State and local taxes and spending Kare 11: With property taxes rising in Minneapolis, taxation board president urges new ideas KSTP: Roseville homeowner sounds alarm over 35% property tax increase…
Jose Salud Botello-Vargas of Mexico is our Minnesota Man of the Day for November 20. He appeared in court this morning at the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis to be…
State and local taxes and spending KSTP: Stearns County officials explain how their 5.2% property tax hike will work Alexandria Echo Press: Alexandria’s lodging tax yields big impact Marshall Independent:…
Regulation Duluth News Tribune: Our View: Minnesota’s wild rice standard demands compromise Grand Forks Herald: At Iron Range hearing, miners warn of closures if wild rice rule enforced St. Cloud…
Pedro Alvarez-Hernandez, age 45, is our Minnesota Man of the day. Alvarez appeared at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Minneapolis to enter a guilty plea for felony illegal immigration. He…
State and local taxes and spending Fox 9: Baby bonus, social media tax, sports betting squeeze into tax bills Minn Post: Is the nation’s first social media tax coming to…
I’ve been writing for a while about the forces driving increased residential property taxes in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Now, with state government finances in a mess following the DFL…
Border Patrol agent killed U.S. Border Patrol Agent David Maland, 44, was shot and killed during a traffic stop involving a German national in Vermont on Monday. The incident marked the…
State and local taxes and spending KIMT 3: Amid several operating tax levies, one SE Minnesota school district looks to lower taxes WJON: Stearns County Makes Final Push on Justice…
Ninety years ago today, the 21st Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, the first line of which read: The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States…
It’s no secret that COVID-19 and school closures gave many parents a new perspective on the K-12 education their child was receiving. Enrollment in Minnesota public schools has dropped for…
The Environmental Protection Agency’s latest overreach in enforcing the Endangered Species Act in six Minnesota counties “kinda makes you scratch your knot a little bit,” the Minnesota Soybean Research and…
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…
The Stearns County Board sent a signal that it wants to put hard feelings over the pandemic to rest. But the county attorney and sheriff didn't get the message.
In a new survey, business owners in St. Cloud reported that they cannot hire workers due to expanded unemployment benefits. As reported by the Star Tribune, More than half the…
This op ed appeared in the Duluth News Tribune on July 18th, 2020 In May, Kris Schiffler, owner of Shady’s Hometown Tavern in Albany, Minnesota, announced he was going to…
As State Attorney General Keith Ellison brings the full force of government to bear on the owner of Shady's Hometown Tavern in Albany, where is the grand plan behind all…
Given the fact that most of Covid-19 deaths are among a specific demographic, it makes sense to focus isolation efforts on the more vulnerable groups while allowing businesses to open. Continuing…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
This article originally appeared in the Fall 2019 issue of Thinking Minnesota, now the second largest magazine in Minnesota. To receive a free trial issue send your name and address to [email protected]. The cover of…
America's first experiment in social engineering-conceived by a congressman from Minnesota-became an epic fail because Americans didn't buy it.
How the Center fortifies a long-term defense against the winds of silliness.
Cruelty to animals had better be included in the criminal charges against the supposed animal-lovers behind the weekend release into the wild of 38,000 domesticated mink from an Eden Valley…
Migration, especially domestic migration, is a key indicator of the desirability and success of an area. People vote with their feet and move to places with good jobs, affordable housing,…