DFL legislative agenda not waiting for conference committees
With Democrats enjoying their new power in St. Paul, one normal part of the legislative process has been missing: conference committees.
With Democrats enjoying their new power in St. Paul, one normal part of the legislative process has been missing: conference committees.
Right before the New Year, a U.S. District Court judge approved the sale of three properties forfeited in the Feeding Our Future case. The properties were Nos. 10, 11, and…
Minnesota Public Radio reports that Minnesota’s environmental review process will now require developers of new highways, industrial plants, livestock feedlots, and significant housing developments to calculate their project’s greenhouse gas…
On September 13, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.1 percent in August on a seasonally adjusted basis after…
Activists are discovering the power of working together to bring accountability to their communities.
This just in: tenants in St. Paul are complaining that landlords are trying to get around St. Paul’s rent control ordinance by raising prices for utilities. What a shocker! Except…
The Minneapolis Federation of Teachers launched its strike Tuesday morning that shuttered classrooms for over 30,000 students in the Minneapolis Public Schools district. The teachers union and district have been…
For those following at home, the links, key dates, and key events included below provide a road map to the story, as it has unfolded. Not one person has been…
The Sentencing Guidelines Commission met last week to consider eliminating what’s called custody status points from the sentencing grid for felons. The Commission heard hours of testimony after American Experiment…
The press is bending over backward today to provide context to the number of people dying from COVID who are fully vaccinated. They provided no such context last year when…
How a small cadre of political radicals is hijacking the mission of the Minnesota Historical Society.
Legislators’ rush to revise deadly force law backfires.
The city of St. Paul is set to enact one of the strictest tobacco policies in the nation. According to a report by the MPR, St. Paul city council members…
As the new school year starts, schools are facing what has been a familiar issue to most businesses over the last couple of months — a worker shortage. School districts in…
It’s now a given among educators that schools must resume and continue providing in-person learning in the classroom this fall at all costs. The damage to students’ education and socialization…
As violent crime has soared in Minneapolis in 2020 and still further in 2021, a point we have made persistently is that the victims are disproportionately from the city’s black…
A new $440 million wood product manufacturing facility might be built in Northeastern Minnesota. However, unlike most businesses, this one will use the help of taxpayers’ money. The Iron Range…
An objective look back reveals how the Walz administration bumbled through its reaction to the pandemic.
Schools are indoctrinating students with a radical vision of American society.
Property values fall in low-income and minority communities because violence has escalated.
In the name of ending white supremacy and systemic racism, school districts are indoctrinating students with a new radical vision of American society.
The people of this state have sacrificed much in the fight against Covid-19. They deserve the truth. And they do not deserve to have their sacrifices downplayed to cover for…
The evidence continues to mount on the detrimental impact of distance-learning online on Minnesota students, socially and academically. Yet on it goes.
It’s not clear to what extent a backlash on the part of parents on how K-12 public schools are handling their children’s education during the pandemic figures into the dismal…