Betting good money on light rail rather than investing in freight rail infrastructure is a losing gamble.
The top law enforcement officials in a northern Minnesota county have teamed up to take aim at DFL-sponsored bills they maintain will increase litigation, criminalize law-abiding citizens and fail to…
Plenty. Deena Winter of MN Reformer did a deep dive today into the tsunami of cash going directly to nonprofits in last year’s state budget. She comes up with a…
We have been sounding the alarm that the DFL-led Legislature is poised this session to further weaken sentencing for criminal offenders. Yesterday HF 4277 was introduced into the House Public…
Two weeks ago I wrote about a proposal from some DFL legislators in St. Paul to hike Minnesota’s state sales tax, with the revenue dedicated to housing programs. Now, the…
Last year, Minnesota’s legislature blew through an $18 billion budget surplus and hiked taxes and fees by another $10 billion for good measure. You might think that would sate the…
At a time when legitimate concerns exist regarding whether Minnesota is doing enough to hold criminal offenders accountable...
Now that Gov. Doug Burgum has decided against seeking a third term, whoever follows him in office will be the first North Dakota governor to be restricted to no more…
The Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission released its annual Report to the Legislature last week. The 2024 report is 123 pages and reports on 2022 trends in state sentencing and 2023 changes…
Electricity prices in the United States are skyrocketing, with all-sectors electricity rates reaching new all-time highs in 2022 and 2023, but wind and solar advocates like to pretend that these…
North Dakota home owners have until March 31 to apply for the state’s new $500 residential property tax credit that was approved in the 2023 legislative session. But thousands took…
Shootings of Minnesota peace officers executing search warrants have increased significantly since the de facto ban on “no-knock” search warrants. Our peace officers deserve better. The use of no-knock search warrants…
Recent efforts by progressive politicians and our media have tried to suggest that progressive policies have sent crime into a retreat. They cite slight decreases in select crime rates in 2022,…
At least 38 law enforcement agencies across the state have continued to keep their School Resource Officers (SROs) out of schools this week despite assurances last week from Attorney General…
In yet another attempt to avoid a special session of the Legislature, Governor Walz and Attorney General Ellison met Wednesday with a group of DFL legislators and representatives of several…
The civil unrest following the death of George Floyd ushered in a variety of demands for criminal justice reforms across the state and nation – some sound, others not. The…
Misrepresentations of the facts surrounding the school resource officer (SRO) debate continue to occur in Minnesota nearly two weeks after most students have returned to class, and after dozens of…
Typically, the chief executive assumes a de facto leadership role for their political party, providing direction and making tough calls that help maintain credibility with a broader electorate than extreme…
According to MinnPost, Fabio Azeredo earned a Ph.D. in psychology and practiced as a licensed supervising psychologist in Brazil for 29 years. Since moving to Minnesota two years ago, he…
The Walz administration kept a tight lid on the behind-the-scenes deal-making in recent months to turn over ownership and control of the Upper Sioux Agency State Park to the Upper…
State and local taxes and spending Twin Cities Business: Paying Your Fair Share! KSTP: Question on St. Paul ballot will ask for sales tax increase to fund road, bridge maintenance…
The state’s third-largest school district has admitted it is facing an “imminent financial crisis” but that it will find cuts to balance the budget, reported Deena Winter with the Minnesota…
Back in March, my colleague Bill Walsh warned that the proposed creation and expansion of a raft of state agencies would lead to a boom in state government hiring: Gov.…
In the last session, Minnesota’s legislature voted to raise taxes on Minnesotans by more than $9 billion over the next four years. But the legislators at the capitol aren’t the…