Illinois has long been a byword for bad governance and Illinoisans have been getting out in huge numbers: in 2021-2022, the state lost 141,656 residents to other parts of the…
The steady stream of revelations exposing the Met Council’s incompetence in managing the botched Southwest Light Rail Line still under construction finally appears to be rattling some members’ cages at…
MN Reformer calls attention to this new Gallup poll (scroll down) about American opinions on crime in various cities. The Reformer‘s headline reads, Americans think Minneapolis is less safe than…
State Attorney General Keith Ellison charged 18 individuals with a range of crimes related to a $9.5 million scheme to defraud the state’s Medicaid program through a personal care assistant…
According to MinnPost, Fabio Azeredo earned a Ph.D. in psychology and practiced as a licensed supervising psychologist in Brazil for 29 years. Since moving to Minnesota two years ago, he…
With the latest statewide test results showing more than half of Minnesota students not meeting basic proficiency standards in reading and math, some are rationalizing the discouraging data by claiming…
Last year, I wrote about a paper by economists by economists James Cloyne, Joseba Martinez, Haroon Mumtaz, and Paolo Surico which found that: A corporate income tax cut leads to a…
There’s no sugarcoating the precipitous decline in Minnesota’s K-12 public school system and inverse relationship between increased funding and decreased results. The latest statewide test scores show more than half…
Most of the consequences of any action are unintended consequences. Hiking the minimum wage, for example, is intended to raise the wages of workers, but other — unintended — consequences…
After the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) published its latest inflation numbers, one thing was noticeably picked up by both local and national media. This is the fact that BLS…
September 17 is Constitution Day, a federal observance to commemorate the signing of the U.S. Constitution on this day in 1787. If a school receives federal funds for a fiscal…
You can see why the Rochester City Council went for broke in overriding Mayor Kim Norton’s veto on the proposed $205 million extension of the city’s expiring local sales tax…
During the long hot summer of 2023, we’ve been logging the incidents of large hordes of feral youth roaming the countryside of Minnesota. Apparently, the golden state of California is…
It is often argued that, at the federal and state level, “the rich” and their corporations use their wealth to influence policy in their economic interest. An example is found…
Having destroyed their hometown of San Francisco, a new city is planned for rural Solano County. For years, a mystery has lingered around exactly who was buying up tens of…
State and local taxes and spending Kittson County Enterprise: Governor Walz Announces Payments of up to $1,300 Will Begin This Week Minn Post: Downtowns, including St. Paul and Minneapolis, turning…
Last Friday, I appeared on our new podcast in which, among other things, we discussed Gov. Walz’s bizarre recent appearance at the Iowa State Fair, where he wandered around bellowing…
With a new school year just around the corner, and given the tumultuous past couple of school years, it is important for parents and teachers to focus on cultivating a…
The lead defendant in the S&S Catering group pleaded guilty today. Qamar Hassan was defendant No. 23 (of 60) and now is guilty plea No. 11 in the Feeding Our…
Blowback over restrictions in a new state law on how police officers in schools can legally respond to violent incidents hit the fan with the announcement Moorhead Police Department will…
The new school year set to kick off presents an opportunity for a new start for staff, students and families. It also offers opponents of North Dakota’s new parental notification…
More than half of Minnesota students don’t meet basic proficiency in reading or math, according to newly released 2023 statewide assessment results by the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE). As…
I’ve been hesitant to attempt any predictions about potential blackouts on the grid this year because I don’t want to become a Boy Who Cried Wolf. Also, it hasn’t felt…
In 2018, Minnesota public employees were freed from financially supporting a government union in order to keep their job (Janus v. AFSCME). Since then, nearly 32 percent of public workers…