Today saw the launch of Minnesota’s paid family and medical leave (PFML) program. Eligible workers will be able to take 20 weeks paid leave each year for family or medical…
Governor Tim Walz and other Democrat elected leaders held a joint press conference today at Shiloh Temple in North Minneapolis. The purpose was to continue “whistling” their opposition to the surge…
On May 8, the Senate DFL announced: The Minnesota Senate passed bipartisan legislation creating an independent Office of the Inspector General Thursday, establishing a new state office to protect public money in Minnesota from…
With the epidemic of fraud perpetrated against Minnesota’s taxpayers under Gov. Walz’ administration making national news and hammering his chances in a 2028 presidential run, he is desperate to change the conversation.…
What exactly does it mean for “Congress to make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise therof” in the context of charter schools? Can a…
This week, the House Committee on Natural Resources announced that it would take a closer look at the role that three national environmental groups played in opposing Minnesota mining projects.…
Yesterday, we learned that Minnesota’s state government was forecast to run a budget surplus for the 2026-2027 biennium of $2.5 billion but a deficit for the 2028-2029 biennium of $3.0…
Three (3) items published yesterday in the Wall Street Journal touch on different aspects of the fraud crisis gripping Minnesota. From the Editorial Board, The Great Entitlement State Grift:The giant Minnesota fraud shows…
Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) released the budget forecast on Thursday, showing a $2.4 billion surplus in the current biennium (2026-27) and a $2.9 billion deficit in the next biennium…
Back in March, Minnesota Management & Budget (MMB) released its February Budget and Economic Forecast. As we reported at the time: The forecast budget surplus for the 2026-2027 biennium is…
Democrats and local media (but I repeat myself) are in denial about the scale of fraud in Minnesota. The Minneapolis Star Tribune puts on a master class today in political propaganda. The…
On May 8, the Senate DFL announced: The Minnesota Senate passed bipartisan legislation creating an independent Office of the Inspector General Thursday, establishing a new state office to protect public money in…
This month, Xcel Energy asked state regulators in Colorado to extend the operating life of the coal-fired Comanche Unit 2 for another year. Xcel Energy seems to understand the importance…
Axios reported yesterday that the chair of the Democratic National Committee, Ken Martin, is mulling the use of ranked-choice voting (RCV) for the 2028 presidential primary. Interest in RCV has…
The Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA) represents a major shift in how federal policy can expand educational opportunity without increasing federal spending. Passed just this summer, the ECCA has…
The economics of housing affordability The big buzzword in politics right now is “affordability.” Things aren’t affordable, the argument goes, or are becoming less so, and voters will reward the…
In defining this, she revealed the shutdown’s true purpose: stoking anti-Trump sentiment ahead of the 2025 elections.
On Tuesday, voters in Minneapolis made international news for holding off the socialist challenge in local elections, unlike their counterparts in New York City. In the rest of America, voters…
Gov. Tim Walz is facing a consequential decision about whether to have the state of Minnesota opt in to the federal tax-credit scholarship program established under the Educational Choice for…
On November 2, 1965, John Lindsay became the first Republican elected Mayor of New York City since Fiorello La Guardia in 1941 and the last until Rudolph Giuliani in 1993.…
Move over, Hawaii, Australia, and Southern California: The go-to destination for surfers will soon be Anoka, Minnesota. That’s the dream of Rep. Zack Stephenson (DFL-Coon Rapids) as he diverted $6.2…
Civics 101 The government of the United States consists of three separate but co-equal branches: the legislative, the executive, and the judicial. Article I of the Constitution sets out the…
If Governor Walz doesn’t like the subsidies proposed in 2026, he needs to do his homework a little better because that is exactly what he voted for in 2010.
Democrats’ focus on a small portion of subsidies ignores what is driving the exploding costs of federalized health care.