Minnesota Supreme Court

As Ronald Reagan would say, 'You ain't seen nothing yet.'

Gaylord farmer joins school board that sued him.

A outwardly small legal spat between two churches and St. Paul might change the way cities generate revenue.

Testimony Before the Minnesota House Property Taxes and Local Government Finance Division March 3, 2016 Peter J. Nelson, Center of the American Experiment My name is Peter Nelson and I…

A Gaylord chicken farmer plans to turn his campaign for school board into a teachable moment for the Sibley East Public Schools officials who asked a court to award $2.9…

As Minnesota Senators and staff begin moving into the new Senate office building this week, here’s a tally of some costs of the building: Building and parking ramp construction: $90…

Gov. Tim Pawlenty's decision in 2009 to balance the state budget through unallotment made for a yearlong political drama. Folks divided along ideological and partisan lines, making hay out of…

Last week, the Minnesota Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the legal challenge to Gov.  Tim Pawlenty’s allotment reductions. After finally finding time to listen to the arguments, I heard…

Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s use of the ‘unallotment’ statute to balance the budget stirred up more acrimony than possibly anything else in his tenure. State law allows the governor to reduce…

In May, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that federal law bars the state from recovering money from the estate of a husband for what Medicaid had paid for his wife’s…