State and local taxes and spending Kanabec County Times: Where do your taxes go? The Ely Echo: City levy hike at 5.06 percent Rochester Post Bulletin: Letter: Another option for…
Center of the American Experiment announced a summer tour of events based on exclusive polling showing young people in Minnesota dissatisfied with the direction of the state and pessimistic about…
State and local taxes and spending MPR News: Minnesotans to avoid inflation-driven tax sting with huge bracket tweak Duluth News Tribune: Paid family and medical leave may have its chance…
The lone bright spot for conservatives in Minnesota elections looks to be parent-backed candidates for school board. According to the Minnesota Parents Alliance, more than 50 conservative candidates won election…
The war on merit is alive and well in Sartell, Minnesota as the local school board there recently removed the word “excellence” from their mission statement. The move came after…
American Experiment recently cautioned that the imposition of a local sales tax to generate a new revolving stream of funding provides a more tempting option than ever for communities across…
State and local taxes and spending St. Cloud Times: Don’t forget: Vote on 1.5% food and beverage tax in Sartell on Tuesday Brainerd Dispatch: Ruud works to phase out Social…
No sooner had St. Cloud and three nearby cities declined to implement a six-week mask mandate last week than the health care provider behind the rejected request “doubled down,” as…
Policies that transform parents from partners into protesters.
Who should be held accountable for the hiring and abrupt firing of Equity Alliance Minnesota, whose outlandish racial equity survey put the Sartell school district in the media spotlight for…
It’s a textbook case on the power of transparency. When it came to light that some students in Sartell schools had apparently been instructed not to show their parents the…
Police are in the business of coming to the aid of citizens under fire. But lately Sartell residents have been coming to the assistance of their local police department under…
The Minnesota State High School League has reversed course, finally falling into line with neighboring states by reinstating the fall seasons for football and volleyball. Now if schools could only…
Gov. Dayton's veto of the tax bill means higher taxes and more complexity for Minnesotans next tax season. He will have left office by then, but, as you're struggling with…
Congressman Tom Emmer’s much anticipated (at least in the media) town hall meeting did not live up to advanced billing by most press accounts. A lively but largely civil give-and-take…