Last week, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter announced that the Capital City would become the first in Minnesota to have an electric firetruck to much fanfare from the local press.…
Milton Friedman once said, “I am in favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it’s possible.” As much as it pains me to disagree…
In the pre-dawn hours of yesterday morning, after a contentious, marathon debate on the House floor, the lower chamber passed HF 146, marketed as the “Trans Refuge Act.” In the…
The full House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on HF 146, a bill to confirm the state’s status as a “Trans Sanctuary.” Sponsored by first-term Rep. Leigh Finke (DFL-St.…
Liberal lawmakers in St. Paul want to reward their friends in the wind and solar lobbying industry with your tax dollars. Senate File 2249 would give a $5 million slush…
As part of its Women of the Year project, USA Today is choosing one person from each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico to honor during March’s…
State and local taxes and spending Duluth News Tribune: Minnesota House mulls proposals to eliminate, reduce Social Security tax Kare 11: House panel weighs Social Security tax break KTTC: Minnesota’s…
An anti-nuke resolution before the Duluth City Council must have appeared to be a slam dunk to supporters. After all, their like-minded peers on the Minneapolis and St. Paul city…
Andy Luger, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota, announced 10 more defendants were indicted this morning in the Feeding Our Future scandal. The total charged in the case…
Another rural Minnesota county has taken aim at what many residents view as hostile gun legislation moving through the DFL-controlled state legislature. The Grand Rapids Herald said an overflow crowd…
The saying used to go, “All politics is local.” Not anymore. To be competitive in Minnesota politics, at least within the state’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) party, you need to have a…
Mary Moriarty didn’t hide the fact that she would be a progressive prosecutor if elected as the Hennepin County Attorney. Despite examples of similarly minded progressive prosecutors across the country…
On Monday, House progressives reintroduced legislation that would force Minnesota to enact a California Fuel Standard (CFS). As Mitch Rolling and I wrote in our March 2022 report Gas Station…
A bill to establish a “basic income” program was introduced today at the Minnesota state legislature. HF 2666/SF 2559 were introduced into their respective bodies and would provide $100 million…
It was a busy week for the issue of reparations across America. HF 2397 was introduced last week by freshman state Rep. Samakab Hussein (DFL-St. Paul) as the “Minnesota Migration…
The idea that investing in child care will bring with it huge rewards is big in St. Paul. Speaking at Laura MacArthur Elementary School in West Duluth regarding his “One…
HF 2486 was submitted by Rep. Cedric Frazier (DFL-New Hope) at the Minnesota legislature yesterday. The bill would implement ranked-choice voting (RCV) for all state and federal offices in time…
Catching up with news from last month. On Feb. 7, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that the state Dept. of Human Services (DHS) had moved to shut down two adult…
Unnerved by the velocity of firearms-related bills moving forward in the DFL-controlled legislature, the Crow Wing County Board of Commissioners elected to fire off a sort of warning shot of…
State Representative Athena Hollins, DFL-St. Paul has introduced legislation that would require Minnesota to build 3,000 megawatts (MW) of energy storage in the state by 2034. Assuming lithium-ion batteries are…
Four free-food nonprofits are suing the Dept. of Education. Free-food lawsuits may be Minnesota’s biggest growth industry. Last week, the always alert Lou Raguse of KARE-11 noticed that the state…
In December of last year, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter proposed raising the city’s sales tax rate by one percent in order to pay for street maintenance and parks. The…
In the follow-up to the recent murder inside St. Paul Harding High School, we are learning from students, teachers, and parents how a focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)…
You read that correctly. Earlier this month, state Rep. Sydney Jordon (DFL-Minneapolis) introduced HF 1857 (SF 2791), which would ban the sale of bottled water in the state of Minnesota.…