All of a sudden the fervor for purging schools of police officers appears to be falling flat. The ‘no cops in the corridors’ campaign gained momentum in the aftermath of…
There’s a double whammy hitting Minnesota taxpayers. Gov. Tim Walz and many legislators are dreaming up new ways of burning through a record $7.7 billion state budget surplus, rather than…
Forget about whether the kids will get what they want from Santa next month — many toys and other products in limbo due to a shortage of shipping containers and…
The Mankato school district already requires students and staff for grades K through 8 to wear protective masks on school grounds. The school board imposed the mandate on the basis…
St. Peter school administrators just got a crash course in the power of social media. Not only from students but also parents and other residents of the southern Minnesota community…
It’s one thing to spend $30 annually on license plates to show your support for bees and evidently quite another to live next door to a colony of the pollinators.
Parents have learned a lot during the pandemic. All over the state and nation, public schools see a decline in enrollment as parents personally pick up teaching duties at home…
Hundreds of young athletes have experienced problems with Gov. Tim Walz's controversial requirement that most participants in sports must wear face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. But…
There's a lot of talk about equal rights and equity issues these days in the media. But the settlement of an unusual discrimination complaint involving the U.S. Department of Education's…
Disappointment over distance learning among many high school students appears to have taught seniors who'd normally be college-bound a lot when it comes to making plans for their future. Applications…
Urban school districts continue to kowtow to the left’s marching orders urging the expulsion of School Resource Officers—cops—from the hallways. Meantime, my colleague Catrin Wigfall has exposed the national teacher…
Did you know that the biggest subsidy for solar is hidden on your electric bill? While Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are trying to extend the federal solar…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.