In the early morning hours of Sunday, Jan. 28, conservatism was attacked. Criminals broke into the building that housed American Experiment offices and those of two other conservative organizations —…
The Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO), based in Minneapolis, is mentioned in news reports of yesterday’s failed anti-Israel protests slated for the main Tallahassee campus of Florida State University. Local…
On Thursday, the Minnesota House’s Labor and Industry Finance and Policy Committee will consider HF 2513, a bill which would abolish sub-minimum wages for people with disabilities. If enacted, the bill…
A carjacking/robbery spree near the state’s flagship University ends with overturned car on I-35W. As if the University of Minnesota police (UMPD) didn’t have enough to deal with this weekend…
It’s been a given since 1978. A reciprocity agreement between Minnesota and South Dakota meant that college students crossing the state border would get a break in tuition and fees.…
It’s widely understood that Minnesota borrows a lot of money every year to construct and renovate state and local government buildings. What’s not widely known is that the cost of…
Last year, the Supreme Court ruled — quite rightly — against race-based affirmative action in college admissions. It was an important step towards making college admissions fairer. There remains, however,…
Minnesota socialists are flexing their muscles, both at the ballot box and in the streets. Yesterday was Super Tuesday, primary election day for Minnesota and more than a dozen other…
The Minnesota Legislature is about to build another new office building for themselves, and the Golden Turkey committee is here for it. Without a single vote on the floor of…
It should stand as a poignant lesson — devaluing law enforcement significantly damages public safety. Unfortunately, this lesson continues to be stubbornly ignored by some. Devaluing law enforcement sends an…
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…
Despite all the talk about falling crime rates in the state’s largest city, we are ending the year on a bang. The latest incident to grab headlines was a shootout…
WCCO reports that the 32-year-old Garcia has been charged with a single count, 2nd-degree (felony) murder in the Thanksgiving-eve stabbing death of 62-year-old Christian Hans Lundegaard. Garcia remains in custody…
But you already knew that. Although he has not yet been charged in the Thanksgiving-eve fatal stabbing at an Edina bus stop, KSTP-5 has named the 32-year-old suspect in the…
Thanks to Minnesota’s $72 billion budget, Higher Education got over a $1 billion boost for the four-year period between FY 2024 and FY 2027. Specifically, Higher Ed got $650 million…
The first person Tim Walz called after he became governor in 2018 was his real estate agent in Mankato. Since the job of governor includes the perk of living in…
July 4, 2022, was a night many in Minneapolis will never forget. Rampant violence occurred throughout downtown, much of it focused on the Mill District, which includes the Stone Arch…
Back in April, we reported that Gov. Walz was going to move into a lakeside mansion costing Minnesota’s taxpayers $17,000 a month while the governor’s mansion was renovated. After an…
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In this edition of Follow the Money™, we track another member of the Minnesota Ethnic Studies Coalition (METC), Unidos MN. You will recall from our earlier reporting, recently passed legislation…
In this edition of Follow the Money™, we begin what ultimately will be a deep dive into the state’s ethnic studies industrial complex. One of the more controversial bills passed…
State and local taxes and spending Star Tribune: Ramsey County proposing 6.75% property tax levy hike as part of 2024-25 budget plan MPR News: Filmmakers see expanded Minnesota tax credits…
50 years after its TIME cover story, does Minnesota still work?