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Does middle-class America need unions?

Recent data released by the U.S. Census Bureau give a glimpse into the state’s changing demographic makeup. This item from the Census Bureau last week caught my eye. It opens,…

Mining restrictions and impossible EV requirements are on a collision course with reality.

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Government fraud and corruption have persisted long enough.

Last week, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) announced that while “Real gross domestic product [GDP] increased in 39 states and the District of Columbia in the first quarter of 2024,”…

Young Minnesotans deserve more than broken dreams.

I’ve seen this movie before, and I know how it ends. The headline last week in the ND Reformer reads: North Dakota officials object to Minnesota carbon-free energy law in public…

The ranks of those charged in the sprawling free-food scandal grew by two this week and now stands at 72. Five were indicted this week in the $120,000 juror bribery…

Family Child Care or home-based childcare provides a crucial lifeline to Minnesota parents who can’t afford center-based care. Unlike daycare centers, family childcare settings are also usually small, have flexible…

More than two and a half years after filing for a permit, Summit Carbon Solutions has finally gotten crucial approval from Iowa regulators for the first leg of a nearly…

In the Federal courthouse in downtown St. Paul this afternoon, the woman alleged to have delivered the $120,000 in cash to the house of Juror #52 in the recently concluded…

It’s taken years but school administrators finally appear to be learning the hard way that cellphones do not belong in the classroom. Good thing because Minnesota public schools now face…

This morning, at the Federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis, U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger announced that five individuals have been indicted for attempting to bribe the juror in the recently concluded…

Science magazine Scientific American has recently called for federal homeschooling regulations, stating that without top-down, national mandates on homeschoolers, “an untold number of U.S. children are at risk of a…

Cargill, a Minnesota-based company just announced that it is opening an office hub in Atlanta, Georgia. The company will create 400 jobs there. Speaking of the move, the board chair…

The crime stories from Minnesota get more bizarre by the day. The latest one involves a single-car accident on Interstate 90 near Rochester and is like something out of a…

A massive Minnesota free-food nonprofit listed a curious job description recently. In late May, Brooklyn Park-based Second Harvest Heartland posted an opening for a “voter engagement coordinator,” a temporary position…

Professors at two North Dakota institutions of higher education dodged a bullet last year when lawmakers fell just short of passing legislation to reduce protections for tenured faculty. At the…

More news not fit to print. A reader alerted me to a bizarre incident that occurred in suburban St. Louis Park late Friday afternoon (5:14 p.m.) involving two women, two…

Adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) has dropped to its lowest level since August 2021, according to the J.D. Power EV index. The index showed that while consumer interest in EVs…

State and local taxes and spending The Globe: Jackson County plans referendum seeking 1% local sales tax KRFO: Rochester School Board Approves Hundreds of Millions in Spending  Labor market Federal…

By popular demand, we’ve added a new feature to our coverage, tracking the status of each of the 70 defendants charged so far in the free-food scandal. So far, 23…

Recent data on unemployment insurance claims released by the U.S. Department of Labor show Minnesota’s increases are driven by layoffs in education. In the week ending June 1, the largest…