The Minnesota Legislature is about to build another new office building for themselves and once again, they’re doing it without ever taking a vote on the floor of the House…
There has been a fair amount of effort to characterize our crime problem as improving. These efforts typically cite a handful of crimes that have decreased slightly when compared to last…
All politics are global. Our story so far: Twin Cities’ native Tyeastia Green worked for a spell as the City of Burlington, VT’s Director of Racial Equity, Inclusion and Belonging.…
You may recall our February visit to these southwest Minneapolis icons of the early motoring age. These turn out to be two of six aging motels purchased by Hennepin County…
The number stands at 7,094, according to the official City of Minneapolis crime dashboard. The city blew by the annual record back in September. True, the pace has slowed in…
When state and local governments propose transit projects they have to generate estimates of ridership. In 2017, Metro Transit used a “Regional Travel Demand Model” to generate an estimate of…
In August 2023, Cecil Wayman, a man with a violent criminal history dating back to the early 1990s who is appropriately prohibited from possessing firearms, was stopped in downtown Minneapolis…
For several years now, the City of Minneapolis has more and more taken a “public health approach” to fighting crime, relying less on police and law enforcement and more on…
Minneapolis leaders have made a concerted effort over the past five years to “re-imagine public safety.” They have committed to diversifying their approach away from a law enforcement-centric approach to…
Despite the constant reassurances from local media and elected officials, activity in the inner core of the state’s largest city is not returning to pre-pandemic levels. We were told in…
Members of the House of Representatives will be able to wave to the adoring crowds from high above the state capitol grounds in St. Paul. A project so wasteful and…
The role of the far-left advocacy group gets noticed. We’ve written frequently of the St. Paul-based far-left advocacy group TakeAction Minnesota‘s efforts to move the state’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) party ever…
The winners of all 13 city council seats have been decided, with majority control appearing to favor the far-left candidates. Incumbents on the city council have prevailed in all 11…
The DFL sold the state’s politics to out- of-state interests — and it was a fire sale.
Just two years after Minnetonka voters approved ranked choice voting, the controversial alternative election process will be on the ballot again November 7. Ironically, a simple majority vote, yes or…
Deputy Hennepin County Attorney Mark Osler recently wrote an Opinion Exchange printed in the Star Tribune, entitled, “Moriarty’s vision, not critics’ fears, has been fulfilled.” The piece requires a response. …
The pivotal city council races have only days to go before election day. We take a look at some of the last-minute money flowing into these contests. All thirteen seats…
Everyone agrees the high crime rate on Metro Transit light rail train presents a threat to the public and regaining respectable ridership levels. The quickest way to restore order and…
A core argument of advocates for higher legal minimum wages is that the increase in the price of labor which they propose will not to lead to a fall in…
It is no coincidence that it was a Minnesotan, Sinclair Lewis, who popularized the word “Boosterism” in his 1922 novel Babbitt. As I’ve noted before, much of the state’s media is constantly…
An analysis of school district data reveals the dramatic rise in homeschooling prompted by COVID-19 and school closure decisions “has largely sustained itself through the 2022-23 academic year, defying predictions…
Minneapolis isn’t the only core Metro city with an election next week. All seven of St. Paul’s city council seats are up for election on November 7 and there are…
The Minneapolis City Council demonstrated once again this week why seating activists in government is counterproductive. This Council makeup is widely viewed as dysfunctional, and its rejection of a…
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty’s penchant for offering absurd plea bargains for violent offenders has been exposed several times in her first ten (10) months on the job. One…