The lead defendant in the S&S Catering group pleaded guilty today. Qamar Hassan was defendant No. 23 (of 60) and now is guilty plea No. 11 in the Feeding Our…
The hype over the city’s installation of so-called “water gardens” along two miles of boulevard along Grand Avenue in Minneapolis more than met the media’s usual frenzy for eco-friendly solutions…
State and local taxes and spending Bring Me the News: Here’s a look at St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter’s 2024 budget proposal KROC: Minnesota Starts Fiscal Year With Higher Than…
A number of properties linked to the free-food scandal have fallen behind on their property taxes. Immediately after the FBI raids on Feeding Our Future in January 2022, the U.S.…
Minneapolis ranks, at least according to this study, as the 9th most liberal city in America. Politics in the city are dominated by the local branch of the Democratic party…
My great-aunt smoked a pack of cigarettes a day and died in her mid-80s. Does this prove that smoking isn’t harmful? Of course not. Longevity is affected by many things.…
Contrary to reports suggesting Minneapolis is turning the corner on crime, the violence this past weekend demonstrates the city has a long way to go. Friday evening, a Minneapolis police…
State and local taxes and spending Minnesota Reformer: Cheap insulin, expanded tax credits and other benefits now available for undocumented Minnesotans Winona Post: Winona County OKs first tax increase for…
One would think Mary Moriarty might give pause to the belief that her role as lead prosecutor is to argue on behalf of violent, murderous defendants. Consistency is often a…
The window for candidate filings opened on August 1 and runs through August 15. The filings, so far, do include a few surprises. All thirteen seats on the Minneapolis City…
Just last month a New York Times opinion article about Golden Valley, MN got a lot of attention. The title of the piece was “Half the Police Force Quit. Crime Dropped.” Golden…
Consulting the current Minneapolis crime dashboard, auto thefts in the city stand at 5,177 year-to-date (as of August 7). That works out to almost exactly one care stolen every hour.…
It’s been a quiet summer so far for the Feeding Our Future scandal, but rest assured, a lot is going on in the behind the scenes. MN Reformer is continuing…
According to the Hennepin County jail roster, Thompson remains in county custody six weeks after the horrific Minneapolis car crash in which five young women were killed. Since our last…
Labor market Fergus Now: Job Growth Continues Across Minnesota Detroit Lakes Tribune: More Minnesotans have joined the workforce Star Tribune: New group will advise Gov. Tim Walz on what to…
News stories from this past week continue to grow the list of devastating consequences when violent individuals walk free in Minnesota. Last Monday evening, 20-year-old Calon Markus Hatchett was arrested for shooting…
The legislature acted this past session to create a new law defining carjacking as separate and distinct from robbery. It left the decision of ranking the severity of sentences to the…
The Twin Cities have an affordable housing problem as the result of excessive taxes, fees, and regulations that effectively make it illegal to build affordable housing there. Occasionally, when I…
The Minneapolis suburb has a goal of adding 1,000 or more affordable housing units by the year 2030. One local developer has stepped forward to help, but local residents point…
Last summer Minneapolis Mayor Frey announced the hiring of Dr. Cedrick Alexander to lead the newly created Office of Community Safety. Mayor Frey called Alexander’s hire a “seminal moment” in the…
The City of Lakes adopts “ambitious” goals for global warming. Mild amusement follows. Today, the City of Minneapolis adopted its most ambitious climate change goals, ever. The Star Tribune recaps…
The 2023 legislative session was a study of pushing through an ideological agenda.
50 years after its TIME cover story, does Minnesota still work?
Metro Transit’s 40-point plan to deter the violent crime and vagrancy plaguing the Twin Cities’ light rail and bus lines continues to flounder a year into the highly publicized security…