Not so long ago, St. Paul customers who were unhappy with their garbage hauler could fire the company and sign up with a competitor. But not since residents voted to…
On June 5 a state trooper attempted to stop a car for speeding and driving on the shoulder of I-35E in St. Paul. The driver, Pablo Nava Jaimes, 30, of Minneapolis,…
We wind up our free-food tour of the Twin Cities with stops at two “Youth”-related commercial buildings. We’ve previously covered the rise and fall of the short-lived nonprofit Youth Inventors…
Residents along Cleveland Avenue in St. Paul say they were blindsided by Ramsey County’s plan to clear cut dozens of mature oaks along their scenic street to make way for…
Recent releases of official data have shown that in 2021, Minnesota’s population grew by just 225 people. Our state lost 13,453 residents to other states, its biggest net loss of…
Your correspondent ventures south of the river, again. A while back we documented the free-food connections to be found in the south metro suburban city of Burnsville. 1506 Southcross Drive…
Better late than never, as far as St. Paul firefighters, cops and other union members are concerned in the case of their months-long challenge to Mayor Melvin Carter’s mandatory COVID…
In which your correspondent ventures into St. Paul. We previously reported on the curious case of 1821 University Avenue, St. Paul, a large office complex home to no fewer than…
In 2021 Minnesota’s population grew by just 225 people, losing 13,453 residents to other states. This was Minnesota’s biggest net loss of domestic migrants to other states in at least 30…
State and local taxes and spending The Center Square: Big problems, little time for Minnesota lawmakers cobbling budget MPR News: Scant time left for lawmakers as they grasp for session…
The rent control ordinance passed in St. Paul last November has been a disaster. One of the strictest rent control measures in the United States, it capped annual rent increases at 3%…
Legalizing the construction of new nuclear power plants in Minnesota received strong bipartisan support last week in the State Senate, with a growing number of Democratic Senators joining their Republican…
Heading into the summer months, both Minneapolis and St. Paul are well above the record paces set just last year.
The Star Tribune has finally said the “b-word:” blackouts. Several of our readers reached out to me over the weekend to share this article from the Star Tribune, entitled “Midwest,…
It’s alive and well with controversial state Representative John Thompson. Alpha News reported last week that Thompson and his company, Fight For Justice Enterprises LLC, combined received more than $43,000…
There’s been a sharp increase in the number of children with emotional or behavioral health issues being dropped off at M Health Fairview Masonic Children’s Hospital. Due to a shortage…
It understandably hasn’t received much attention given the rampant shootings, car jackings, and general atmosphere of lawlessness that dominates media crime coverage. But there’s another indicator that illustrates how little…
In March, I had an op-ed in the Star Tribune about the shortage of ‘affordable housing’ in the Twin Cities, in which I argued that: A price is not a…
Last week, I wrote about the closure of Tin Whiskers Brewing, one of my old haunts when I lived in Lowertown. Following the closure of Stacked Deck in October, there…
State and local taxes and spending KNSI: Minnesota Lawmakers Finish Deal on Unemployment, Bonuses Star Tribune: Minnesota lawmakers finish deal on unemployment, bonuses Duluth News Tribune: Minnesota lawmakers send multi-billion…
Shortly after moving to Minnesota in 2017, my wife and I went to see a Saint Paul Saints game. Arriving early, we went for a walk around Lowertown. We loved…
In January 2016, Center of the American Experiment filed an Amicus Brief supporting a legal challenge to the City of St. Paul’s right-of-way maintenance (ROW) fee on behalf of two…
The Minnesota Senate voting to prohibit planning for the Northern Lights Express, a resurrection of the old passenger rail service between the Twin Cities and Duluth, wasn’t the only consequential…
A nonprofit you’ve never heard of spent $550,000 to mobilize the inner-city vote efforts in the last election. You will never guess who paid for it. Faith in Minnesota, a…