The Redwood County Board of Commissioners recently unilaterally decided to convert the county recorder’s office into an appointed, rather than elective position, chosen by voters every four years. The move…
MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, made headlines yesterday for giving away a small part of her massive fortune to a handful of Minnesota nonprofits. The Minneapolis Star…
In addition to dedicating a larger share of the budget to welfare, Minnesota ranks at the top when welfare spending is controlled for the population of people in poverty. As…
Last week, Uber and Lyft, true to their word, announced that they would stop operating in Minneapolis after the City Council passed an ordinance hiking driver pay. The growth of Uber —…
Apparently, one of the perks of writing about Minneapolis communists is getting on their email distribution lists. A press release arrived in the office email this week from an outfit…
Tomorrow the Minnesota Senate Health and Human Services Committee will hear several bills that would add new benefit mandates on health insurance plans. I provided the committee written testimony highlighting…
Yesterday, American Experiment policy fellow Isaac Orr testified on a bill that would require customers to opt-in to having their current meters replaced with “smart meters” with no penalties if…
Last week, Uber and Lyft, true to their word, announced that they would stop operating in Minneapolis after the City Council passed an ordinance hiking driver pay. Now, WCCO reports: Minnesota House…
It’s been a given since 1978. A reciprocity agreement between Minnesota and South Dakota meant that college students crossing the state border would get a break in tuition and fees.…
Late last week, the U.S. Census Bureau released 2023 county-level population data. The bad news continued for Hennepin County. Hennepin County, which includes the state’s largest city of Minneapolis, has…
A fundamental problem with the vertically integrated monopoly utility model is that utilities can recover the full cost of an asset, plus a five to ten percent rate of return,…
As I wrote last week, last year was a big year for welfare expansion in Minnesota. Overall, lawmakers dedicated over $6 billion in new money to Health and Human Services.…
Last week, Uber and Lyft, true to their word, announced that they would stop operating in Minneapolis after the City Council passed an ordinance hiking driver pay. What happens next?…
It’s widely understood that Minnesota borrows a lot of money every year to construct and renovate state and local government buildings. What’s not widely known is that the cost of…
State and local taxes and spending Bloomberg: Minnesota Persists in Drive for Full Value From Corporate Taxes KROC: The 10 Minnesota Counties With The Highest Property Taxes in 2024 Star…
Peter Schweizer’s Blood Money devotes a good part of its Chapter 5 to the activities of an obscure Minneapolis-based outfit, the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO). We had previously discussed…
Last Monday, I — along with thousands of others, I imagine — received an email from Lyft saying that they would cease operating in Minneapolis if the City Council passed…
Two more defendants in the free-food scandal will be traveling overseas this spring. We’ve noted before the globe-trotting habits of defendants in the sprawling Feeding Our Future case. And that…
I receive numerous emails from parents interested in learning more about the different educational options available for their children — from public schools and private schools to microschools and home…
On Thursday, March 14th, Isaac Orr joined Jon Justice on the radio to discuss Xcel Energy’s possible culpability for wildfires in Texas, California’s new scheme to force people to pay…
For a few hours early this week, it appeared that we would have an 19th guilty plea in the sprawling free-food case. On Monday, March 11, attorneys for Ahmed Artan,…
Ashley Dyrdahl, 35, the live-in girlfriend of Shannon Gooden who killed three Burnsville first responders last month before taking his own life, was indicted today on federal charges including the…
DFL legislators aiming to ban lead-based ammunition might as well have pinned a bullseye on the thousands of high school students who participate in the wildly popular sport of clay…
I have received dozens of calls and emails from our supporters asking whether they should allow Xcel Energy to swap out the electric meters on their homes for a new…