Equipped with 100 Lego blocks and some string, foil, and paper, elementary school students in Rochester, Minnesota recently participated in a national building block competition called the “Block Kids Building…
Remember when Gov. Mark Dayton dubbed it the “People’s Stadium” in order to sell the proposed $1 billion US Bank Stadium to the public? The press release still resides on the…
A line of Vikings fans stood up–literally–to protesters kneeling during the national anthem outside US Bank Stadium before the Ravens game. But you’d never know it from the Associated Press…
When President Trump says NFL teams should fire kneeling players, the teams respond by saying that they are private enterprises. But if they want to be treated like private enterprises…
The housecleaning continues at U.S. Bank Stadium in the aftermath of revelations of political perks handed out by DFL insiders. It’s a big house to clean, but here’s a scorecard…
The A-Mill Artists Lofts, located along the Mississippi River, are a special “affordable housing” project of the Metropolitan Council, City of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, et. al. The project is subsidized…
The two top politically connected Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority execs with deep ties to the Dayton Administration cleaned out their desks a couple weeks ago. But there’s still plenty more…
MPR reports that Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority chair Michele Kelm-Helgen has resigned in the face of a mounting public backlash over luxury suites and other perks at US Bank Stadium.…
The game day stunt pulled by anti-pipeline protesters at last week’s Vikings -Bears game may not make the team’s highlight reel, but it’s become one of the most scrutinized plays…
The scandal surrounding the two luxury suites at brand-new U.S. Bank Stadium that are controlled by the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority continues to grow. The Minneapolis Star Tribune, to its…
The free ride for luxury suite tickets to Vikings games and other events at U.S. Bank Stadium for political pals of Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority big-wigs Ted Mondale and Michele…
No matter what you think about the financing deal for U.S. Bank Stadium (not much), we can all agree that public infrastructure projects should not be turned into partisan slush…
Despite three straight losses, it may be premature for Vikings season ticket holders to throw in the towel just yet. There’s a lot of football to be played for a…
At its height, about 1,800 men and women were on the job building the new Vikings stadium in Downtown Minneapolis. A truly remarkable number when you think about it. In…
The new Vikings stadium construction may be over now, but apparently there’s still a lot of work to do. Yet it’s no easy job explaining why it takes two well-connected…
Keeping The Promise: Securing Retirement Benefits for Current and Future Public Employees | Minnesota’s public employee pension system is broken. The state’s...