Capitol Watch is taking a break from all the negativity and polarization in state government to bring you four positive developments we’ve observed in St. Paul. Next week we will…
An audio recording of MN Attorney General Keith Ellison was included on the exhibit list of Feeding Our Future’s Aimee Bock in the recently concluded trial. It was not introduced…
Do you know where your tax dollars are? It’s a sorry state of affairs when Minnesota — long the gold standard of forthright Midwest values and decency — is now…
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…
That seems to be the implication of reporting by the Minnesota Star Tribune from inside the Federal courtroom during the current free-food fraud trial. The Star Tribune‘s Jeffrey Meitrodt reports:…
Modern sports are not exempt from controversy — just consider the evolution of equipment and rules, race relations, and politics. But nothing has threatened the future of sports more than…
The courtroom trial for two Feeding Our Future defendants resumed this morning after a five-day break for the holiday weekend. In testimony today, the name of Minneapolis city council member…
Local law enforcement officials continue to wrestle with the quandary of how to handle illegal immigrants in custody and the legal questions raised by cooperation with federal Immigration and Customs…
Minnesota’s only functioning legislative chamber, the state Senate, held a hearing in its Energy committee this afternoon, on a bill to provide energy cost assistance to low-income households. S.F. 486,…
The state Attorney General, Keith Ellison, announced a new Medicaid prosecution involving $7.3 million and five felony counts. The defendant is named as Chavis Willis. Mr. Willis stands accused of…
Back in 1973, when Time magazine ran a story titled “The Good Life in Minnesota” and put our state’s governor, Wendell Anderson, on the cover, the article stated: “Politics is almost…
In a press release issued last week, the state’s Attorney General, Keith Ellison, announced a settlement in which the free-food nonprofit Youth Leadership Academy, d/b/a Gar Gaar Family Services (GGFS),…
Minneapolis Ward 6 council member Jamal Osman is back in the news over his links to the sprawling free-food scandal. But he isn’t answering any questions. The latest round of…
The headline from a press release issued today by the office of state attorney general Keith Ellison: Attorney General Ellison requires charity to dissolve over governance violations File this under…
Nolosha is still hoping to acquire Feeding Our Future-linked property next month. State attorney general Keith Ellison announced a lawsuit on Wednesday against a controversial housing developer with plans for…
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz took time out from his busy schedule to visit the Manhattan, New York, home of the philanthropist Alex Soros. The event is commemorated on Soros’ Twitter…
You read that headline correctly. To meet the state’s mandate for 100 percent “carbon-free” electricity by the year 2040, the state’s largest electric utility is planning to build at least…
The ever-alert Lou Raguse of KARE-11 TV noticed a late addition to the federal court schedule for tomorrow. Raguse writes on Twitter (X): New to the Federal Court docket: Feeding…
The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board bowed to political correctness late last week when its board chair and director abruptly canceled training that was to be held next week…
Hints at a widening scope for the Feeding Our Future bribery case emerged at an ordinary court hearing yesterday in downtown Minneapolis. Your correspondent was there. The occasion was a…
The Murder In 2002, Myon Burrell, then 16 years old, went with two others in his gang to ambush and kill a rival gang member on the street in South…
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison took time out from his busy Labor Day schedule to post the following on Twitter (X): In the 22 hours since, the post has been…
For years, American Experiment’s message on teacher pensions has been clear: We need to keep the pension promises made to teachers. The Teachers Retirement Association (TRA) — which manages pensions…
It’s said a picture tells a thousand words. Charting Minnesota’s violent crime rate vs. imprisonment rate tells us a lot about the effect progressive leadership has had on these important public…