Historical approach to mental illness and chemical dependency Up through the 1960s, Minnesota, like much of the nation, had developed a significant state hospital structure where some 16,000 patients were…
An idea popped into my head last week to create a new simple index of electricity prices for Minnesota’s Twin Cities of Minneapolis St Paul (MSP). Which I then did.…
Minnesota taxpayers forced to foot the bill for Walz’s fraud failures?! A new social media law hits Minnesota users soon, taxpayers may face a $130 million penalty over the state’s…
A new national poll shows broad, bipartisan consensus that teaching history and civics matters, and that schools aren’t delivering enough of either. The May survey, commissioned by Morning Consult on behalf of…
The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution reads, in full: No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of…
Kevon Devante Rayshun Ousley, 31, appeared in federal court in downtown St. Paul this afternoon, indicted on a felony count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Your…
Saint Paul Public School District, the second largest district in the state, has just passed a new budget that narrowly avoids any budget shortfalls. It hasn’t always been sunshine and…
Minnesota’s new social media warning law passed during the 2025 special legislative session requires social media companies to display a mental health warning label to users on their sites. The…
Alexio Miranda, 32, pled guilty on Friday (June 26) to a felony firearm charge arising out of an anti-ICE riot back in January. The U.S. Attorney for Minnesota announced the…
This is my first post, of hopefully many to come, as a regular weekly resource for our readers: And let me give a ‘shout out’ to my colleague John Phelan…
Abdikerm Abdelahi Eidleh, now 42, was arrested Thursday in Mogadishu, Somalia, according to a press release issued yesterday (Friday) by the U.S. Dept. of Justice. As Defendant No. 2 (out…
State and local taxes and spending Minn Post: Documenters report: Ramsey County commissioners consider 3.5% raise next year KSTP: Plans forming to address Minneapolis’ ‘substantial’ $30M budget gap The Center…
This is the first in a series of articles explaining how the United States came to be and how the lands we now know as Minnesota came to be a…
Two posts from a couple years back in Powerline sounded the alarm on the push to replace gas heating in Minnesota with heat pumps. The author was no less than…
New federal rules could cause Minnesota to pay $130 million per year for SNAP benefits to balance a high distribution error rate. Since its creation in 1964, the federal government…
It was a dramatic scene in the land of Paul Bunyan. From the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Roofers jump from homes in Bemidji to escape ICE agents The raid occurred two…
A former Rochester Public Schools (RPS) staff member says she received a packet of Teaching Tolerance materials — a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) — during a…
A newly released study from economist Jeffrey Denning, published with the National Bureau of Economic Research, argues that a too-easy A in high school penalizes the student with a real…
When insurance premium increases are approved and finalized weeks before Election Day, voters will receive notices of these premium hikes in the mail around the time ballots begin arriving.
Rents are falling in St. Paul, according to Zillow data — a welcome development for renters. While it might be tempting to attribute falling rents to the success of rent…
The Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) tracks assaults in the city using three categories: 1) Aggravated Assault defined as an assault involving substantial bodily harm, great bodily harm, or the use…
The United Kingdom has announced its plan to ban social media for children under 16. The ban, which is expected to take effect early next year, was recently announced by…
I recently attended (not online, but in person no less) two public meetings at the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC). These were both all-day events on June 11 and 18,…
Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act in a 358-32 vote, one day after the Senate approved the measure 85-5. The bill contains some good…