There’s a new, disturbing epidemic sweeping through Minnesota. It has shown up on the government radar, infecting state agency social benefit programs and siphoning taxpayer money by the millions: fraud.…
The U.S. Dept. of Justice (DOJ) is suing the state of Minnesota over its sanctuary state policies. From the DOJ press release. Today, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Minnesota, the…
Teachers often make personal sacrifices for their students, purchasing classroom supplies, giving up weekends to grade, coach or chaperone, and choosing a position with comparably low pay. But one extra…
Quite often, in recent years, as policymakers at state and local levels have pushed some wacky rail scheme, we at Center of the American Experiment have suggested buses as an…
State and local taxes and spending The Ely Echo: Ely school levy uncertain KROC: Minnesota Tax Revenues Exceed Forecast by 4.2% in August CNHI News: North Mankato to set preliminary…
Eric Grumdahl, Assistant Commissioner of the state Department of Human Services (DHS) became the first bureaucrat in the seven-year tenure of Gov. Tim Walz to be held accountable for the…
Two Minnesota Dads were due in federal court for sentencing this morning. It was a close contest, but Jovany Eligio Martinez-Simon takes the Minnesota Dad of the Day honors, owing…
A new brief published by the policy firm ILO Group suggests that school superintendent turnover continues at historic levels. The 2025 update of the ILO Group’s Superintendent Research Project studied…
Beginning this evening in Stillwater, the state Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) will hold a series of public hearings on Xcel Energy’s electricity rate increase request. MPR News reports: The public…
Abner Adiel Saravia-Arevalo is our Minnesota Man of the day. He appeared this morning in federal court in downtown St. Paul to plead guilty to one felony count of illegal…
Recent data published by the Fordham Institute suggests that teachers want to revisit “equitable” grading practices. What is “equitable” grading? “Equitable” grading arises from mastery-based grading practice, which has been…
In March, I wrote an article titled “Tanking commercial property values in downtown Minneapolis push up residential property taxes.” Across the Mississippi, Ramsey County Auditor Tracy West told the County…
One of the most common complaints about property taxes is that they function like a wealth tax, where the increase in the notional value of an asset — stocks or…
From the U.S. Attorney’s press release: Carjacker Charged with Federal Crimes for Carjacking Spree that Killed Two Women and Injured a Child. David Zimmer wrote about the incident the day…
State and local taxes and spending KTTC: Digging Deeper: Rochester’s state aid shortfalls lead to rising taxes Ely Echo: County tax increase coming Duluth News Tribune: St. Louis County Board…
Muna Wais Fidhin, of Savage, age 44, become the 75th defendant indicted in the sprawling free-food scandal. Fidhin made her first appearance this afternoon at the federal courthouse in downtown…
Today, we have a pair of Minnesota Men set to return to their native Mexico, if all goes according to plan in court today. Both are scheduled to appear in…
In recent years, proponents of Guaranteed Basic Income (GBI) — programs that provide direct cash payments to low-income individuals with no strings attached— have touted it as a solution to fighting…
Erick Jorge Diego Alvarez-Henandez, age 46, was arraigned on two felony counts last week in federal court in downtown St. Paul. The first count addressed his re-entry to America after…
In summer 1945, Japan’s war in China — which had consumed an estimated 20 million Chinese lives since 1937, the true beginning of World War Two — raged on. So…
Pedro Alvarez-Hernandez, age 45, is our Minnesota Man of the day. Alvarez appeared at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Minneapolis to enter a guilty plea for felony illegal immigration. He…
Next Tuesday, it will be 80 years to the day since Japan officially surrendered and World War Two came to an end. Records show that 304,100 Minnesotan men and women…
Eduardo Solis-Perez, age 32, is in custody, thanks to the work of the U.S. Marshals service. As recounted in a press release issued yesterday: Minneapolis man wanted for Prostitution of…
Behind the blue door. Hussein Mohamed Farah appeared in federal court in downtown Minneapolis this afternoon to enter the 47th guilty plea in the sprawling Feeding Our Future scandal. Farah,…