Defendant No. 49 is formally charged in Federal court. Mohamed Muse Noor had been arrested at O’Hare airport late last month, en route to Turkey. Known professionally as Deeq Darajo,…
Gov. Walz and legislative leaders spent the summer of 2020 debating a response to the May riots and their aftermath. The Democratic Party position was outlined in press conferences and…
U.S. Attorney Andy Luger has recorded the 4th guilty plea entered in the sprawling Feeding Our Future free-food fraud case. Defendant No. 29 (out of 50 total), Abdul Ali, entered…
Last week, Republican Gubernatorial candidate Scott Jensen released his 10-point plan for Northern Minnesota. Among his proposals was a plan to save the Boswell Energy Center, a 922-megawatt coal-fired power…
The breakdown of Minnesota’s law enforcement institutions isn’t new, neither are the solutions.
How Minn State’s radical new plan sacrifices academic excellence for racial and ethnic priorities.
The legacy of the policeman turned mayor who fought Minneapolis crime and establishment politicians.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is, once again, seeking the infamous ‘Umbrella Man’ who played an allegedly catalytic role in the riots in Minneapolis in May 2020. Minneapolis Police had…
A Minneapolis city council member proposes to halt the clearing of homeless encampments through April 30, 2023. KSTP-TV reports that Aisha Chughtai will propose a “temporary” halt that would last…
The back pages of this week’s Star Tribune were a quiet reminder of the investigative clean-up that continues some 2 ½ years after the George Floyd-related riots. This is a sliver…
Digging deeper into the Feeding Our Future scandal.
Outrage grows over escalating violence at the U of M.
We’ve heard it all before from Met Council chairman Charles Zelle, who oversees Metro Transit and the Twin Cities’ light rail lines. Promises and plans to crack down on the…
Thinking Minnesota helps extend the influence of American Experiment in ways that matter.
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Mayo Clinic nurses vote the union out.
A born-again Republican? His name is included in the third indictment issued in this case, as part of the S&S Catering network of Minneapolis. This network has already produced the…
The Star Tribune reports on a free-food nonprofit run by a relative of a state representative. The headline reads, State representative’s brother runs nonprofit that participated in federal meals program…
KARE-11’s Lou Raguse spent his day at the Federal courthouse in Minneapolis. The U.S. Attorney put out a press release. In yesterday’s post, I covered the backstory of each of…
In case you missed it… and what to watch for.
Fox 9 reports that three figures charged in the Feeding Our Future case are scheduled to appear in Federal court tomorrow (Thursday) and are expected to plead guilty. It is…
Deena Winter of the Minnesota Reformer has a scoop: the wife of Minneapolis city council member Jamal Osman operated a free food site last year. Ilo Amba incorporated the nonprofit…
The sixth indictment in the Feeding Our Future case involves the family-run Brava Restaurant and Café in Rochester. The Brava indictment names six members of the Jama family and involves…
David Zimmer and I visited a Minneapolis encampment back in early June and shot this video: Fox 9 reports that the city cleared the encampment today, located on city-owned property.…