Last Wednesday, the Metropolitan Council released more information about the proposed extension of the Blue Line light rail through north Minneapolis, Robbinsdale, Crystal and Brooklyn Park. The project is currently projected…
As new markets open up, entrepreneurs rush in to fill the demand. An alert reader sent me this picture taken Friday, March 1, of a bus parked at a south…
A new and disturbing trend in state government is the use of bonding dollars (borrowed money) to fund new buildings for private, non-profit companies. Traditionally, state-taxpayer-funded bonding projects have included…
Plenty. Deena Winter of MN Reformer did a deep dive today into the tsunami of cash going directly to nonprofits in last year’s state budget. She comes up with a…
The full impact of COVID and school closures on students is still being determined, but chronic absenteeism has certainly emerged as one of the biggest problems facing schools right now.…
The numbers behind the Feeding Our Future scandal are staggering: up to $500 million of taxpayer money lost, more than 250 suspects, 70 individuals indicted to date, etc. To put…
Greta Callahan, President of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers Local 59, just announced she is running for an open seat on the Minneapolis school board. If she wins, she will…
Two separate armed robbery sprees occurred in the city yesterday, KSTP-5 reports. The victims were all women, who lost wallets and cell phones. Oh, and did I forget to mention…
Unlike the 2023 legislative session, lawmakers have very little room for extra spending this year. After blowing Minnesota’s $18 billion surplus and raising taxes by over $9 billion, the state’s…
Thinking Minnesota magazine conducted our very first poll back in August 2018, asking national polling firm Meeting Street Insights to survey 500 Minnesotans with 25 questions about education, crime, and the…
Yesterday, a Twitter (X) account caught my eye, going by the handle of Minnesota Department of Human Services Employees, @Minnesota_DHS. It only has 34 followers, but makes the following claim…
It was free-food day in this morning’s meeting of the state House Children and Families committee. Minnesota Democrats have discovered that free food is extremely popular with the public (72…
Two Minneapolis brothers have been arrested in connection to a horrific Coon Rapids triple murder case from last month. They join their alleged accomplice Alonzo Mingo in the Anoka County…
Yesterday’s webinar is now available for viewing on YouTube. I mentioned during the webinar that many of the Feeding Our Future defendants also owned other businesses subsidized by other agencies…
The final campaign finance numbers are in for the 2023 election for the Minneapolis city council. All 13 council seats were on the ballot, and the results saw the avowedly…
There continues to be a great deal of effort by the media and political leadership in Minneapolis to either suggest crime is down or dismiss it by focusing on issues…
A review of Alpha News’ ‘The Fall of Minneapolis.’
The 2024 legislative session begins Monday with Gov. Tim Walz telling the Star Tribune “this is going to be one of the more challenging sessions that I’ve had as governor…
Yesterday, legislative Democrats in Minnesota held a press conference (viewable here) to formally announce the initiative to make Minnesota a sanctuary state for illegal immigrants. Democrats are marketing the bill…
The failed Minneapolis city council candidate is trying again in a race for a suburban state House of Representatives seat. The folks behind the trademarked Twitter (X) account WedgeLive! noticed…
Yesterday, we discussed the negative consequences of the Walz administration’s proposed California Transportation Standard (CTS). Today, we will discuss how it works. How the California Transportation Standard works The CTS…
Thinking Minnesota magazine conducted our very first poll back in August 2018, asking national polling firm Meeting Street Insights to survey 500 Minnesotans with 25 questions about education, crime, and…
At a time when legitimate concerns exist regarding whether Minnesota is doing enough to hold criminal offenders accountable...
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about a new study which found that working from home is here to stay. I concluded by noting that: If this holds for…