Since American Experiment first ran our exclusive story on the leaked Keith Ellison/Feeding Our Future audio recording from December 2021, the scandal within a scandal is beginning to pick up…
State and local taxes and spending Minn Post: Walz sales tax proposal hits consumers, while sparing business-to-business transactions Duluth News Tribune: Local View: Paying the tax piper doesn’t always jibe…
Around the nation, Democrats are organizing “town hall” meetings in the districts of Republican Congressmen, in the hopes of regaining control of the chamber in the 2026 election. Nothing wrong…
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…
State and local taxes and spending Star Tribune: Gov. Tim Walz proposes additional spending cuts in revised budget plan KAAL TV: Governor Walz releases revised Minnesota budget Grand Rapids Herald…
The ‘stop-arm’ law Last September, as kids across Minnesota prepared to start or return to school, Kare 11 ran an article titled “Back-to-school reminder: Minnesota’s stop-arm law means stopping for…
State and local taxes and spending Minn Post: Minnesota can adopt a commonsense tax solution for the vacant lot predicament in its cities Kare 11: Paid family and medical leave…
Economic development Star Tribune: Will tax credits bring more film and TV production to Minnesota? Northern News Now: ‘They’re very entrepreneurial groups:’ Immigration and Northeast Minnesota’s economy Regulation Bring Me…
The ever-alert Lou Raguse of KARE-11 TV is out with a story on how Minneapolis city council member Jamal Osman (Ward 6) went to bat on behalf of Feeding Our…
Another twist in an already bizarre court case. I’ll get to the rifles in a minute, but first, some background. Two co-defendants (Nos. 1 and 3) in the Feeding Our…
In light of newly available documents, I revisit a 2021 shooting case involving Liban Osman, the brother of Jamal Osman, Minneapolis city council member (DFL-Ward 6). The incident occurred around…
According to jail records, Abdinasir Abshir was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals on Friday and is being held in the Sherburne County jail. Abshir made a brief appearance…
It’s always something. We are two weeks into the 2nd Feeding Our Future trial at the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. The trial is taking place in a 13th-floor courtroom…
Economic growth KRFO: Young People Are Leaving Minnesota By The Tens Of Thousands Pine Journal: Richest 1% of Minnesota families own nearly one third of the wealth, data report says…
The tragic passing of Sen. Kari Dziedzic in December left Minnesota’s state Senate balanced at 33-33 pending a special election to fill the vacant seat. For the start of the…
Last Wednesday, my colleague, Bill Glahn, wrote that KSTP had found that there are 62 fraud investigations currently underway involving federally-funded Minnesota child care centers. Two days later, he wrote:…
Yesterday, KARE-11 TV ran a new story in their investigative series on the addiction treatment industry in Minnesota. This time, KARE-11 uncovers what appears to be a massive overbilling scandal…
Jay Kolls of KSTP-5 TV performs a public service in his report last night on the 10 o’clock news. His headline: 62 investigations underway involving federally-funded Minnesota child care centers…
The shenanigans in the Minnesota House of Representatives have tended to obscure the fact that the legislature’s other house, the Senate, has been functioning smoothly. Until today. You may recall…
Lots of Feeding Our Future news to report this week. Ayan Abukar, award-winning founder of the nonprofit organization Action for East African People (AFEAP), is scheduled to plead guilty in…
A few minutes late, but shortly after noon on the appointed day (today), MN Secretary of State Steve Simon gaveled into session the House of Representatives of the 94th Minnesota…
We are less than a day away from a potential constitutional crisis in Minnesota. And national media are beginning to pick up on it. Fox News ran a piece this…
State and local taxes and spending The Neighbor: Minnesota Homeowners Pay a Median $3,321 in Property Taxes Each Year Detroit Lakes Online: Becker County hikes levy, but its tax rate…
The U.S. Attorney for Minnesota, Andy Luger, issued a press release yesterday announcing a 13-count indictment against three executives of Evergreen Recovery for Medicaid fraud. Two of the three employees…