Julian Onesimo Narvaez-Ramirez, a late entrant in a crowded and competitive field, came out of nowhere to sweep the Minnesota Dad of the Month honors. Mr. Narvaez, age 53, was…
This month’s dramatic court verdicts in the Feeding Our Future {FOF} case (“guilty on all counts”) don’t mark the end of the saga. In Churchillian terms, it’s more like “the…
A federal appeals court has cleared the way for five former employees who were fired over religious objections to Mayo Clinic’s COVID-19 vaccination and testing policies to proceed with wrongful…
At a time when legitimate concerns exist regarding whether Minnesota is doing enough to hold criminal offenders accountable...
Could this be the end for the free-food nonprofit Partners in Nutrition? In a ruling published last month by the state Court of Appeals, the court ruled that the state…
The legislature acted this past session to create a new law defining carjacking as separate and distinct from robbery. It left the decision of ranking the severity of sentences to the…
Criminal trials have been postponed to 2024. Two unrelated civil lawsuits are now closed. The Feeding Our Future scandal has spawned a cottage industry in courtroom activities, at the state…
UMLC drills down on the governor’s authority to declare a state emergency.
Four free-food nonprofits are suing the Dept. of Education. Free-food lawsuits may be Minnesota’s biggest growth industry. Last week, the always alert Lou Raguse of KARE-11 noticed that the state…
The nonprofit Youth Leadership Academy, d/b/a Gar Gaar Family Services, had been the third largest Minnesota participant in the Federal Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), one of two child nutrition…
Suspended large free-food charity moves ahead on the litigation front. The St. Paul-based Partners in Nutrition, d/b/a Partners in Quality Care, was suspended by the state Department of Education (MDE)…
Free-food nonprofit is seeking reinstatement to program. Most of the attention in Minnesota’s free-food scandal has fallen on the now-defunct nonprofit Feeding Our Future. The second-largest nonprofit in the free-food…
The third large free-food nonprofit suspended by the state Department of Education (MDE) appeared in the state Court of Appeals yesterday. Youth Leadership Academy, d/b/a Gar Gaar Family Services, is…
Members of Minnesota’s Sentencing Guidelines Commission abandon their plan to reduce prison terms during our record spike in violent crime. At least for now.
Take out your calendars and circle Feb. 15, 2022. It’s time for Capitol Watch — Redistricting Edition. Redistricting could have been a big issue for the 2021 session, but the…
On Monday the Minnesota Court of Appeals stated an environmental review of Enbridge’s controversial Line 3 oil pipeline was “inadequate” because it did not consider the effects of an oil…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Police can’t search your property without a warrant, so why should housing inspectors be any different? That’s the crux of a case going before the Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday,…
As Minnesota Senators and staff begin moving into the new Senate office building this week, here’s a tally of some costs of the building: Building and parking ramp construction: $90…