The new federal tax-credit could bring billions of dollars into education. States that opt out aren’t stopping that money — they are just sending it somewhere else. The structure of…
Bekam Merdassa was the very first Feeding Our Future defendant to plead guilty in the case, way back in October 2022. Today, he became just the 9th defendant to be…
How property tax hikes squeeze affordability Property taxes are a large and growing source of concern for many Minnesotans. KSTP recently ran a story titled “Valuations up, sale prices down…
It’s been ten days since the federal 8th circuit court of appeals issued a major immigration ruling, throwing out the unlawful legal theory used by local judges to free more…
One of the British Broadcasting Corporation’s (BBC) finest products is a radio show called “In Our Time.” Until recently, it was hosted by a Jack-of-all-intellectual-trades named Melvyn Bragg who, each…
State and local taxes and spending KSTP: Fate of license tab bill that would lower fees remains up in the air in Minnesota Senate Elk River Star News: State needs…
From the Worchester (MA) Telegram & Gazette, Bipartisan New England governors form pact to grow nuclear energy. The Telegram reports, All New England governors issued a joint statement March 31…
The Minnesota Department of Education recently announced that the class of 2025 set a new record for high school graduation rates. At 84.9 percent, the four-year graduation rate is up…
Yesterday, Minnesota announced its state unemployment rate. From KWLM Radio, State unemployment rate for January higher than the U.S. rate The state rate stands at 4.4 percent. Somehow, while announcing a state unemployment rate…
As March Madness nears its exciting zenith, it’s worth looking beyond the drama and excitement to the colleges themselves. Beyond their basketball prowess, which schools in this year’s bracket deliver…
Fourth time’s the charm. In his fourth attempt, Feeding Our Future defendant No. 64, Suleman Yusuf Mohamed, became (coincidentally) the 64th person convicted in the sprawling free-food scandal. The three…
Gov. Tim Walz has been a fan of Wallethub’s work, including its recent ranking of Minnesota as the second-best state to raise a family. He did not, however, see fit…
The question keeps coming up in reference to the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal: What did Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison know, and when did he know it? Another piece…
Yesterday, I noted that the average earner pays more state tax in Minnesota than in 42 other states. This is something which, Minnesota Department of Revenue (DOR) analyses show, got…
Minnesota Democrat legislators appear to have anticipated the ruling. They have introduced a workaround bill designed to chill the very speech the Supreme Court just protected.
A funny thing happened on the way to conviction No. 64 in the sprawling free-food scandal. Defendant Suleman Yusuf Mohamed has had his guilty plea hearing rescheduled some three times.…
A recent downward departure in the sentencing of a mass shooting defendant in Minneapolis illustrates how woefully inadequate our criminal justice system is at following through with meaningful terms of…
Welcome back! This week on the American Experiment Podcast… This week, we discuss whether Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison lied to Congress about his connection to the Feeding Our Future…
Feeding Our Future defendant Zamzam Jama was sentenced this morning to six months in jail for her role in the free-food scandal. Prosecutors had requested a sentence of 16 months…
Yesterday, I asked “What would a genuine ‘affordability’ agenda look like?” I noted that “the most direct way possible” for Minnesota’s state government to ease affordability concerns for its citizens…
For the fourth year in a row, Minnesota third-grade reading proficiency has declined. While COVID didn’t create this crisis, it exposed and exacerbated it. And Minnesota is finally being forced…
This morning, at the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis, Judge Nancy Brasel handed down just the 7th sentence in the sprawling Feeding Our Future fraud scandal. [The related juror bribery…
The two parties in St. Paul have very different priorities this session. For Republicans, the focus is “affordability;” for the DFL, it is gun control and immigration. But, as we found in our…
After 1,385 bill introductions, two-dozen press conferences, hundreds of committee meetings and 17 days of floor session, the 2026 Minnesota legislature has passed a grand total of three bills. The first…