A funny thing happened on the way to BlackRock’s takeover of Minnesota Power: the environmentalist movement was split. From Walker Orenstein at the Minnesota Star Tribune: Northern Minnesota power company…
Ecuadoran national Carlos Adrian Verdugo-Castro made a court appearance in federal court in downtown St. Paul this afternoon. The story of how he got there is quite a tale. Drawing…
We take an early look at the DFL money game for 2025. The election calendar this year will be dominated by city-level races in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Also, there…
Edinson Wilfrido Rivas-Espinoza was convicted today, for the second time, of the federal felony crime of re-entry of a previously deported illegal alien. He appeared this morning at the Federal…
The fraud-ridden Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) program at the state Dept. of Human Services (DHS) was shut down late last month and payments to all program providers were stopped. When…
Darlis Adonay Espana-Santos, age 25, appears to be back on his way to his native Honduras after a court appearance this afternoon (Monday) at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Minneapolis.…
From the U.S. Attorney’s press release: Hussein Mohamed Farah, the executive director of New Vision Foundation, a non-profit located in St. Paul, Minnesota, was charged by information with one count…
The DFL’s left and right go to war. On July 7, 1977, state DFL Rep. Phyllis Kahn from Minneapolis addressed a meeting at the Capitol’s State Office Building in St.…
The story on Alpha News is horrifying: Islamic center writes ‘community support letter’ for Somali immigrant convicted of raping a 12-year-old. The convicted felon is one Qalinle Ibrahim Dirie, age…
Pedro Cortez-Soriano was in federal court in downtown St. Paul this morning for a detention hearing. Your correspondent was there. Mr. Cortez, age 55, got onto the federal radar back…
Land acknowledgments are based in woke ideology, not the truth. If you’ve attended a cultural event or government meeting in the Twin Cities in the last few years, you’ve likely…
How much fraud is there in Minnesota state government? Many people, mostly taxpayers, including me, want an answer to that question. Two people who do not want an answer to…
Sentencing was today in the case of that horror June 2023 car crash that killed five young women off Lake Street in south Minneapolis. KSTP reports: Derrick Thompson gets over…
Roberto Trinidad De La Rosa (a/k/a Jaime) is facing his 10th deportation from the United States after pleading guilty this morning at the Federal Courthouse in downtown St. Paul. He…
With an anticipated $37 million budget deficit beginning in the 2026-27 school year, the St. Paul school district is asking voters to take on more property taxes for the next…
Restaurateur, motorist, convicted felon (twice), deported alien (thrice), and Minnesota Dad Francisco Estrada-Deltaro was back in court this morning at the Federal Courthouse in downtown St. Paul. Your correspondent was…
It was illegal immigrant morning at the Federal Courthouse in downtown St. Paul. Your correspondent was there. First up were back-to-back hearings for the two defendants arrested in Minnesota’s most…
State and local taxes and spending Star Tribune: Minneapolis City Council votes to study how to tax the rich Star Tribune: St. Paul schools to pitch $37 million tax increase…
He’s in the federal lockup at the Sherburne County jail awaiting trial on a federal felony charge. From the Minnesota Star Tribune: Restaurant owner in Lake Street raid spent weeks…
For the second time this summer, the Feds have executed a drug bust seizing 900 pounds of meth. Here are 630 lbs. of the nearly 900 seized in the bed…
We’re just digging into the 105 pages of federal search warrants being executed at nine separate locations in the metro area. The searches involve at least five (5) corporate entities…
Meet your neighbor, Ezequiel Rojas-Gasca, aged 43, of Rochester, MN. Mr. Rojas spent several hours this afternoon at the Federal Courthouse in downtown St. Paul where much due process occurred.…
To be clear: neither the Anika Foundation itself nor anyone associated with it have been accused of any wrongdoing. The occasion was the guilty plea hearing this morning for Ronnie…
In 1964, Lyndon Johnson was elected president with 61.1% of the popular vote, the highest share for any candidate since 1824. With this mandate, he enacted his Great Society program,…