How Minneapolis voluntarily relinquished its streets to a mob of vandals, thieves and arsonists
Small business owners in the Twin Cities aren't getting much for their taxes.
Mayor Carter plans to cut cops in 2021, but his public safety budget still includes a six-figure political advisor.
The soaring incidences of carjackings, shootings, and violent crime in Minneapolis has received much-deserved media attention both locally and nationally. But St. Paul also faces an outbreak of violence and…
As the fate of BrewWorks shows, the time it will take for the Mayor and his bureaucrats to decide what to do is time breweries like Yoerg's don't have.
The vandals and looters first unleashed by the Failure to Lead of Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter following the death of George…
Research shows that more cops mean less crime. As police numbers in Minneapolis and Saint Paul fall, not only relative to the population but in absolute terms, what will less…
With homicides up 46% over last year, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter wants to cut $9.2 million from the police budget and spend $100,000 hiring a new political director.
The video of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis on Memorial Day is sickening. There is no way that arresting a man for an alleged minor infraction should involve a police…
The mob mentality that Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter allowed to terrorize the Twin Cities for several days following the death of…
It remains a mystery why Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter essentially stood by and allowed rioters to take control of huge swaths…
City and state authorities have spread misinformation about the Twin Cities' rioters.
In Minneapolis, Mayor Jacob Frey announced a $5 million relief package for residents and businesses struggling financially because of COVID-19. One million dollars within the city’s “Stable Homes Stable Schools”…
St. Paul’s Mayor proposes cutting future positions.
The study, compiled at the request of at the request of the City Council, recommends adding 78 sworn personnel, including 33 sergeants. It runs contrary to Mayor Carter's desire to…
The maintenance of law and order is one of the core functions of government. How do you think Saint Paul’s government is doing?
Has St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter overplayed his hand? That’s the unspoken question behind Pioneer Press columnist Joe Soucheray’s breakdown of Carter’s manipulation of residents facing a referendum on the…
What would it take for St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter to come down on the side of average constituents in his city? Apparently more than an act of God. A…
2019 has already seen more homicides in Saint Paul than in 6 of the previous 10 years. So why does Mayor Carter want to cut five police officers?
Excessive fees and regulations are the problem – high prices are just the symptom. We need the supply of housing to expand. Instead of spending hundreds of millions of dollars…
It took a decision from the Minnesota Supreme Court but St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter finally appears ready to follow the law and allow his constituents to vote on whether…
There goes the neighborhood. The last thing anyone wants on their block is an empty house. In fact, the city of St. Paul has a what to do about a…
Last year, according to Mayor Carter, Saint Paul didn't have "$100,000 to spend blowing up rockets over our city" to commemorate the country's birthday. This year, it has $225,000 available…
To make housing affordable, policymakers need to remove the things that are making it unaffordable now: excessive regulations.