It’s widely understood that Minnesota borrows a lot of money every year to construct and renovate state and local government buildings. What’s not widely known is that the cost of…
State and local taxes and spending Bloomberg: Minnesota Persists in Drive for Full Value From Corporate Taxes KROC: The 10 Minnesota Counties With The Highest Property Taxes in 2024 Star…
Peter Schweizer’s Blood Money devotes a good part of its Chapter 5 to the activities of an obscure Minneapolis-based outfit, the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO). We had previously discussed…
Last Monday, I — along with thousands of others, I imagine — received an email from Lyft saying that they would cease operating in Minneapolis if the City Council passed…
Two more defendants in the free-food scandal will be traveling overseas this spring. We’ve noted before the globe-trotting habits of defendants in the sprawling Feeding Our Future case. And that…
I receive numerous emails from parents interested in learning more about the different educational options available for their children — from public schools and private schools to microschools and home…
On Thursday, March 14th, Isaac Orr joined Jon Justice on the radio to discuss Xcel Energy’s possible culpability for wildfires in Texas, California’s new scheme to force people to pay…
For a few hours early this week, it appeared that we would have an 19th guilty plea in the sprawling free-food case. On Monday, March 11, attorneys for Ahmed Artan,…
Ashley Dyrdahl, 35, the live-in girlfriend of Shannon Gooden who killed three Burnsville first responders last month before taking his own life, was indicted today on federal charges including the…
DFL legislators aiming to ban lead-based ammunition might as well have pinned a bullseye on the thousands of high school students who participate in the wildly popular sport of clay…
I have received dozens of calls and emails from our supporters asking whether they should allow Xcel Energy to swap out the electric meters on their homes for a new…
Last week, PBS reported: President Joe Biden is going all-in on calling out “shrinkflation.” The term applies to a seemingly covert way for companies to raise prices by ever so…
When the federal or state government swoops in to acquire land for wildlife refuges and other purposes, they’re supposed to reimburse counties for revenue lost as a result of removing…
Last year, the Supreme Court ruled — quite rightly — against race-based affirmative action in college admissions. It was an important step towards making college admissions fairer. There remains, however,…
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data show wind generation in Minnesota fell by 2.8 percent in 2023 compared to 2022, which is more than the 2 percent decline in wind…
Minnesota’s welfare system underwent significant expansion last year. This post is a breakdown of all the new spending that happened last year. As American Experiment’s most recent report notes, welfare…
The Circle of Education Funding in Minneapolis Public Schools is starting to look and act like a spiral. Overspending on the last teacher contract has caused two years of budget…
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced today that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased — the rate of inflation — by 0.4% in February. This is the fastest rate…
Today I’ll be giving a talk in Owatonna detailing how liberal energy policies are making energy more expensive and less reliable. Tuesday, March 12, 202411:30 am – 1:00 pm Owatonna…
Another incident illustrates how quickly the downward spiral is accelerating. Esperanza Rae Harding, age 20, no permanent address, is being held on $1,500,000 bail, accused of murdering her 7-month-old son,…
On July 31, 2023, at 2 a.m. on busy metro freeway, Minnesota State Trooper Ryan Londregan shot and killed Ricky Cobb II, during an attempt to arrest Cobb for violating…
There’s been no let up in the increased number of illegal aliens attempting to enter the U.S from Canada along the Grand Forks sector of the border encompassing Minnesota and…
1. The Senate Rules Committee held a hearing Friday on the internal rules that govern the Senate. No votes were taken as legislators offered possible changes and amendments. Sen. Steve Drazkowski (R-Mazeppa) offered…
Vertically integrated Investor-Owned Utilities (IOUs) across America are raking in record-breaking profits under the guise of the so-called “energy transition.” From 2014 to 2024, earnings for American electric utilities have…