Abdullahe Nur Jesow entered the 49th guilty plea in the sprawling free-food scandal, becoming the 56th person to be convicted overall. Jesow pled guilty to one count of money laundering…
Hennepin County Attorney’s new policy to decline charges stemming from some traffic stops and consent searches Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced Wednesday that, effective October 15, her office will…
Joe Thompson, the Acting U.S. Attorney for Minnesota, announced eight (8) criminal charges in the massive fraud involving the state’s Housing Stabilization Services program (HSS). Over the past 4 1/2…
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey signed into law a $5 per ton carbon dioxide tax yesterday. The Mayor’s office claims that the move “will significantly cut pollution, save money, and move…
German Alexis Funez-Canelas pled guilty to one felony count of illegal re-entry of a previously deported illegal alien this morning in federal court in downtown Minneapolis. Prosecutors documented that Funez,…
By the numbers It has been an awful month for public safety in Minneapolis. While data shows that year-to-date murders and many other crimes of violence are down compared to…
Two Minnesota men pled guilty, back-to-back, to illegal immigration felonies in federal court in downtown Minneapolis this afternoon. The hearings were scheduled consecutively on the court calendar. The overlapping hearings…
A new brief published by the policy firm ILO Group suggests that school superintendent turnover continues at historic levels. The 2025 update of the ILO Group’s Superintendent Research Project studied…
Beginning this evening in Stillwater, the state Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) will hold a series of public hearings on Xcel Energy’s electricity rate increase request. MPR News reports: The public…
Luis Gerardo Gomez-Esteban is our Minnesota Man of the Week. Gomez is a 36-year-old Guatemalan. We have been tracking felony cases brought in federal district court for re-entry of previously…
Center of the American Experiment’s Public Safety Policy Fellow David Zimmer took part in an interview with Public Radio Exchange (PRX) recently. The segment focused on the gun control debate…
Charlie Kirk, a prominent conservative advocate, was murdered at an event on the campus of Utah Valley University on Wednesday, doing something he was committed to — returning the concept…
Francisco Estrada-Deltaro is now a convicted federal felon, by his own admission. This turn of events may have come as a complete shock to local media consumers, The Minnesota Star…
Charlie Kirk, co-founder and executive director of Turning Point USA, was shot today during an event at Utah Valley University. He is reported to have died. Our prayers and best wishes…
In March, I wrote an article titled “Tanking commercial property values in downtown Minneapolis push up residential property taxes.” Across the Mississippi, Ramsey County Auditor Tracy West told the County…
KARE-11 TV is out with a report: KARE 11 Investigates: Ethics questions emerge over Sen. Fateh’s housing bill and wife’s company ties. Sen. Omar Fateh (DFL-Minneapolis) is by some accounts…
Frey must first accept the painful fact that these children were targeted because of their prayers, not despite them.
Recently, KSTP’s 5 INVESTIGATES published an explosive report detailing the contracts for every superintendent in Minnesota’s 30 largest school districts. The 5 INVESTIGATES team submitted public records requests (occasionally along…
From the U.S. Attorney’s press release: Carjacker Charged with Federal Crimes for Carjacking Spree that Killed Two Women and Injured a Child. David Zimmer wrote about the incident the day…
Martin Ernesto Salvador-Tomas, age 28, pled guilty to a felony count of illegal reentry of a previously-deported alien. He appeared Tuesday morning at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. Prosecutors…
This morning at about 8:00 a.m., a series of violent incidents played out throughout Minneapolis, ending with the suspect crashing into another vehicle, killing two adults and seriously injuring a…
Today, we have a pair of Minnesota Men set to return to their native Mexico, if all goes according to plan in court today. Both are scheduled to appear in…
In recent years, proponents of Guaranteed Basic Income (GBI) — programs that provide direct cash payments to low-income individuals with no strings attached— have touted it as a solution to fighting…
Khadar Jigre Adan, now aged 62, became the third and final defendant associated with the JigJiga business and entertainment center to plead guilty in the Feeding Our Future case. Adan…