Minnesota cities share plenty of the blame for driving up the cost of new housing subdivisions and commercial developments through an ever-increasing multitude of fees ultimately passed on to buyers.…
New York Times reporter David Fahrenthold was in Minnesota recently reporting on the Feeding Our Future scandal. His piece is a good overview of the story so far. But the…
Under the umbrella of the now-disbanded nonprofit Feeding Our Future, the alleged free food fraud is said by the FBI to center on three private food vendor networks. One of…
The free food scandal in Minnesota centers on the since-disbanded nonprofit Feeding Our Future. The FBI alleges that large-scale fraud took place in two government programs meant to provide free…
Polls point to violent crime and public safety as a top issue on Minnesotans’ minds. But there’s another indicator that law enforcement officials say confirms how seriously residents statewide consider…
Earlier this week, investigative reporter Liz Collin profiled several victims of carjacking and auto theft. Victims shared their candid stories, talked about the trauma they suffered, and were unanimous that…
The free food scandal involves at least three distinct groups of alleged fraudsters. Not one person has been arrested or charged, to date. In Part 1, we introduced the group…
Chad Helton’s tumultuous tenure as head of the Hennepin County Library system from afar in sunny California may be over, but not before one last departing bout of controversy. As…
Much of the attention in the Feeding Our Future scandal has focused on the role of Safari Restaurant. The Safari group is just one of three networks within Feeding Our…
The number of students enrolled in Minnesota public schools for the 2021-2022 school year has dropped again, while online school, charter school and private school enrollment continues to increase, according…
They say to always follow the money. The fallout from the alleged free-food scandal has claimed another Minneapolis official. This time it was the chair of the city’s public housing…
Starbucks’ brand as a proudly progressive company continues to take a beating among those who know the high-priced coffee corporation best — its employees. The organizing drive that led to…
Alpha News reporter Liz Collin posted a story this week describing the carjacking epidemic plaguing the Twin Cities metro area. Her in-depth story profiled the Ramsey County Carjacking Auto Theft…
When it rains it pours, nonstop in the case of the seemingly doomed Southwest Light Rail Transit Line under construction. The latest debacle in the most expensive public works project…
The Minnesota Freedom Fund, which pays criminal bail for those who cannot afford it, is facing another instance where a client is rearrested shortly after release. According to Crime Watch…
The value of a dollar is what it can buy you. And what a dollar can buy you in Minnesota depends on where you live in the state. According to…
Rep. Mike Howard (DFL-Richfield) has surged ahead of Sen. Ann Johnson Stewart (DFL-Minnetonka) in the race to see who could have the biggest conflict of interest at the state capitol.…
Although the beleaguered nonprofit at the center of the alleged scandal gets most of the attention, there is a lot more going on below the surface. On the surface, the…
Madam Speaker: Open Up the House The Minnesota House of Representatives locked the public out of the State Office Building back in March 2020 when the pandemic hit and to…
After years of declining violent crime rates in Minnesota, 2021 was a bad year. Homicides, gun violence, and carjackings escalated to numbers not seen in nearly twenty years. Experts and…
On Jan. 13, Mayors Melvin Carter of St. Paul and Jacob Frey of Minneapolis announced that, to fight the spread of COVID-19, as of Jan. 19, patrons at restaurants, bars,…
There’s growing momentum and pressure on the Met Council to not just audit what went wrong with the scandal-plagued Southwest Light Rail Transit, Line but to flat-out stop construction and…
Calls for banning no-knock search warrants in the wake of Amir Locke’s shooting death last week in downtown Minneapolis are reverberating at both the state and local levels. Of great…
American Experiment will pursue an aggressive education agenda in the 2022 legislative session. A primary goal will be enhanced academic and financial transparency to arm parents with the information they…