The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 1296 is in a blue-collar area of suburban Minneapolis. With a UH-1 “Huey” helicopter permanently touching down by its doors and an M1…
The state legislature is said to be working through the holiday weekend to reach an agreement on the next $66 billion two-year budget. The St. Paul Pioneer Press (PP) reported…
Last December, American Experiment held a commemoration ceremony honoring the anniversary of the Battle of Nashville and the Minnesotans who played such a prominent role, many of them sacrificing their…
The Monday deadline for Minnesota’s legislators to pass a budget came and went without a budget being passed. We did get an agreement on spending targets for the upcoming two…
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…
With the upcoming 4th anniversary of Floyd’s death, we revisit the intersection of 38th St. and Chicago Ave. in south Minneapolis. We’ve edited down this latest visit to a 51-second…
Despite efforts by some city leaders, residents, and media to downplay crime in Minneapolis, the amount of lawlessness and violence over the 2023 Memorial Day weekend tells a different story.…
Minnesotans are feeling the pinch from higher prices, and the price of gas is one of the main culprits. Lawmakers in St. Paul are anxious to ameliorate this — especially…
According to Morning Take, several DFL representatives, including Zach Stephenson, Kaela Berg, Dave Lislegaard, Jessica Hanson, and Dan Wolgamott, will propose a gas tax holiday between Memorial Day and Labor Day using the budget…
State and Twin Cities leaders dither while vulnerable residents live in fear and increasing danger.
How Minneapolis voluntarily relinquished its streets to a mob of vandals, thieves and arsonists
Post-riot surges in crime disproportionately hurt the Black community.
Gov. Walz was correct to sign an order allowing healthcare workers licensed in other states to work in Minnesota. If this is good policy in time of a crisis, it…
Walz says Frey was to blame, Frey says Walz was to blame. The Senate report says they were both right.
As a matter of arithmetic, at least 23% of those who said they wanted to cut the police department's funding also said that they didn't want to cut the number…
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.
A 'failed state' is defined as "a state whose political or economic system has become so weak that the government is no longer in control." For a few days in…
With crime on the rise, there is evidence that business are starting to recognize Minneapolis as somewhere to be avoided.
Since Memorial Day, the number of murders in Minneapolis is up 109% over the same period last year. The first six months of 2020 saw murders in St. Paul up…
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 Minnesota National Guard commander whose soldiers effectively quelled the Twin Cities riots overnight once Gov. Tim Walz authorized the necessary troops to do the job has gotten a big-time…
That reduced policing leads to more crime is another manifestation of the consistent research finding that more cops means less crime. What will happen to crime in Minneapolis if the…
While Minneapolis city council and 'Self-described liberals' are dreaming big dreams of abolishing the police and replacing them with an undefined “new transformative model for cultivating safety”, people are dying. How…
Some suggest that Minneapolis police officers should live in the neighborhoods they police so that they will have to live with the results of their work. The city's council members…