Vaclav Smil is a polymath who has written more than 40 books and some 500 papers on numerous topics including energy, power, population, food production, and the history of innovation.…
It’s worth noting that Minnesota received a disproportionate share of the money donated by Mark Zuckerberg to local election offices in 2020. Especially given that the largest recipient appears to…
Dustin Mulvaney is the author of “Solar Power: Innovation, Sustainability, and Environmental Justice” and is an associate professor of environmental studies at San Jose State University. In this episode, Mulvaney…
State and local taxes and spending KEYC: Agency error means richest Minnesotans owe more in taxes Star Tribune: State error means wealthy Minnesotans owe more taxes KELO: Minnesota’s costly mistake…
Heading into the summer months, both Minneapolis and St. Paul are well above the record paces set just last year.
A progressive movement to install activist prosecutors across the country, and here in Minnesota, undermines a critical balance in our criminal justice system and threatens our collective safety. The…
It saved a congressional seat, but what does it say about the accuracy of the state’s statistics? The U.S. Census Bureau recently published a survey on the accuracy of the…
But 85,000 workers are still missing from the state’s labor pool. Unemployment data were released this week for April. State officials were touting the lowest headline number for unemployment since…
Gas prices in Minnesota have reached $4.12 per gallon, according to AAA, making them the highest since 2013, when prices hit $4.27 per gallon. Diesel prices, on the other hand,…
Wednesday evening a dangerous and chaotic set of events ended when four teenage males, aged 12-14, were arrested outside the State Capitol. The incident caused a lockdown of the Capitol…
One nonprofit went from earning $200,000 per year in revenue to pulling in more than $700,000 per month from distributing free food, serving up to 10,000 meals per day.
The pandemic may be behind us, but its ripple effects will be felt for years in public schools. Like most states, Minnesota’s public schools experienced a sizable loss of students…
One of the most powerful political organizations in Minnesota is not a political party or branch of the government but the state teachers’ union, Education Minnesota. The state teachers’ union…
Small businesses are still reeling from the civil unrest and destruction that followed in the wake of George Floyd’s murder nearly two years ago. Where is the public funding? Imagine…
Saturday, May 14, 2022, was likely the first time many Minnesotans were told that our electric grid could suffer from rolling blackouts in the near future. Our readers have known…
The conventional wisdom has it that school board meetings have become so contentious, even dangerous, that new candidates will be scared off, afraid to run for the position. The media…
A little-known Minnesota nonprofit made national headlines in the wake of the Geoge Floyd riots of late spring 2020. The Minnesota Freedom Fund received a flood of donations after offering…
The suspended nonprofit Partners in Nutrition wins a round in its appeal against the state Dept. of Education. One of three free-food nonprofits suspended in the wake of the Feeding…
I was on Justice and Drew yesterday to discuss the possibility of rolling blackouts in Minnesota. We also briefly chat about annexing parts of Canada. My segment starts around 30…
The Star Tribune has finally said the “b-word:” blackouts. Several of our readers reached out to me over the weekend to share this article from the Star Tribune, entitled “Midwest,…
Corporations are prohibited from donating money directly to a political candidate. An exception to the rule involves the candidate-adjacent inaugural committees. We are just eight months away from the next…
What is President Biden’s plan to beat inflation? He tweeted out last week: This was the first time I have encountered the idea that high rates of inflation can be…
The outcry from Minnesota Democrats over abortion rights is about more than just the upcoming mid-term elections. The abortion-industrial complex is a significant source of money for the state’s Democratic…
The Minnesota House of Representatives passed a bill last Wednesday that would relax state liquor laws by lifting restrictions on growler sales by major craft breweries and allowing small distilleries…