According to federal data, people who decide to step on light rail in the Twin Cities are at more risk for being injured by an assailant than any other light…
According to the Star Tribune, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Thursday filed a lawsuit alleging that Shipt, the grocery delivery business of Target Corp., cheats workers of benefits and rights by…
Dane Smith, a progressive Senior Policy Fellow and President Emeritus of Growth & Justice, wrote a commentary that was recently published in the Star Tribune editorial pages. His commentary attempted…
The Star Tribune reported last week that the City of Minneapolis is planning to buy the site of the abandoned Speedway gas station at George Floyd Square with the intention…
State and local taxes and spending Duluth News Tribune: Our View / Endorsement: Timing terrible to ask for tax increase for parks Star Tribune: GOP’s Scott Jensen proposed ending Minnesota…
In a scene out of a Hollywood movie, an unmarked package arrived at the offices of Center of the American Experiment without a return address and a St. Paul postmark.…
Gov. Walz and legislative leaders spent the summer of 2020 debating a response to the May riots and their aftermath. The Democratic Party position was outlined in press conferences and…
The Star Tribune has published a 3-part series on Minnesota’s juvenile justice system. The series paints a picture of inexplicably poor decisions made by our political and juvenile justice leadership…
President Biden is, once again, undermining the rule of law. This month the Biden administration finalized a rule that will very likely add to its growing list of administrative actions…
The breakdown of Minnesota’s law enforcement institutions isn’t new, neither are the solutions.
Economic growth Finance & Commerce: Twin Cities industrial market going strong, financing concerns grow Albert Lea Tribune: Guest column: Manufacturing growing fast in Minnesota; opportunities are up Crookston Times: Minnesota’s…
The legacy of the policeman turned mayor who fought Minneapolis crime and establishment politicians.
The back pages of this week’s Star Tribune were a quiet reminder of the investigative clean-up that continues some 2 ½ years after the George Floyd-related riots. This is a sliver…
The latest person charged is the husband of No. 48. The always alert Lou Raguse of KARE 11 reported this afternoon that Abduljabar Hussein was charged in the Feeding Our…
Digging deeper into the Feeding Our Future scandal.
We’ve heard it all before from Met Council chairman Charles Zelle, who oversees Metro Transit and the Twin Cities’ light rail lines. Promises and plans to crack down on the…
New law will raise health care costs on some, result in fewer new life-saving cures and more lives lost for others Rep. Angie Craig recently led off a commentary in…
KARE-11’s Lou Raguse spent his day at the Federal courthouse in Minneapolis. The U.S. Attorney put out a press release. In yesterday’s post, I covered the backstory of each of…
In case you missed it… and what to watch for.
Deena Winter of the Minnesota Reformer has a scoop: the wife of Minneapolis city council member Jamal Osman operated a free food site last year. Ilo Amba incorporated the nonprofit…
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that a high-profile events center project is moving ahead in Bloomington, despite the indictment of the project’s CEO in the Feeding Our Future scandal. Mukhtar…
State and local taxes and spending Lonsdale Area News-Review: Lonsdale sets preliminary 17.6% tax levy increase Pipestone County Star: City approves preliminary tax levy increase of 13.5 percent Wadena Pioneer…
David Zimmer and I visited a Minneapolis encampment back in early June and shot this video: Fox 9 reports that the city cleared the encampment today, located on city-owned property.…
State and local taxes and spending CBS News: Minnesota not collecting as much tax revenue as it could on newly legal THC edibles West Central Tribune: City of Willmar proposing…