Election fraud in Minnesota is the top story in today’s edition of The Daily Signal out of the nation’s capital. Not more cases of felons and other ineligible residents who…
Earmark has been a dirty word since Congress banned the practice following the fury over Alaska’s $223 million “Bridge to Nowhere.” But now earmarks–the directing of public funds to specific…
For years the Minnesota Board of Teaching has largely ignored licensing reforms passed by legislators. The reforms were aimed in part at easing the statewide teacher shortage by speeding up…
The Governor’s office, DFL leaders and the teachers union, Education Minnesota, have made it clear that once again, one of their top priorities remains “Universal Pre-K” in Minnesota. Unless Senators…
Some 6,500 personal care assistants have submitted cards calling on state officials to allow them to vote out the union bargaining unit that nominally represents them. That’s more home care…
Most of what happens behind the scenes at state agencies stays behind the scenes. The gears of government grind on, leaving taxpayers little choice but to trust that officials act…
Governor Mark Dayton threw down the gauntlet today, telling Minnesota’s Republican-controlled legislature that he may shut down the state’s government if the legislature doesn’t obey his orders on spending: “I…
Most of what happens behind the scenes at state agencies stays behind the scenes. The gears of government grind on, leaving taxpayers little choice but to trust that officials act…
This is a classic tale of good and evil, and the little guy getting pushed around by the big guy. In the 1970s, our country moved away from institutionalizing disabled…
MPR reports that Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority chair Michele Kelm-Helgen has resigned in the face of a mounting public backlash over luxury suites and other perks at US Bank Stadium.…
You could call it the story of Patricia and Goliath. The elderly rural Minnesota personal care assistant who stood up to the powerful public employee union–and won. Johansen accused Service…
A month before leaving office, President Obama basically banned copper mining in the Superior National Forest in northern Minnesota with a stroke of his pen. The post-election executive order went…
Hidden MNsure Costs lead to higher property taxes
Interview: Scholar Heather Mac Donald on how Black Lives Matters activists have weakened policing in high-crime neighborhoods.
Minnesota homecare workers mount historic fight against the union Summary: In an effort to help their political supporters in the unions, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton and the state’s legislature…
Cigarette smuggling has soared since Minnesota imposed a $1.60 per pack excise tax increase in 2013, propelling the state to fifth highest for the crime in a new Tax Foundation…
Cigarette smuggling has soared since Minnesota imposed a $1.60 per pack excise tax increase in 2013, propelling the state to fifth highest for the crime in a new Tax Foundation…
Federal filings by labor unions are in for the years 2012-2015. The good folks at Union Facts have combed through the data, finding that labor unions spent $530 million almost…
The scandal surrounding the two luxury suites at brand-new U.S. Bank Stadium that are controlled by the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority continues to grow. The Minneapolis Star Tribune, to its…
Today is the day that MNPCA is required under Minnesota law to demonstrate that 30 percent of the SEIU bargaining unit wants a new election. It will deliver thousands of…
No matter what you think about the financing deal for U.S. Bank Stadium (not much), we can all agree that public infrastructure projects should not be turned into partisan slush…
Lt. Governor Tina Smith wants to be our next governor. The relentlessly cheerful campaign, which is conducted out of Governor Dayton’s office, began years ago. Now the pace has picked…
One of the biggest questions raised by the election results this week is what it all means for the unpopular MNsure state health insurance exchange. Minnesota was among a handful…
Thousands of Minnesotans already traumatized by up to 67 percent increases in individual health premiums experienced another shock today. The MNsure state health insurance exchange and help center intermittently crashed…