Global mining is becoming more dangerous every day. According to an excellent report in The Wall Street Journal, global mining is facing a rash of “increasingly aggressive actions” toward Western…
Welcome to Capitol Watch 2025 Happy New Year and welcome to Capitol Watch 2025! Hold onto your wallets because the Minnesota Legislature returns to St. Paul on Tuesday, January 14,…
Despite being on the short end of a 66-67 party split in the Minnesota House of Representatives, Democrats say they will not show up next week for the start of…
Every decade or so, state transportation bureaucrats dust off their pie-in-the-sky plan to resurrect passenger rail service around Minnesota some day and way. But the Free Press found a funny…
With just two weeks left to go in his presidency, President Biden today issued an offshore drilling ban in 625 million acres of Atlantic and Pacific ocean. While the Gulf…
The Republican Party of Minnesota filed suit yesterday (Saturday) contesting the timing of the special election scheduled for January 28 for House District 40B (Roseville area). A press conference is…
After years of speculation and exploration, North Dakota state geologists are urging companies to take another look at a sizable pool of untapped oil reserves discovered deep under a section…
State and local taxes and spending The Neighbor: Minnesota Homeowners Pay a Median $3,321 in Property Taxes Each Year Detroit Lakes Online: Becker County hikes levy, but its tax rate…
A 26-year-old man is charged with 2nd-degree murder for an incident at a Windom, MN, bar a few minutes before midnight on Tuesday, New Year’s Eve. The alleged perpetrator is…
Or, at least that’s what he’d like you to think. The Minnesota governor, having returned home from his failed Vice-Presidential bid, held a press conference this morning to announce new…
In the Winter 2024 issue of our magazine Thinking Minnesota, I wrote about the “Minnesota Miracle” of 1978 which saw, among other outcomes, the election of a tied state House,…
The information about who and what was behind the deadly terror attack in New Orleans early New Year’s Day has now been vetted. As of yesterday, the FBI has concluded…
Happy New Year! As an Xcel electric customer, you may have received the email on Wednesday morning reading: To recap, Xcel is asking the state PUC to approve a 9.6…
The forecast state government budget deficit for the 2028-2029 budget biennium is likely to dominate policy and political debate in Minnesota for the next few years. The state is constitutionally…
On New Year’s Eve, 2024, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara put out an end-of-the-year message to all MPD officers thanking them for their hard work and dedication. The Chief’s message…
Christopher Rufo’s winning strategy. “I like to go out and win. I think that ultimately if you’re playing politics and you’re not winning, you’re actually not really playing politics. You’re…
Another Minnesota city takes the government’s fiber-optic bait. “This time, it’ll be different!” This should be the tagline for Connect Willmar, the latest local government-funded fiber-optic internet project in…
What do public school teachers think of school choice? An October survey of educators has found that the majority of public school teachers support education savings accounts (ESAs), a school…
The election contest of the Shakopee-area House 54A seat reveals more incompetence. The election was almost two months ago, and we’ve almost sorted out what happened. One state House of…
The interest following last issue’s Thinking Minnesota Poll covering Minnesota’s election laws was the impetus for American Experiment’s four-city event tour, “Rigged or Fair? Election integrity issues in 2024.” The…
Lowertown’s descent is a policy choice. Shortly after moving to Minnesota in 2017, my wife and I went to a St. Paul Saints game. Arriving early, we went for a…
St. Paul has no money for childcare. A ballot measure creating a childcare subsidy program for all low-income children in St. Paul failed to pass in the 2024 election, preventing…
We’ve got mail! Family legacy In the Fall 2024 issue, I was elated that John Phelan wrote an article about the 2nd Minnesota. My Norwegian immigrant great-great grandfather Even, his…
Minnesotans deserve better than what they have offered. Trust, accountability, and common sense are three foundational characteristics of a society that are also good measures of that society’s health and…