Last week, Gov. Tim Walz presented bits of his budget proposal. Yesterday, he released his full budget recommendations, and this is how he plans to spend Minnesota’s budget surplus. Tax…
Not so long ago, citizens could go to the polls to vote for one candidate per office and expect to learn who straight out won or lost sometime before midnight.…
When he announced his $65.2 billion two-year ‘One Minnesota’ budget yesterday, a 26% increase from the current two-year budget, Gov. Walz claimed that it will “lower costs, cut taxes, and…
For Liban Alishire, the JigJiga is truly up. Last night, the U.S. Attorney for Minnesota sent out a press release announcing the latest guilty plea in the Feeding Our Future…
On Monday, the Minnesota Senate committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate heard testimony on Senate File 4, which, if enacted, will force Minnesota to obtain 100 percent of its…
State funding per K-12 student — adjusted for inflation — is up 31 percent since 2002 despite enrollment being down 2 percent, according to an analysis by the Reason Foundation.…
Gov. Tim Walz did the most amazing thing today as he released his 2024-25 state budget: he kept a straight face proposing tax increases on top of the $17.6 billion…
Happy National School Choice Week (NSCW)! It’s that time of year again to celebrate effective K-12 education options available to children and families across the country — from traditional public…
It’s no secret that a chronic housing shortage affects both urban and rural Minnesota in many areas. So three years ago, Martin County officials in southwestern Minnesota decided to do…
Nobody seems to know. But no worries, much more money will be spent on the effort. In Minnesota, the City of Minneapolis is at the forefront of the use of…
Minnesota’s forecast budget surplus of $17.6 billion is a historic opportunity. As we have long noted, Minnesotans are some of the most heavily taxed citizens in the United States and…
Sometimes experts get lost in data, lengthy descriptions of problems and solutions, and ultimately cloudy policy recommendations. It happened to me just yesterday as I spoke with a reporter about transit…
It is mind-boggling enough that with an $18 billion surplus, Minnesota DFL lawmakers have expressed no interest in lowering taxes for Minnesotans. But what is even harder to rationalize is…
Being in downtown Minneapolis these days is like being in downtown Los Angeles at the start of that old Charlton Heston movie The Omega Man: there are few people around…
When I was teaching, I was given an annual classroom budget of $200 for classroom supplies. Like many teachers then — and still today — I had to spend my…
Week three of the 2023 legislative session is over, and the Democratic majorities in the House and Senate are taking full advantage of their new power.
Today I will be testifying on Senate File 4, which will require Minnesota to get 100 percent of its electricity from carbon-free sources by 2040. The hearing will begin at…
Today the Minnesota House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee will hold a hearing on a bill to impose price controls on drug manufacturers. The bill — House File 17 —…
State and local taxes and spending Kare 11: Tax conformity bill delivers tax cuts Kare 11: New MN tax bill and its impact KIMT 3: Some Minnesota DFL lawmakers express…
Governor Walz really wants to help Minnesota’s economy. He wants to make Minnesota a better state for workers and businesses as well. To that, he has unveiled another part of…
The DFL and Gov. Walz are pushing for what they call the “simple legalization of recreational marijuana.” How truthful is that description? Not very.
The scandal has grown to 18 schools in the Washington, D.C. suburbs. A new front in the academic war on merit. The scandal involves National Merit “Commendations,” a lower-tier of…
Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that Minnesota lost 5,200 jobs in December. And as always, that's still not the full story.
It was a post-9/11 reform. How soon we forget. The current prohibition on issuing Minnesota driver’s licenses to undocumented migrants dates from 2003. A number of media outlets note that…