Economic development Star Tribune: Will tax credits bring more film and TV production to Minnesota? Northern News Now: ‘They’re very entrepreneurial groups:’ Immigration and Northeast Minnesota’s economy Regulation Bring Me…
State budget managers announced that in July 2028 and thereafter, for the first time, Minnesota will spend more money on Health and Human Services than any other budget area, including…
Winona State faculty and officials were thrilled to receive word just before the election last October of a $1.1 million federal grant awarded to support civic engagement through the university’s…
In February 2023, Minnesota Management & Budget (MMB) forecast a state government budget surplus of $17 billion for the 2024-2025 biennium. In that “historic” session, the DFL trifecta spent every penny of…
On Wednesday, March 5, Public Safety Policy Fellow David Zimmer testified before the Minnesota House Public Safety Committee in support of House File 765. The bill, authored by Representative Walter…
In the November 2024 forecast, Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) estimated a $5.1 billion budget deficit for the 2028-29 biennium. A newly released February 2025 budget forecast shows that the…
That’s “billion, with a “b.” Minnesota has much experience with brand-new nonprofits getting multi-million-dollar grants from the state government. The Feds have managed to go over the top in this…
That seems to be the implication of reporting by the Minnesota Star Tribune from inside the Federal courtroom during the current free-food fraud trial. The Star Tribune‘s Jeffrey Meitrodt reports:…
Grace, Kathryn, and Jill cover all the latest in Minnesota MADNESS!! Including the House Democrat’s decision to vote against protecting women’s sports?! One Democrat Rep going as far as to…
The problem Yesterday, I testified that: In February 2023, Minnesota Management & Budget forecast a state government budget surplus of $17 billion for the 2024-2025 biennium. In that “historic” session, the DFL…
Xcel Energy proposed to issue a $318 million rebate to Minnesota customers in a press release on Monday. More than half of the refund ($176 million) will come from federal…
Today I testified in the House Transportation Finance and Policy committee in support of HF 494, which: …prohibits the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and the MetropolitanCouncil from expending funds…
Minnesotans support cutting spending to deal with deficit We are about to move into a new phase of the 2025 Minnesota legislative session. Phase one was the chaos caused by…
Minnesota gets a substantial amount of funding from the federal government, particularly through the Medicaid program. Under a resolution passed by U.S. House Republicans, federal funding for Medicaid could be…
The ever-alert Lou Raguse of KARE-11 TV is out with a story on how Minneapolis city council member Jamal Osman (Ward 6) went to bat on behalf of Feeding Our…
State and local taxes and spending Minnesota Reformer: Minnesota’s paid leave program will launch with 0.88% payroll tax, state agency says KAXE: Senate Majority Leader Murphy talks state budget, federal…
This week Minnesota House Republicans brought forward HF 435, which seeks to prevent the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) from housing biological males identifying as transgender females in the state’s…
Modern sports are not exempt from controversy — just consider the evolution of equipment and rules, race relations, and politics. But nothing has threatened the future of sports more than…
It was big news at the time. Liban Osman, the brother of then-Minneapolis city council candidate Jamal Osman, posted a video to social media in the summer of 2020 that…
A recent U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) map gives Minnesota a dubious distinction: It was the state with the largest increase in gasoline taxes since July 2024. State taxes and…
The 2023 Minnesota Legislature passed a public safety measure entitled the Minnesota Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Act (MRRA). A key component of the MRRA was the “Earned Incentive Release Credit” (EIRC).…
The Center for Immigration Studies recently updated what’s widely viewed as an authoritative list of sanctuary jurisdictions under the following criteria. These cities, counties, and states have laws, ordinances, regulations,…
Yesterday, I testified on H.F. 1311 before the Energy Finance and Policy Committee. H.F. 1311 would allow utilities to only profit from the reliable portion of an energy asset. This…
Starting this fall for the 2025-26 school year, Minnesota’s public schools will be required to teach third-graders how to use non-binary gender pronouns in writing sentences. The Minnesota Department of…