We reported in February on Rep. Mike Howard’s conflict of interest between his job at Haven Housing and his outward support of state housing policies that benefit his employer. Howard,…
The Minnesota legislative intent is clear — use a gun in a crime, and you will go to prison. Minnesota statute 609.11 establishes a mandatory minimum sentence of 3 years…
Normally, a 40 percent increase in property taxes would send most taxpayers through the roof. But that’s a bargain for Braham taxpayers in comparison to their preliminary taxation notices that…
The government in the Netherlands is planning to conduct forced buyouts of 3,000 Dutch farms with the intention of closing them down to cut nitrogen emissions in half to meet…
The number of district administrators in U.S. public schools has grown 87.6 percent between 2000 and 2019 compared to student growth at 7.6 percent and teacher growth at 8.7 percent.…
In political science, it’s very difficult to conduct controlled experiments. However, in this month’s general election, a natural experiment appears to have occurred in Edina, MN. Statewide, Democrats swept to…
It’s been almost a month since the 2022 election, so it’s time for your esteemed editors at Capitol Watch to provide our expert analysis about what happened.
Last week, in a report on low unemployment rates in Upper Midwestern cities, the Star Tribune noted that: The entire state of Minnesota came in at a 2.1% unemployment rate for…
Rampant incidents of criminal suspects trying to outrun authorities in police chases have landed on the radar of North Dakota’s top law enforcement official. Forum News says North Dakota Attorney…
Efforts to politicize K-12 public education and turn classrooms into ideological battlegrounds have dominated headlines over the past two years, as school closures and distance learning gave parents a peek…
KARE-11’s Lou Raguse drew my attention to this free-food fraud story out of St. Louis. The alleged fraud involved ($21 million) seems like small potatoes compared to the numbers up…
The Star Tribune reported last week that Mankato “has the lowest unemployment rate forany metro in U.S.” So it does, as Bureau of Labor Statistics data show. The Star Tribune…
A plurality of parents think $8,000 or less is what should be annually spent per student in their state’s public schools, according to a 2022 national survey conducted by EdChoice.…
As the “gun control” debate heats up again, it’s important to stay focused on what the real issue should be — holding gun crime offenders accountable. Conservatives know and should…
In honor (if that’s the correct word) of its triumph in this year’s Golden Turkey competition for worst government spending, we’re releasing this video on the Feeding Our Future scandal.…
Taxpayers already pay billions to subsidize the ever-skyrocketing costs of higher education. But the Biden administration wants us to pay $400 billion more so students who took out college loans…
Just recently, the Fraser Institute released its newest edition of the Economic Freedom of North America Index — a yearly publication that ranks U.S. states and provinces of Mexico and…
It’s the magic of Ranked-Choice Voting! We’ve previously discussed the truly bizarre election system in Alaska, which has perfected the art of counting ballots until the correct result is reached.…
After just 13 years in operation, the wind turbines operated by the Willmar Municipal Utilities (WMU) may be reaching the end of their useful life, according to a recent article…
Households across Minnesota are being hit with notifications that their property taxes will go up because the value of their property has gone up. To give just one example, the…
State and local taxes and spending Duluth News Tribune: Local View: Parks question doomed by Duluth’s dependence on property taxes Alexandria Echo Press: Property values take big jump in Douglas…
Happy Thanksgiving! In this episode of the Power Hungry Podcast, Robert Bryce interviews Simon Michaux, an associate professor of geometallurgy at the Geological Survey of Finland. Michaux recently published a…
There is delicious food to be eaten, football to be watched, and special time with family and friends to be enjoyed, so this will be short and sweet. I want…
Feeding Fraud Program at MDE Wins Golden Turkey Award for Wasteful Spending We have a winner! Poor management and oversight by the Minnesota Department of Education of a pandemic-related food…