State and local taxes and spending Pioneer Press: Letters: The taxing cost of living in Minnesota Star Tribune: Minnesota faces a projected $6 billion budget deficit down the road. Here’s…
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…
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…
Lowertown’s descent is a policy choice. Shortly after moving to Minnesota in 2017, my wife and I went to a St. Paul Saints game. Arriving early, we went for a…
The 94th Minnesota Legislature will convene on Tuesday, January 14, 2025. And when that happens, it appears that Republicans will hold a slight, if temporary, advantage in both houses. Two…
State and local taxes and spending The Ely Echo: State budget issues loom Pioneer Press: Letters: We need more data to know if TIF is working for St. Paul The…
We are all familiar with the famous quote incorrectly attributed to the French writer Voltaire: I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right…
State and local taxes and spending Pioneer Press: St. Paul ‘Truth in Taxation’ hearing scheduled Monday, but Carter and council still $6 million apart Pine and Lakes Echo Journal: Letter…
In a Thanksgiving-eve, pre-holiday, afternoon news dump, officials in Scott County admit that 20 ballots were destroyed in this year’s election. The county attorney issued a two-page report, summarizing the…
State and local taxes and spending Fox 9: Property tax increases give Minnesota homeowners sticker shock Axios: Minnesota homeowners brace for property tax sticker shock Kare 11: Property Tax Sticker…
State and local taxes and spending KIMT 3: Amid several operating tax levies, one SE Minnesota school district looks to lower taxes WJON: Stearns County Makes Final Push on Justice…
Another day, another mass shooting in Minneapolis. This morning’s occurred in Dinkytown, the local neighborhood adjacent to the University of Minnesota’s flagship campus. This one caught the attention of local…
Minneapolis man’s violent crime spree leaves one dead and another injured in outstate Minnesota. On Tuesday, a 25-year-old Minneapolis man named Ameer Matariyeh assaulted his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend…
[Updated: driver fired.] The parking lot was, in fact, a handicapped parking space in front of City Hall. The “courier” was stopping by to pick up more absentee ballots en…
Damarco Thompson is reported to have been Derrick’s passenger in the rented Cadillac Escalade that night. The federal trial for Derrick John Thompson on drug and gun charges begins October…
Fox 9 TV reports that the City of Minneapolis is pushing ahead with plans for the former Speedway gas station at the site, near where the unfortunate events of Memorial…
A mass shooting in downtown Minneapolis overnight claimed the lives of two with three more injured. It caps a deadly week in the state’s largest city. The Minnesota Star Tribune…
A couple of years ago, I wrote that: Shortly after moving to Minnesota in 2017, my wife and I went to see a Saint Paul Saints game. Arriving early, we…
Yes, that’s a real headline appearing in the newly rebranded Minnesota Star Tribune over the weekend. And by children, we really mean children. The Star Tribune reports, Four children in…
Late last week, the always alert Lou Raguse of KARE-11 TV noticed a new filing in Federal court. Ladan Ali, the alleged bagwoman in the Feeding Our Future bribery case,…
It’s been gratifying watching the national media hold Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz accountable for his actions and polices. I say that as a former political operative who spent years trying…
Even as he dodged fireworks in the troubled Dinkytown neighborhood himself last night, Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara declared the overnight festivities to have been “less chaotic.” KARE 11 reports:…
State and local taxes and spending The Globe: Jackson County plans referendum seeking 1% local sales tax KRFO: Rochester School Board Approves Hundreds of Millions in Spending Labor market Federal…