The DFL-led Minnesota Legislature is moving forward with its plan to give voting rights to felons who have not yet completed their sentences. As written, the legislation would allow convicted felons…
Anyone watching the House Ways and Means Committee Monday got a glimpse of the raw philosophical divide between Democrats and Republicans. It was brought to us by Rep. Jamie Becker-Finn…
What will the DFL’s paid family and medical leave mean for you? One of the centerpieces of Gov. Walz’s “One Minnesota” budget is its proposal for paid family and medical…
State and local taxes and spending Duluth News Tribune: Statewide View: Is the DFL trying to chase people out of Minnesota? Duluth News Tribune: Our View: Minnesota taxpayers, brace yourselves…
Out with Columbus, in with the communists.
The dust has settled on campaign finance for the 2022 election and Democrats once again out-raised and outspent Republicans by a long shot. It wasn’t even close. The Alliance for…
What Minnesotans can expect from Democrat-led environmental policies.
When he announced his $65.2 billion two-year “One Minnesota” budget, a 26% increase from the current two-year budget, Gov. Walz claimed that it will “lower costs, cut taxes, and improve…
Why the state’s economic outlook isn’t as rosy as the Walz administration makes it seem.
With Democrats enjoying their new power in St. Paul, one normal part of the legislative process has been missing: conference committees.
When Minnesota’s state Senate passed a bipartisan bill last year to cut the lowest rate of state income tax, a DFL complaint was that it was “titled (sic) toward the…
In 2020-’21, Census Bureau data showed that 13,453 Minnesota residents left for other states, our state’s biggest net loss of domestic migrants in at least 30 years. That record stood for only…
It’s National School Choice Week, but not a peep from Gov. Tim Walz or DFL legislators (that I’ve seen) acknowledging the annual nonpartisan celebration of effective K-12 education options available…
Even with a forecast budget surplus of $17.6 billion, Gov. Walz’ “One Minnesota” budget seeks to raise taxes. One of these increases is a 1.5% surcharge on capital gains and…
Advocates of replacing our conventional up-or-down voting system want all Minnesotans to have the option of switching to a clumsy, confusing alternative called ranked choice voting. Thus far, just a…
Happy National School Choice Week (NSCW)! It’s that time of year again to celebrate effective K-12 education options available to children and families across the country — from traditional public…
Nobody seems to know. But no worries, much more money will be spent on the effort. In Minnesota, the City of Minneapolis is at the forefront of the use of…
It is mind-boggling enough that with an $18 billion surplus, Minnesota DFL lawmakers have expressed no interest in lowering taxes for Minnesotans. But what is even harder to rationalize is…
Week three of the 2023 legislative session is over, and the Democratic majorities in the House and Senate are taking full advantage of their new power.
State and local taxes and spending Kare 11: Tax conformity bill delivers tax cuts Kare 11: New MN tax bill and its impact KIMT 3: Some Minnesota DFL lawmakers express…
The DFL and Gov. Walz are pushing for what they call the “simple legalization of recreational marijuana.” How truthful is that description? Not very.
One of the main problems with the paid family and medical leave scheme being pushed by the DFL in St. Paul is the extent to which it will force businesses…
My colleague Bill Walsh writes about the coming collision of two bills at the legislature, both dealing with driver’s licenses, in this week’s Capitol Watch. HF 4, if passed, would…
Semi-retired Star Tribune columnist Lori Sturdevant wrote recently about the just-started Minnesota legislative session under the headline: DFL may go big, and that wouldn’t be bad Some policy moves are…