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…
Abdullah Arif, 48, of Stillwater was shot and killed last Thursday outside his tobacco shop in St. Paul. Arif’s murder is in part the result of a broken court system that…
A murder in Lakeville on Sunday evening further demonstrated the inability of our criminal justice system to ensure public safety under its current self-imposed sentencing limitations. Donte R. McCray, 32,…
The pandemic may be over but the quest to continue the seemingly unlimited amounts of federal cash doled out to state and local governments the last two years has only…
Just south of the once-bustling Uptown neighborhood is this nondescript office building: It was Feeding Our Future’s Abdikerm Eidleh’s business address on Hennepin Avenue, which was searched by the FBI…
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a request in early March asking that a Dakota County court oversee the dissolution of the free-food nonprofit Feeding Our Future. Last Monday, the…
Minnesota cities share plenty of the blame for driving up the cost of new housing subdivisions and commercial developments through an ever-increasing multitude of fees ultimately passed on to buyers.…
In a punishment that stunned many, Dakota County District Court Judge Jamie Cork sentenced an Apple Valley man this week to 10 years probation following his guilty plea to raping…
Today, the Bureau of Economic Analysis released data for Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for Minnesota’s counties for 2020. We now have this data going back to 2001, so we can…
When the dust settled in the Hastings school board election last month, the school board chair and one of her colleagues were soundly defeated by three political newcomers. The challengers…
The Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission is a sleepy little agency with a very important job — they determine the presumptive sentences for felony offenses committed in Minnesota. From their website:…
Turns out one of the most popular campaign signs popping up suddenly across southeastern Minnesota has nothing to do with party politics or a candidate. Maybe that explains the popularity…
This week the Eagan Police Department invited residents of the Twin Cities suburb to an open forum on policing. It was an effort to reach out to those with concerns…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Many Minnesota employers are struggling to find workers. One place most aren’t likely to look is among ex-felons, who make up about 8 percent of the state’s adults, according to…
Gov. Mark Dayton has approved large pay increases for 22 government officials, including 7 employees of the Metropolitan Council, who already make well over $100,000 per year. This is why…
Today, the Bureau of Economic Analysis released its prototype estimated for Gross Domestic Product by County for the years 2012 to 2015. True, they are only prototypes and cover a…
‘Resist Trump’ racial equity program pockets more than $275k from MN taxpayers.
Minnesota cities, counties and state agencies have spent more than $275,000 in taxpayer funds on a provocative racial equity program led by a national leftwing advocacy group that urges local…
Minnesota cities, counties and state agencies have spent more than $275,000 in taxpayer funds on a provocative racial equity program led by a national leftwing advocacy group that urges local…
The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to pay themselves an annual salary of more than $92,000. They also decided to double the county's sales tax for public transit.
Not only is light rail transit ineffective in combating congestion, it’s also expensive, adding billions to the national debt. The US Department of Transportation has signaled that future transit projects…
The Metropolitan Council still holds the title of the biggest, most powerful unelected regional government in the country bar none. But that would change under proposed legislation calling for local…
The Metropolitan Council still holds the title of the biggest, most powerful unelected regional government in the country bar none. But that would change under proposed legislation calling for local…