I wrote the op-ed below, on Minnesota’s economy, for some of the free suburban weeklies in the Twin Cities. It is beginning to appear in those papers. One of American…
I often find myself at odds with the Metropolitan Council, but I confess to mixed feelings about this one. The Star Tribune reports that the Met Council is “push[ing] to…
The Metropolitan Council never saw any human behavior it didn’t want to change. It wants to change the way we get from one place to another, where we live, and…
Property rights proponents are two-for-two so far this year in contesting proposed ordinances in Twin Cities suburbs that wanted to make it illegal for many homeowners to rent out their…
Brooklyn Center, Minn.—For the second time this year, a Twin Cities suburb has turned back a controversial proposal to curtail one of its residents’ fundamental property rights—a homeowner’s freedom to…
It’s no secret that President Obama makes the Nixon Administration look good when it comes to White House hostility to openness in government. There’s little reason to expect “hope and…
Last year President Obama called on cities and states to pass legislation to require employers to provide paid sick leave to employees. Minneapolis just became the latest liberal metropolis to…
Victoria officials expect taxpayers to foot the bill for up to $100,000 in anticipated attorneys’ fees for four city council members found liable in March for a combined 38 intentional…
Road construction season is in full swing and it feels like one of the worst ever. Any trip I make seems to be obstructed. Get off the freeway to avoid…
They’ve garnered hundreds more signatures on their petition campaigns than five-term Bloomington Mayor Gene Winstead received in votes last November. But it remains to be seen whether the third and…
Heck with expensive bourbon and more expensive cigars. There’s nothing like an intriguing endnote about a social service program in Ohio called “Choose Your Partner Carefully” to cap off a…
The Center’s 2016 Annual Dinner was Saturday night at the Hilton Hotel in Minneapolis. Former White House Press Secretary Dana Perino was the keynote speaker. The dinner is always a…
It’s a given that solar power is unreliable as a source of base load power to meet our daily energy requirements. After all, the sun—at best—shines some of the time.…
Buffalo Township, Minn.–Residents of Buffalo Township are voicing concerns over the environmental impact of a solar power project they say has leveled hundreds of mature hardwoods and taken fertile cropland…
The Metropolitan Council released a report this week statistically documenting, once again, disparities between “persons of color and White, non-Latinos” in regards to poverty rates, home ownership, employment, and levels…
In what may be the biggest Open Meeting Law case in Minnesota history, a Carver County District Court has found four current Victoria City Council members committed a total of…
Gaylord farmer joins school board that sued him.
Local citizens object to the increasingly unchecked and unaccountable power of the Metropolitan Council.
Minnesota is losing taxpayers and their income to lower-tax states.
Teachers are in crisis over the disarray and the threats unleashed by policies of 'equity.'
PAUL, MINN.– After eleven years of facing labor organizers at their doors, Minnesota in-home child care providers overwhelmingly rejected union representation in an election decided today in St. Paul. “Providers have…
A Gaylord chicken farmer plans to turn his campaign for school board into a teachable moment for the Sibley East Public Schools officials who asked a court to award $2.9…
Would fewer tests worsen Minnesota's dismal achievement gap?
Do we really want to live like this?