The majority of Minnesotans are feeling the financial stress from rising prices — albeit to varying degrees. A recent Star Tribune poll reported that while 33 percent of Minnesota households…
In earlier installments of this series, we discussed how the Walz Proposal would increase electric bills for Minnesota businesses by an average of $9,900 per year. In this installment, we…
The Stillwater teachers’ union, known as the St. Croix Education Association, is doing the voters of Stillwater a favor with their outrageous questionnaire for prospective school board candidates. First, the…
This week I’ve looked at how the seven states without state income taxes – Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming – were responsible for a disproportionate share…
The chronic housing shortage that’s so often in the news isn’t confined to the Twin Cities metro area. Residents in rural Minnesota can run into the same problem, prompting one…
Three weeks after President Biden made a much-publicized speech condemning “MAGA” Republicans and labeling them a “threat to this country,” a man ran down and killed a teen in McHenry…
In an undated video sent to American Experiment, a group of Somali women appear to be giving Feeding Our Future CEO Aimee Bock an award. After they present her with…
This week, I’ve noted that the seven states states without a state income tax – Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming – have accounted for disproportionate shares…
Pretty much everyone agrees Minneapolis and St. Paul desperately need more police officers on the streets, a lot more. It’s still just too unpredictable and potentially dangerous to take a…
The U.S. Attorney for Minnesota, Andy Luger, announced the indictments today (Sept. 20) of 47 individuals in the Feeding Our Future scandal. Scroll to the bottom for the latest developments.…
More Minneapolis residents and businesses are turning to private security. Why isn’t Minneapolis city government? Last week, Emma Freire published a piece at City Journal under the headline “Police by…
In Part 4 of this series, we discussed how the Walz Proposal would increase electric bills for Minnesota families by an average of $137 per month. In Part 5, we…
Yesterday, I noted how states without a state income tax – Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming – accounted for a disproportionately large share of U.S. Gross…
The nearer we get to Election Day, the more campaign signs sprout up seemingly everywhere. But there’s something of a crackdown underway on political signs in the southwestern Minnesota city…
Note to reader: Explicit content Parental concern over what books are made available to their children in school libraries came up recently during an NBC Today Show interview with First…
According to the Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) Net general fund revenues totaled $1.931 billion in August, $69 million (3.7 percent) more than forecast in February. Net individual income, corporate,…
Ashley Bulmer is running for the Forest Lake School Board and wants parents to understand their place when it comes to teaching and learning: butt out. In a TikTok video,…
In Part 3, we discussed how the Walz Proposal would necessitate billions of dollars in new spending on wind turbines, solar panels, and battery storage facilities. In Part 4, we…
Last month, I asked ‘What do states without an income tax do?‘ I noted that the seven states which currently have no state income tax seem to do reasonably well. Take…
Decouple Media presents a VIP tour of the plant that made Ontario the home of North America’s largest-ever emissions reduction, the replacement of coal with nuclear power. Our guide is…
State and local taxes and spending Duluth News Tribune: Minnesota lawmakers back waiving taxes on student loan forgiveness West Central Tribune: Kandiyohi County 2023 tax levy set to increase, but…
After months of turmoil, the controversial Chinese-owned ag plant proposed in Grand Forks has ground to a halt, pending a national security review. What started as a local economic development…
Should it? As images emerge of the Martha’s Vineyard immigrants leaving on buses for the mainland, observers wonder, what will be the next destination for border crossers? It’s estimated that…
Back in June, David Zimmer and I toured the infamous block in North Minneapolis featuring Winner Gas and Merwin Liquors. The intersection of Broadway and Lyndale is much in the…