A couple of times last year I wrote about the effort by Hennepin County to convert aging area motels into homeless shelters. One of these was the old Metro Inn…
The Star Tribune‘s recent investigative articles on Minnesota’s public charter schools paint a very bleak picture of the model, stating they are “largely failing to make good on most of…
A jury in St. Paul delivered its verdict today in the weeklong trial of Derrick John Thompson, son of former state Rep. John Derrick Thompson (DFL-St. Paul, b. 1971). The…
The following public safety news made headlines this past week. I offer this summary and insight: Minneapolis juveniles arrested after armed robbery spree. Six Minneapolis juveniles aged between 11-14 years…
While the media focused on Pres. Joe Biden’s disastrous CNN debate performance on June 27, it ignored the administration’s glaring contradictions in its climate policy. The day after the debate,…
The son of the former state legislator is currently on trial for three federal drug and gun counts. The federal case arises from that same June 2023 car crash that…
It’s only a drop in the bucket when it comes to the massive cost overruns and delays that have plagued the continuing construction of the Southwest Light Rail Transit line…
It was a near run thing, but, eventually, the Vikings put the Packers to bed at Lambeau Field last Sunday. But depressed cheese heads can find comfort in the results…
The federal trial involving gun and drug charges against Derrick John Thompson is on the docket for 9 a.m. Monday morning in courtroom 3A in downtown St. Paul. So far,…
In response to COVID, the federal government sent Minnesota $1.3 billion for E-12 education. Those dollars were meant to help schools return to, and maintain, safe in-person learning for all…
To combat the affordable housing crisis as well as the declining value of commercial properties, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey signed a law cutting red tape for office-to-residential conversions. According to…
A one-man crime spree? Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced additional felony counts today against Joshua Anthony Jones related to an alleged crime spree in south Minneapolis on Wednesday, September…
As expected, in the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis, Kawsar Jama (Defendant No. 54) became Guilty Plea No. 22 in the Feeding Our Future case. Kawsar, aged 42, was assisted…
Damarco Thompson is reported to have been Derrick’s passenger in the rented Cadillac Escalade that night. The federal trial for Derrick John Thompson on drug and gun charges begins October…
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz took time out from his busy schedule to visit the Manhattan, New York, home of the philanthropist Alex Soros. The event is commemorated on Soros’ Twitter…
I’ve written a few times recently about the looming budget problems in Minneapolis and St. Paul resulting from the collapse in commercial real estate prices. These prices are down, for…
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…
Last week, the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reported: Two downtown Minneapolis office towers have sold in a deal representing one of the core’s steepest discounts in recent history. The 634,000-square-foot…
You read that headline correctly. To meet the state’s mandate for 100 percent “carbon-free” electricity by the year 2040, the state’s largest electric utility is planning to build at least…
A mass shooting in downtown Minneapolis overnight claimed the lives of two with three more injured. It caps a deadly week in the state’s largest city. The Minnesota Star Tribune…
No. 20, Haji Salad, has ties to a controversial Lakeville housing development. It was a busy week for the Feeding Our Future case at the Federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis.…
The Minnesota Star Tribune writes about the growing number of investigations undertaken by the state Department of Human Services (DHS) of taxpayer-funded private autism clinics. The Star Tribune‘s headline: Minnesota…
Social capital Late last year we released my report “The X-Factor? Social capital and economic well-being: A quantitative analysis.” The key finding was that levels of what we call “social…
The ever-alert Lou Raguse of KARE-11 TV noticed a late addition to the federal court schedule for tomorrow. Raguse writes on Twitter (X): New to the Federal Court docket: Feeding…