A massive Minnesota free-food nonprofit listed a curious job description recently. In late May, Brooklyn Park-based Second Harvest Heartland posted an opening for a “voter engagement coordinator,” a temporary position…
State and local taxes and spending The Globe: Jackson County plans referendum seeking 1% local sales tax KRFO: Rochester School Board Approves Hundreds of Millions in Spending Labor market Federal…
Regulation Guardian: Uber and Lyft made a deal to raise drivers’ wages. It was another victory for big tech Minnesota Reformer: Minnesota Reformer: Minnesota’s new Uber and Lyft law just…
The state’s Legislative Audit office released the report this morning on the state Department of Education’s (MDE) mishandling of the Feeding Our Future scandal. A 120-page PDF of the report…
When a member of the Governor of Minnesota’s cabinet was named publisher of the state’s biggest newspaper in February 2023, eyebrows were raised from International Falls to Albert Lea. What…
Regional energy regulators are meeting in Minneapolis to make your life “better.” An organization you’ve never heard of is meeting in Minneapolis this week and why should you care? I’ll…
State and local taxes and spending Republican Eagle: Viewpoint: Democrats push Minnesota to the brink Labor market Kanabec County Times: Employment growth in Central Minnesota’s beverage industry KROC: Rochester Area…
There have been several rebuttals to the divisive and defensive press conference Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty held Monday to announce she was dropping charges against Minnesota Trooper Ryan Londregan.…
You’d think state government techies and their overly compensated superiors would learn by now, but no such luck. The much-hyped unveiling of the Minnesota Department of Revenue website to apply…
It turns out that Mustafa Ahmed Mohamed, the killer of hero Minneapolis police officer Jamal Mitchell, should not have had a gun or been on the street in south Minneapolis…
Back in April 2023, I started tracking data from the University of Toronto’s School of Cities which was “looking at cell phone activity at points of interest (POI) in the downtowns…
There wasn’t much to spend this year. And lawmakers also tackled a lot of policy issues last year. So, the quietness that transpired was to be expected. Still, lawmakers passed…
The end of Monday’s free-food trial session was as dramatic as its early morning beginning. Monday morning, I wrote about the revelation that Sunday night, a Somali woman visited the…
In a court case full of surprises, the biggest one yet dropped this morning. Seven (7) defendants in the Feeding Our Future scandal are in a Minneapolis Federal courtroom, on…
We’re nearing the end of the epic first trial in the Feeding Our Future scandal. The trial began in late April and will continue into June. Closing arguments began yesterday…
Labor market Minnesota Reformer: What labor bills passed and didn’t in Minnesota this year Winona Post: MN posts 4th straight month of job growth Axios: Minnesota has one of the…
I spent all of today attending the first Feeding Our Future trial in Federal court in downtown Minneapolis. This trial involves seven (7) defendants associated with the now-closed Shakopee restaurant…
Your correspondent ventured to downtown Minneapolis to visit the Federal courtroom and attend the morning session of the Feeding Our Future trial of seven (7) defendants associated with a now-closed…
The trial enters its fifth week at the Federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. The prosecution has rested its case, now the defense is putting on its witnesses. The “Feeding Our…
As expected, four weeks in to the first trial in the Feeding Our Future case, the prosecution presented its last witness, an FBI accountant, and rested its case. In this…
Economic development Minnesota Reformer: Lawmakers expected to fund infrastructure, economic development projects on Iron Range Labor market KEYC: Minnesota’s unemployment rate holds steady for 6th month in a row Willmar…
More shocking revelations from the free-food trial in Federal Court in Minneapolis. In this fourth week of the first Feeding Our Future trial proper, seven (7) defendants associated with the…
The left-wing energy agenda at the Minnesota legislature was, thankfully, much less ambitious than their 2023 program. Tucked into the 2,800-page last-second omnibus bill are a handful of wins for…
With the upcoming 4th anniversary of Floyd’s death, we revisit the intersection of 38th St. and Chicago Ave. in south Minneapolis. We’ve edited down this latest visit to a 51-second…