Governor Walz made news last week traveling around the Midwest holding tightly controlled town meetings in front of friendly audiences. It feels like he’s searching for the meaning of life…
Last week, Uber and Lyft, true to their word, announced that they would stop operating in Minneapolis after the City Council passed an ordinance hiking driver pay. Now, WCCO reports: Minnesota House…
Gov. Walz and legislative leaders spent the summer of 2020 debating a response to the May riots and their aftermath. The Democratic Party position was outlined in press conferences and…
On this edition of Capitol Watch: DFL upset about Lincoln portrait in House chamber Cancel culture has now reached President Abraham Lincoln, the man who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation declaring…
The dust is finally settling on the 2021 state budget and the spenders won again. Any chance of lowering taxes and cutting spending was lost when all three entities (House,…
Tuesday, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that Minnesota Senate Republicans have caved on their bid to delay Governor Walz from imposing deeply unpopular California car mandates on Minnesota drivers. The…
Two weeks ago Gov. Tim Walz and the two top leaders of the state Legislature struck what was grandly termed a ‘global agreement’ on the state budget for next biennium.…
The need for expanding education opportunities for Minnesota students could not be more obvious. And families are calling on state leaders to do something about it. Parents and education advocates,…
Legislative leaders and Gov. Walz all but admitted they can’t get the budget done without a real deadline, and apparently the constitutional deadline of May 17th isn’t enough. June 14th…
Gov. Tim Walz met in person this week with Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka and Speaker of the House Melissa Hortman, marking the beginning of the final budget negotiations for…
Every year at the legislature, at least one issue pops up that attracts the attention of members, the public and the press but ultimately has no chance of becoming law.…
Liberal Twitter is obsessed with the home addresses of rioters who looted and burned down Minneapolis last summer. The narrative goes something like this: It wasn’t just people from Minneapolis…
The traditional joint media availability of the Governor and legislative leaders Monday veered off the road, into the ditch, flipped upside-down, and caught on fire. It’s normally a really good…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
George Floyd died on May 25 after being arrested by Minneapolis police officers near the intersection of Chicago Ave South and 38th Street. The incident, caught on camera by bystanders,…
Minnesota remains one of only ten states that still outright ban church services of any size under government restrictions imposed during the statewide shutdown ordered by Gov. Tim Walz. But…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Given the seriousness of the allegations, especially the concerns expressed by federal investigators that welfare funds are supporting terror abroad, and the finding by the OLA that DHS did not…
The devil is in the detail, but early indications are that we can give two qualified cheers to the budget deal thrashed out in Saint Paul over the weekend.
The argument against preemption is also an argument against a statewide minimum wage.
Did you know Governor Mark Dayton has declared today "Paul Simon Day?" Dayton continues to issue silly proclamations while your tax dollars are Slip Slidin' Away
Dayton is campaigning hard for $138 million “emergency” school funding but he might just settle for more pre-K funding instead. The governor has, in the past, successfully expanded pre-K programs…
After nearly eight years in office, Gov. Dayton still doesn’t get it. He’s threatening to veto a bill that’s sailing through the legislature with bipartisan support to scrap an unenforceable,…
The Senate Republicans have released their tax bill and, like the bill that passed the House on Monday, it proposes cuts in lower income tax rates. While it leaves higher…