An op-ed piece about the Golden Valley Police Department recently appeared in the New York Times and was reprinted in the Star Tribune. My response to both newspapers follows. In…
In “Get on board with the train to Duluth” (June 11) the Star Tribune’s Editorial Board announced its support for the Northern Lights Express (NLX), the proposed passenger train service…
Last week, the Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) released its fourth report on the $2.7 billion Southwest Light Rail Line (SWLRT). It found, according to the Star Tribune, that; The Metropolitan Council…
State and local taxes and spending Twin Cities Business: Paying Your Fair Share! KSTP: Question on St. Paul ballot will ask for sales tax increase to fund road, bridge maintenance…
The Minneapolis park police have preemptively closed the iconic Stone Arch Bridge during overnight hours through July 5. Independent journalist Rebecca Brannon reports on the mayhem occurring this week that…
Thanks to some absentee council members, rent control will likely not appear on the November ballot in Minneapolis. As reported by the Star Tribune, In a contentious maneuver backed by…
Last week I wrote about how, faced with declining college enrollments after decades of above-inflation increases in college tuition fees, colleges ought to be cutting their fees. I also wrote…
Political centrists provide cover for the far-left agenda in Minnesota. Tom Horner, the 2010 Independence Party candidate for governor, has an opinion piece in the Minneapolis Star Tribune under the…
It’s not all fun and twerking at the Twin Cities Pride Festival and Parade. It’s big money, too, and some of it was yours. The annual event held in downtown…
Last week, the Star Tribune reported: In seven years, Minneapolis transportation planners want 60% of trips in the city taken on public transit, or made by biking, walking or rolling.…
Back in March, my colleague Bill Walsh warned that the proposed creation and expansion of a raft of state agencies would lead to a boom in state government hiring: Gov.…
If you enjoy massive trade shows, you, like the mayor of Bloomington, are probably disappointed that Minnesota lost its bid to host the 2027 World Expo (which went instead to…
Regulation Star Tribune: Why did Minnesota once require margarine to be dyed pink? Albert Lea Tribune: Senate Report: More mandates may hurt border businesses Morning Ag Clips: MN Soybean Growers…
Tom Hauser of KSTP reports on Twitter that Thompson has been charged in the case. According to records on file with the state court system, Derrick John Thompson has been…
“Investment” is an almost totally devalued term nowadays, at least in political discourse. For politicians, every single penny of spending is an “investment” because saying you “invested” several million or…
Last year, I wrote about how Minneapolis and St. Paul lost residents in 2021. Census Bureau data show that Minneapolis lost 6,049 residents from 2020 to 2021 and St. Paul…
The first post I did (Nov. 2021) in my latest stint with the Center cataloged the $3,000 plus in unpaid court fines racked up by then-state Rep. John D. Thompson…
Yesterday, the Star Tribune ran a story about Xcel Energy’s plan to relicense both of its nuclear power plants in Minnesota (Monticello, and Prairie Island) to run for a total…
The Minnesota Legislature appeared to address one of our most vexing criminal issues this past legislative session: carjacking. However, it’s turning out to be an inconsequential move. You can help change that…
You need a program to keep up with the intramural warfare in the Minneapolis Democratic (DFL) party these days. The official party logo: All thirteen seats (representing individual wards) on…
Talk about voter suppression. The whole idea behind holding an operating levy referendum is to leave the decision up to local taxpayers on whether to raise their property taxes to…
Economic growth Star Tribune: Job market remains resilient, despite layoffs, leaving Minnesota planners scratching their heads Duluth News Tribune: Our View: Ensure Minnesota businesses grow in Minnesota MPR News: Downtown…
The Met Council claims to be all about equity and inclusion in the grandstanding statements on the agency’s “Equity in Action” page posted on its website. Our public engagement plan…
On May 25, 2023, the Minneapolis City Council unanimously voted to ban new heavy industries and limit the expansion of existing facilities in the city via an update to city…