Another homeless encampment pops up in south Minneapolis. A story on KSTP TV-5 caught my attention over the weekend. The latest update, City leaders, residents, advocates discuss next steps for…
Yes, that’s a real headline appearing in the newly rebranded Minnesota Star Tribune over the weekend. And by children, we really mean children. The Star Tribune reports, Four children in…
Drivers under the influence of drugs have long been a problem that’s only getting worse with the increasing legalization of pot. But how to test drivers for drugs and obtain…
For years, American Experiment’s message on teacher pensions has been clear: We need to keep the pension promises made to teachers. The Teachers Retirement Association (TRA) — which manages pensions…
A May poll by Pew Research Center shows that a majority of Americans favor more nuclear power plants in the U.S. to generate electricity. Republican-leaning voters were more supportive of nuclear power…
Late last week, the always alert Lou Raguse of KARE-11 TV noticed a new filing in Federal court. Ladan Ali, the alleged bagwoman in the Feeding Our Future bribery case,…
State and local taxes and spending Wall Street Journal: The Minnesota Tax-and-Spend Model Cato Institute: Governor Tim Walz’s Fiscal Record Washington Times: While other governors were lowering taxes, Walz socked…
When St. Paul proposed a 3 percent rent control in 2021, American Experiment warned that such a policy would be disastrous. Specifically, ACE compiled a report on existing evidence on…
The first thing to know is that pretty much no one currently gets where they’re going via bicycle on Concordia/Rondo Avenue in the area set to be resurfaced this fall…
Liz Collin of AlphaNews posted this thread on Twitter (X) last night about a new homeless encampment in south Minneapolis, Her thread documents the unsuccessful efforts by the neighbors to…
Over the past month, the latest controversies surrounding Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty have led to two formal complaints of unethical behavior made against Moriarty to the Minnesota Lawyers Board…
Minneapolis… This week, I’ve written about property tax hikes coming to Minneapolis. Sure enough, as the Star Tribune reports, on Wednesday Mayor Frey announced: …a $1.88 billion budget and an…
The Department of Energy has announced $2.2 billion in funding for grid projects across the U.S. Montana and North Dakota are the lucky recipients of $700 million to support the…
Never mind that Fargo voters already turned down their opportunity to raise the local sales and hotel taxes to upgrade the Fargodome and fund a new convention center last December.…
In what may be a first for the Feeding Our Future case, eleven (11) defendants were inside the same courtroom at the same time this morning at the Federal building…
Over the last couple of days, I’ve written about how soaring city spending coming on top of plummeting commercial property values and consequent declines in commercial property tax revenues are going…
Between July this year and July 2025, the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) will officially be breaking off into three state agencies. Due to a law passed in the…
Dueling headlines in local media will lead to much confusion among retirees looking to relocate. The Minneapolis Star Tribune published this article last week under the headline: Is Minnesota one…
Photo: Robert Matthews, Office of Communications, Princeton University Yesterday, I wrote about how soaring city spending coming on top of plummeting commercial property values and consequent declines in commercial property…
Since last week, Minnesota’s state policy has been under enhanced scrutiny. It’s worth reviewing now what Minnesota’s disastrous energy policy. Isaac Orr and Mitch Rolling, formerly of Center of the…
As if Minnesota politics couldn’t get any weirder, a candidate for the state House of Representatives has been charged with two felony counts related to the theft of lawn signs…
Data shows fragmented families are a growing problem across all demographics. Therefore, it is incumbent upon us all to “be the example” and courageously reject the transformation of cultural norms…
Back in May, I wrote an article titled “As council ramps up spending while commercial property values tank, Minneapolis property taxes set to rise.” This is now happening. Council ramps…
Last week, Walker Orenstein of the Star Tribune reported on a remarkable situation in Grand Meadow, Minnesota. He reports from a neighbor’s point of view: Trucks dropped off more than…