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…
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,…
Last Wednesday, the Metropolitan Council released more information about the proposed extension of the Blue Line light rail through north Minneapolis, Robbinsdale, Crystal and Brooklyn Park. The project is currently projected…
Monday afternoon, a man prohibited from possessing firearms shot and killed his apartment manager in Brooklyn Park after she called the police on the man for assaulting his father. Read…
Never say never. Dubbed the “North Star Act” (as in “follow the North Star from the southern border”) the bill would designate all of Minnesota as a sanctuary state for…
The 2024 legislative session begins Monday with Gov. Tim Walz telling the Star Tribune “this is going to be one of the more challenging sessions that I’ve had as governor…
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about a new study which found that working from home is here to stay. I concluded by noting that: If this holds for…
The Minnesota Legislature is about to build another new office building for themselves, and the Golden Turkey committee is here for it. Without a single vote on the floor of…
This is the first guilty plea involving the Safari Restaurant group of defendants. Ahmed Sharif Omar-Hashim, a/k/a Salah Donyale, Defendant No. 5 and Guilty Plea No. 16 in the case,…
Filsan Hassan (Defendant No. 26 of 60 in the case) entered the 15th guilty plea in the scandal today in the Federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. Hassan, 29, was part…
When state and local governments propose transit projects they have to generate estimates of ridership. In 2017, Metro Transit used a “Regional Travel Demand Model” to generate an estimate of…
The Minnesota Legislature is about to build yet another new office building for themselves and once again, they’re doing it without ever taking a vote on the floor of the…
The sole suspect charged in an alleged child gang rape should not have been free. Oscar Ernesto Luna, age 22, has been charged with the alleged rape of an 11-year-old…
The lead defendant in the S&S Catering group pleaded guilty today. Qamar Hassan was defendant No. 23 (of 60) and now is guilty plea No. 11 in the Feeding Our…
A number of properties linked to the free-food scandal have fallen behind on their property taxes. Immediately after the FBI raids on Feeding Our Future in January 2022, the U.S.…
One would think Mary Moriarty might give pause to the belief that her role as lead prosecutor is to argue on behalf of violent, murderous defendants. Consistency is often a…
Maybe it’s nothing new or perhaps it’s another unsettling sign of the times. Either way, a surprising number of cities report an outbreak of incidents of vandalism at parks, beaches…
Characterizing auto theft as a simple property crime in 2023 ignores the significant public safety threat the offense has become, and the challenges our peace officers face in responding to…
The first post I did (Nov. 2021) in my latest stint with the Center cataloged the $3,000 plus in unpaid court fines racked up by then-state Rep. John D. Thompson…
As the weather heats up in Minnesota, hordes of feral youth have begun roaming the countryside. The media reports have become more and more frequent in recent weeks, involving hundreds…
Make no mistake, Governor Tim Walz’s appointment of Attorney General Keith Ellison to take over a murder case from Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty is significant. It was the right thing…
Mary Moriarty didn’t hide the fact that she would be a progressive prosecutor if elected as the Hennepin County Attorney. Despite examples of similarly minded progressive prosecutors across the country…
A new trend emerged this week in the Minnesota legislature as Democrats ram through their agenda at record speed. The lack of fiscal notes.
For decades, many on the left have argued the need for U.S. police departments to repair a sense of trust and credibility with the communities they serve. One way to…