Minnesota Wild…
German Adriano Llangari Inga, an illegal Ecuadorian immigrant, has been arrested and is being held in the Hennepin County jail. Llangari Inga is accused of drunk driving/criminal vehicular homicide arising…
The setting Minnesota’s legislators have until next Monday to finalized a budget for the 2026-2027 biennium, and there is still a lot of work to do. The setting is the…
The following letter was presented on the floor of the Minnesota State Senate during debate on the Omnibus Health and Human Services bill (SF 2669). Dear Senators: On behalf of…
There is one week left in the regular legislative session and to no one’s surprise, the parties are stuck on the big stuff. Everyone is waiting for a breakthrough on…
Today is Minnesota Statehood Day, celebrating our state’s admittance to the union as the 32nd state 167 years ago. Over the last few years, I’ve written a number of articles…
Regulation Star Tribune: Ramstad: Effort to change the ban on noncompetes emerges in the Legislature KAXE: ‘Blue Dog’ Dems vote to roll back paid sick leave at small farms, businesses…
In 2021, St. Paul residents voted to adopt what was yet the strictest rent control policy in the nation. The ordinance capped annual rent increases at 3 percent, had no…
On Wednesday, I offered a cautious welcome for the House tax bill. Faced with ballooning state government budget deficits as a result of an explosion in spending since 2023, the…
Yesterday, the state House of Representatives passed HF 2442, the Energy omnibus budget bill for FY 2026-27. As passed, the bill runs less than 6 pages of text. The bare-bones…
[See below for an important update.] Two vehicular homicide cases in Minneapolis are making headlines this week. In an incident that occurred last Wednesday (April 30), Sophia Sullivan, aged 38,…
I’ve written before about our local DFLers fondness for trumpeting some of the various rankings of states compiled as clickbait by various bloggers and passed off as “studies.” “Data is…