One of the few things we know with reasonable certainty about the budget brewing in St. Paul is that data centers will be required to pay sales tax on their…
Last week, I summarized the state of play in the budget negotiations in St. Paul and suggested that you “watch this space” to stay informed. If you have been watching…
It’s a tale as old as time itself: a last-minute ticket purchased to Dubai, another airport arrest. Lou Raguse of KARE-11 TV reported on the 6 p.m. news this evening…
Local media are digging into the newest Feeding Our Future scandal, the nonprofit New Vision Foundation of St. Paul. What went on behind the blue door? Keep in mind that…
Media reports indicate that another nonprofit was searched by the FBI yesterday in connection with the sprawling Feeding Our Future scandal. Please note that no person or company named below…
There is a large clock that watches over the representatives in the Minnesota House, reminding them that they are always on deadline. As that clock ticked away toward sine die,…
The Monday deadline for Minnesota’s legislators to pass a budget came and went without a budget being passed. We did get an agreement on spending targets for the upcoming two…
Back in 2023, that “historic” “trifecta” voted to spend $200 million on the Northern Lights Express (NLX), a passenger train service running between Minneapolis and Duluth. I doubted that this…
As you know by now, Gov. Tim Walz and three of the four legislative leaders announced at a press conference Thursday morning that an agreement was reached on the overall…
The New York Post dispatched a reporter to spend a week in Minneapolis to see how the city’s recovered five years after the summer of George Floyd. The Post headline:…
State and local taxes and spending Fox 9: Baby bonus, social media tax, sports betting squeeze into tax bills Minn Post: Is the nation’s first social media tax coming to…
Yesterday, amid chaotic scenes at the Capitol, Governor Walz, Senate Democrats, and Republicans and Democrats from the House, announced an agreement on spending targets for the upcoming two biennia, a…
“You’re killing our community!” In a bizarre scene at the state capitol this morning, protestors, including sitting DFL members of the state legislature, attempted to break into the Governor’s reception…
I’ve been writing for a while about the forces driving increased residential property taxes in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Now, with state government finances in a mess following the DFL…
An old video has surfaced of a Feeding Our Future defendant testifying in favor of an unrelated nonprofit seeking a multi-million-dollar state government grant. They got the money, of course.…
After an understandably lukewarm reception of their initial $400 million ask for state funds to cover renovations at Xcel Energy Center, the city of St. Paul and the Minnesota Wild…
There is one week left in the regular legislative session and to no one’s surprise, the parties are stuck on the big stuff. Everyone is waiting for a breakthrough on…
In 2021, St. Paul residents voted to adopt what was yet the strictest rent control policy in the nation. The ordinance capped annual rent increases at 3 percent, had no…
American Experiment broke the story last week of an hour-long recording of Attorney General Keith Ellison meeting with participants in the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal. During the meeting Ellison…
Capitol Watch is taking a break from all the negativity and polarization in state government to bring you four positive developments we’ve observed in St. Paul. Next week we will…
There is an agreement in St. Paul that the state budget is out of control. Gov. Walz and both chambers of the legislature have proposed lower spending in the next…
Do you know where your tax dollars are? It’s a sorry state of affairs when Minnesota — long the gold standard of forthright Midwest values and decency — is now…
You may have heard Minnesota’s Governor Tim Walz say recently that he wishes there was a “shadow government.” Grace and Kathryn react on the latest episode of the American Experiment…
Affordable housing and the tyranny of local government. The separation of powers between the federal and state governments not only serves as an important check to federal encroachment on individual…