Defendant No. 59 was a no-show in Federal court last week. A warrant has been issued for his arrest. The always alert Lou Raguse of KARE 11 reported on this…
Last week I wrote about new data that showed that businesses are fleeing downtown Minneapolis. Twin Cities Business reported: With over 21.2 million square feet of vacant office space in the…
The biggest urban areas are leading the way. Today, the Minnesota House of Representatives will be taking up HF3, the omnibus elections bill. The bill is a grab-bag of bad…
The controversial Hennepin County Attorney is much in the news. Just three months into her first term as the county’s prosecutor, Moriarty has been removed from a high-profile murder case…
Back in November, Jonathan Weinhagen, president and CEO of the Minneapolis Regional Chamber, wrote an op-ed for the Star Tribune titled “Business has nothing to fear from DFL dominance.” His…
In this Part 6 of the Minnesota For Sale series, we dive into the recent political donations of the controversial New York family. On a number of occasions, we’ve highlighted…
When U.S. Bank Stadium was constructed between 2013 and 2016, it cost Minnesota taxpayers $348 million, and the city of Minneapolis $150 million. And according to the Star Tribune, Minnesota…
Make no mistake, Governor Tim Walz’s appointment of Attorney General Keith Ellison to take over a murder case from Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty is significant. It was the right thing…
The suits at Meet Minneapolis, the group in charge of promoting the place as a destination, know they have a big image problem. The city’s reputation took a serious hit…
We document more than $30 million flowing into Minnesota last year to support Democrats. If you’ve wondered why state Democrats are pursuing such a radical policy agenda, more befitting California…
In this fourth edition of our Minnesota For Sale series, we dive into the dark money supporting Democratic candidates in Minnesota. Democrats in Minnesota and elsewhere are famously opposed to…
Thousands of special education teachers, career-technical instructors, and educators of color would be negatively impacted by a DFL bill introduced in both the Minnesota House and Senate. Nearly five years…
Former city department head Tyeastia Green published a 14-page memo earlier this month defending her work for the city and accusing her co-workers of antiblack racism. The memo can be…
Buried on page 6 of today’s Star Tribune were two stories that documented violent events over the weekend involving large groups of teens from the north metro. Find links to the…
As part of its Women of the Year project, USA Today is choosing one person from each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico to honor during March’s…
The Met Council has finally lost the Twin Cities media when it comes to the boondoggle known as the Southwest Light Rail Transit project. The headlines for the release of…
An anti-nuke resolution before the Duluth City Council must have appeared to be a slam dunk to supporters. After all, their like-minded peers on the Minneapolis and St. Paul city…
A new player has entered the game of the Democratic Party’s search for an alternative to President Biden for 2024’s presidential election: none other than our own Governor, Tim Walz:…
A year ago, Rochester city officials decided they wanted to build a $65 million regional sports and recreation center. But city hall had trouble articulating the need for it, other…
In fallout from a failed convention center expo last month. Until last week, Tyeastia Green was the city’s director of the Department of Racial Equity, Inclusion and Belonging. No more.…
Andy Luger, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota, announced 10 more defendants were indicted this morning in the Feeding Our Future scandal. The total charged in the case…
This outlet was the first to report on efforts by Minnesota Democrats to ban the sale of water in plastic containers. HF 1857 was introduced on February 16 by state…
The saying used to go, “All politics is local.” Not anymore. To be competitive in Minnesota politics, at least within the state’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) party, you need to have a…
In what some are taking as a sign of revival for the beleaguered Minneapolis neighborhood, the Uptown Theatre on Lake and Lagoon is reopening. Alas, not as a movie palace,…