With the upcoming 4th anniversary of Floyd’s death, we revisit the intersection of 38th St. and Chicago Ave. in south Minneapolis. We’ve edited down this latest visit to a 51-second…
The best and the worst of Minnesota was on display on Sunday night. The best: In game seven on their series against the Denver Nuggets, the Timberwolves, who found themselves…
A report released on April 30 claims that Minnesota generated 54% of its electricity from “carbon-free” sources in 2023. But is it true? That 54% headline figure for “carbon-free,” or…
Thursday morning, I drove over to South Minneapolis to document anew some of the carnage to be found in the once thriving city. We’ve edited what I saw down to…
State and local taxes and spending NFIB: Minnesota Paid Leave Price Tag Skyrockets – Again Minnesota Reformer: DEED says Minnesota paid leave program will start with 25% higher payroll tax…
As we close out another week of the trial in Minneapolis, prosecutors have featured many of the (alleged) ill-gotten gains of the free-food scheme. A survey of recent headlines: ‘The…
On Wednesday, I wrote that the payroll tax imposed to fund Minnesota’s new Paid Family and Medical leave (PFML) program will be 37% higher in 2027 than when it was…
This piece was originally published at Independent Women’s Forum on May 13, 2024. Read more here: https://www.iwf.org/2024/05/13/jpmorgan-report-carbon-free-energy-transition-needs-reality-check/ A recent report from JPMorgan Chase warns that moving away from fossil fuels…
Bloomington’s Dar Al Farooq has come up numerous times in the current trial underway in Federal court in Minneapolis. Seven defendants associated with the non-closed Shakopee restaurant Empire Cuisine are…
This time Duluth school strategists thought they did everything right leading up to the $52 million technology levy dubbed Future Forward presented to voters. Slick website, numerous community listening sessions,…
In May last year, I wrote that nobody really knows how much Minnesota’s Paid Family and Medical leave (PFML) scheme is going to cost, with the estimated costs of the…
On Jan. 5, 2024, Administrative Law Judge Eric Lipman approved the Minnesota Department of Education’s (MDE) controversial K-12 social studies standards, which have generated public outcry for three years. He…
In the dying days of the 2024 legislative session in St. Paul, state Democrats are looking to reinstate a solar power subsidy recently scaled back by the Public Utilities Commission…
In a move rarely seen, a local teachers’ union has “expelled” one of its members. Rochester school district student counselor Christina Barton (who voiced concern over transgender and gender-expansive administrative…
National news outlets such as The Wall Street Journal detail recent concerns about soaring energy prices crippling heavy industry in Germany and several other European countries. The nascent deindustrialization of…
The bill Alpha News reports: Democratic lawmakers introduced legislation this week to establish an advisory council that would examine a possible reparations program. Introduced in the last days of the…
Amazingly, state and local governments continue to promote people and places linked to the free-food scandal. Lots of names have come up during the ongoing Feeding Our Future trial underway…
The recent announcement that Madison Equities, the biggest property owner in downtown St. Paul, plans to sell six office buildings, among other assets, only adds to the uncertainty facing businesses…
The big stuff at the Capitol always garners lots of press. They’re going to pass a billion-dollar borrowing bill, spend another $500 million on stuff we don’t need, chip away…
There is a persistent disconnect between the rosy picture of Minnesota painted by state leaders such as Gov. Tim Walz and the cold, hard data from respondents to this quarter’s…
This week marks National Police Week, in honor of the peace officers who have fallen in the line of duty over the past year. Governor Walz has ordered flags in Minnesota…
Photo credit: Tony Webster via Flickr (licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0) North Dakota and West Virginia are leading a coalition of 23 states in suing to stop the EPA’s new…
Since Fortune magazine started listing the 500 largest companies in the United States in 1955 — popularly known as the Fortune 500 — three Minnesota companies have made the list…
Last week I wrote about the looming budget battle in Minneapolis resulting from an increase in spending at the same time as declining commercial property values were dragging down commercial…