Minnesota Governor Tim Walz took time out from his busy schedule to visit the Manhattan, New York, home of the philanthropist Alex Soros. The event is commemorated on Soros’ Twitter…
The Rochester Public Schools Board wasn’t about to take any chances after a ten-year $10 million annual technology referendum was rejected by voters last year. The board recently quietly renewed…
The Minnesota Star Tribune writes about the growing number of investigations undertaken by the state Department of Human Services (DHS) of taxpayer-funded private autism clinics. The Star Tribune‘s headline: Minnesota…
Drilling down into local politics, we find an interesting story in the south Metro, illustrating a number of trends in state politics. The seven members of the Dakota County Board…
The full quote goes: The wheels of justice grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine. That axiom was on full display this morning at the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis.…
Last year’s legislative session in Minnesota, which concluded in May 2023, has been described as “historic.” And it was. For the first time in eight years, the state’s Democratic party…
Minnesota’s budget is a disaster waiting to happen.
We seem to be headed for a major collision between physics, engineering, and economics on the one hand and climate change virtue signaling on the other. One of the very…
Derrick John Thompson, the son of the former DFL state representative John Derrick Thompson, was back in state court today. You will recall that the younger Thompson, now aged 28,…
When St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter and other city officials gushed about ordering the first electric fire truck in the state last year, they made it clear federal funds were…
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) is holding one of its regularly scheduled meetings tomorrow. There is only a single item on the agenda. It’s an obscure report produced by…
In what may be a first for the Feeding Our Future case, eleven (11) defendants were inside the same courtroom at the same time this morning at the Federal building…
As if Minnesota politics couldn’t get any weirder, a candidate for the state House of Representatives has been charged with two felony counts related to the theft of lawn signs…
How does a state go from having an $18 billion surplus to potentially facing a deficit in a space of less than a year? The answer is reckless spending. After…
It’s been gratifying watching the national media hold Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz accountable for his actions and polices. I say that as a former political operative who spent years trying…
Manufacturing and other companies count on keeping their employees’ skills up to date through short refresher courses, often offered by professional development training providers. It’s a vital service that Minnesota…
Gov. Walz’s desperate push for the Vice Presidential slot on the Democratic party ticket this November has invited a number of appraisals of his record. The Big Picture The Minnesota…
I am frequently asked to update the status of Derrick John Thompson, the son of the former state representative John Derrick Thompson (DFL-St. Paul). The younger Thompson stands accused of…
Photo: Moorhead Police Department, Facebook Last year at this time, the Moorhead Police Department became the first in the state to withdrew officers from local schools in response to restrictions…
Following last year’s spending spree and tax money giveaways, there wasn’t much in the legislative tills to spend at the Capitol this year. And with DFL-majority lawmakers railroading through their…
Digging into the most recent batch of campaign finance reports, I came across this gem: on the last day of the latest reporting period (May 31), a man named Barry…
One of the DFL’s signature achievements in the last legislative session was a ban on so-called “junk fees.” The Star Tribune reports: “All of us have seen this, especially online,”…
It’s less than a year since the DFL trifecta in St. Paul legalized the use of marijuana in Minnesota. At the time, public safety officials warned that legalization would increase…
And because the idea is so apocalyptically bad, it’s almost certain to become law next year. Buried on page 87 of the 217-page state government budget bill (HF 1830), passed…