Two key state officials overseeing the massive fraud scandals are serving while unconfirmed. One of the most important responsibilities/powers of the Minnesota State Senate involves the confirmation of state executive…
On May 8, the Senate DFL announced: The Minnesota Senate passed bipartisan legislation creating an independent Office of the Inspector General Thursday, establishing a new state office to protect public money in Minnesota from…
A politically divided Minnesota legislature following the 2024 elections resulted in a 67-67 tie in the House, while Democrats maintained a one-seat majority in the Senate. This near-even split reflected…
Stop the fraud or win elections. This is the choice now facing Democrats in Minnesota. Want to guess which one will prevail? The ethnic-Somali population in Minnesota (including refugees and…
As Gov. Tim Walz prepares to run for a rare third term, he would be wise to prepare an explanation for the fraud that occurred in state agencies under his…
On May 8, the Senate DFL announced: The Minnesota Senate passed bipartisan legislation creating an independent Office of the Inspector General Thursday, establishing a new state office to protect public money in…
Back in 2022, Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act (H.R.5376). It is a hefty bit of legislation, but Subtitle C reads: You will note the part reading “2021 THROUGH 2025.”…
Move over, Hawaii, Australia, and Southern California: The go-to destination for surfers will soon be Anoka, Minnesota. That’s the dream of Rep. Zack Stephenson (DFL-Coon Rapids) as he diverted $6.2…
Civics 101 The government of the United States consists of three separate but co-equal branches: the legislative, the executive, and the judicial. Article I of the Constitution sets out the…
Democrats’ focus on a small portion of subsidies ignores what is driving the exploding costs of federalized health care.
Back in 2023, the “historic” DFL trifecta enacted a K-12 education bill which included a $2.2 billion hike in spending on schools. The bill indexed the per pupil funding formula…
Many have recognized the left’s attempts to control issues by controlling the very language used to frame an issue. The left dominates the tactic, and the right has to do…
Minnesota has a fraud problem.” That’s what Andrew Luger, former U.S. Attorney for Minnesota, said as he finished his term. As the weeks and months went by and more state-run…
There’s a new, disturbing epidemic sweeping through Minnesota. It has shown up on the government radar, infecting state agency social benefit programs and siphoning taxpayer money by the millions: fraud.…
“Minnesota officials alerted to housing fraud two years before indictment,” reads the headline this morning in the Minnesota Star Tribune. The “housing fraud” refers to the state Medicaid program Housing…
As Gov. Tim Walz announces his intentions to seek a rare third term, he would be wise to prepare an explanation for the fraud that occurred in state agencies under…
KARE-11 TV is out with a report: KARE 11 Investigates: Ethics questions emerge over Sen. Fateh’s housing bill and wife’s company ties. Sen. Omar Fateh (DFL-Minneapolis) is by some accounts…
The first day of school is still one of my favorite days of the year. My oldest daughter teaches kindergarten at a Catholic school in the Twin Cities and every…
We take an early look at the DFL money game for 2025. The election calendar this year will be dominated by city-level races in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Also, there…
Photo Credit: MinnPost photo by Peter Callaghan. In May last year, I wrote about how: …the DFL, in scenes that would embarrass a banana republic, [rammed] through a 1,400 page Omnibus…
The Education Minnesota teachers union and oil-heiress Alida Messinger continued to dominate the DFL money game last year. You will recall my Minnesota For Sale series of years past, tracing…
Nationally renowned conservative commentator and writer Scott Jennings tells American Experiment’s John Hinderaker what it’s like to be the conservative black sheep at CNN, what the future holds for news…
Gerrymandering — the practice where politicians choose their voters rather than the other way around — is much in the news at present. Faced with moves to redistrict, Democrats in…
The DFL’s left and right go to war. On July 7, 1977, state DFL Rep. Phyllis Kahn from Minneapolis addressed a meeting at the Capitol’s State Office Building in St.…