Economic growth NFIB: NFIB Minnesota members support lessening the burden of high taxes and unnecessary mandates KFGO: AI’s impact on Minnesota workers State and local taxes and spending Winona Post:…
I’m guessing that most Minnesotans aren’t even aware that the state House of Representatives is nonfunctioning. I don’t blame them. People have to live their lives, work their jobs, get…
It’s shaping up to be a big week in the Feeding Our Future scandal, with four guilty pleas expected to be entered. Ahead of their federal trial scheduled to begin…
The Minnesota Star Tribune headline sums it up: Xcel said a nearly $8M land sale was a good deal for ratepayers. The buyer flipped the land to Amazon for $73M.…
State and local taxes and spending Star Tribune: The nuts and bolts — and necessity — of county tax levies Star Tribune: Ramstad: With Legislature in chaos, at least lawmakers…
They say that the world is run by the people who show up. All week long it has been just the 67 Republicans who have shown up to attend the…
The next trial of four defendants begins February 3 and will feature some of the biggest names in the scandal: Aimee Bock (Defendant No. 1), two co-owners of the now-defunct…
You would expect that a raging constitutional crisis and an “attempted coup” would be more, well… kinetic. The House reconvened at noon today in the state capitol House Chamber for…
A few minutes late, but shortly after noon on the appointed day (today), MN Secretary of State Steve Simon gaveled into session the House of Representatives of the 94th Minnesota…
We are less than a day away from a potential constitutional crisis in Minnesota. And national media are beginning to pick up on it. Fox News ran a piece this…
For months now, we’ve been beating the drum, warning of the potential negative impacts in Minnesota of the current boom in data centers, large computer server farms supporting AI and…
Labor market Minnesota Reformer: Minnesota minimum wage rises to $11.13 per hour — and other labor news Star Tribune: Minnesota H-1B workers nearly double in decade as businesses rely on…
Despite being on the short end of a 66-67 party split in the Minnesota House of Representatives, Democrats say they will not show up next week for the start of…
State and local taxes and spending The Neighbor: Minnesota Homeowners Pay a Median $3,321 in Property Taxes Each Year Detroit Lakes Online: Becker County hikes levy, but its tax rate…
A 26-year-old man is charged with 2nd-degree murder for an incident at a Windom, MN, bar a few minutes before midnight on Tuesday, New Year’s Eve. The alleged perpetrator is…
Or, at least that’s what he’d like you to think. The Minnesota governor, having returned home from his failed Vice-Presidential bid, held a press conference this morning to announce new…
Happy New Year! As an Xcel electric customer, you may have received the email on Wednesday morning reading: To recap, Xcel is asking the state PUC to approve a 9.6…
Hennepin County caught illegally staffing ballot board. Just weeks before the 2024 election, Hennepin County was exposed by the Minnesota Voters Alliance (MVA) and the Upper Midwest Law Center (UMLC)…
Now it can be told. The election is finally behind us, and we are switching to a new federal administration. Suddenly, heretofore unknown problems are bubbling up to the surface.…
State and local taxes and spending Moose Lake Star Gazette: Action needed to avert looming state shortfall Star Tribune: St. Paul schools to raise property tax levy by 7.9% in…
Relentless opposition by neighborhood groups has failed so far to derail the Met Council’s plan to proceed with the controversial Blue Line light rail extension to Brooklyn Center. The community…
Is anyone paying attention? More importantly, are the correct people paying attention? As far as I can tell, our own Sarah Montalbano was the first to report locally on the…
Convicted murderer Myon Burrell, whose commuted sentence was a cause celebre supported by Minnesota leftists, appears to be headed back to prison. He was originally convicted of a 2002 murder,…
State and local taxes and spending The Ely Echo: State budget issues loom Pioneer Press: Letters: We need more data to know if TIF is working for St. Paul The…