The “deal” has not received final approval from Congress but from what we understand, probably will this week. But keep in mind, the deal is only $10 million, not the…
It’s coming down to the wire again at the state legislature with Gov. Dayton going all-out once more for expanding Pre-K funding. But American Experiment’s Kim Crockett points out in…
So what has Dayton done with billions in new revenue? “The net effect is still that under Dayton, Minnesota’s tax system has become meaningfully less regressive. But it should be…
Duluth News Tribune The governor’s office and the statewide teachers’ union Education Minnesota have made it clear that, once again, one of the top DFL priorities is universal pre-kindergarten classes.…
A personal-care attendant in Otter Tail County said she never voted for the union or agreed to join and have dues deducted. In the fall of 2015, however, she noticed…
Earmark has been a dirty word since Congress banned the practice following the fury over Alaska’s $223 million “Bridge to Nowhere.” But now earmarks–the directing of public funds to specific…
It baffles many on the right why Democrats would double-down on a far left agenda that’s decimated the party’s stable of elected officials nationwide, including here. But a crack in…
The Governor’s office, DFL leaders and the teachers union, Education Minnesota, have made it clear that once again, one of their top priorities remains “Universal Pre-K” in Minnesota. Unless Senators…
Here’s another case in point for those who still wonder why rural Minnesotans have largely abandoned the DFL in recent elections. The Dayton administration’s heavy-handed approach to environmental regulation has…
Today’s Star Tribune carries two articles that echo what we have been saying for a long time: liberal policies have little appeal for small-town and rural voters. The first article…
When’s the last time DFL and GOP legislators agreed on anything? To prove there’s an exception to every rule, lawmakers in the Minnesota House joined their counterparts in the Minnesota…
Minneapolis may boast it makes the “Best of” lists, but this self-praise is not reality for most of the city’s population. Frontpage Magazine recently published an article on how the…
Author David Lebedoff long ago predicted our current political dissonance. Dare I say ‘deplorables?’
Congressman Tom Emmer’s much anticipated (at least in the media) town hall meeting did not live up to advanced billing by most press accounts. A lively but largely civil give-and-take…
This is a classic tale of good and evil, and the little guy getting pushed around by the big guy. In the 1970s, our country moved away from institutionalizing disabled…
According to the Strib, Roe “helped engineer the DFL gains that resulted in 1972 in full DFL control of the Legislature and the governor’s office for the first time in…
MPR reports that Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority chair Michele Kelm-Helgen has resigned in the face of a mounting public backlash over luxury suites and other perks at US Bank Stadium.…
A month before leaving office, President Obama basically banned copper mining in the Superior National Forest in northern Minnesota with a stroke of his pen. The post-election executive order went…
School Choice Advocate Betsy DeVos was in the U.S. Senate last week for hearings on her nomination to be the new Secretary of Education. Senator Lamar Alexander, the former Secretary…
As you read what follows about how charter schools came to be in 1991, you may want to keep track of the number of early players whose animus towards the…
I was on the Department of Human Services (DHS) website today looking for some information about refugees in Minnesota. We had hoped to release our paper on the impact of…
How a Medicaid program for the Disabled is being exploited to fund DFL and Progressive Left Policies
The scandal surrounding the two luxury suites at brand-new U.S. Bank Stadium that are controlled by the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority continues to grow. The Minneapolis Star Tribune, to its…
In October, we told you about a “social services” Strib reporter who writes on the news pages like a commentator or advocate. It is an old fashioned but good idea…