I’m not kidding. Earlier this month, Minnesota state budget officials presented their latest state budget forecast. Minnesota state government operates its budget in two-year cycles called “biennia.” The forecast for…
In December 2022, I sounded an alarm over the threat the open border policies of the Biden Administration posed to our national security. In the piece Border (In)security — one…
By all signs, the Minnesota state budget is in trouble. While the state ends the current two-year budget period — 2026-27 biennium — with a surplus, estimates show an imbalance in…
Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) released the budget forecast on Thursday, showing a $2.4 billion surplus in the current biennium (2026-27) and a $2.9 billion deficit in the next biennium…
The winner of the 2025 Golden Turkey Award is Governor Walz’s $430,000 Whopper Legal Bill! The first Golden Turkey in 2020 “honored” Gov. Tim Walz’s purchase of an empty fruit…
We were told that the future lay in density, urban environments served by mass transit and with pedestrian/bike friendly landscapes. They were wrong. From the Minnesota Star Tribune, St. Louis…
As test score results continue to be quiet reminders of the millions of students who fell behind or dropped out entirely during years of disrupted learning, new research out of…
Tim Walz was elected to Congress in 2006 and served there for 12 years before becoming governor. So when he was asked to return to Washington to testify in front…
I’m digging into the campaign finance reports filed earlier this week and a new, big player has appeared on the scene: Working Peoples Project. The Project is a special purpose…
Turns out, even shutting down the government for three weeks does not save taxpayers money. According to the U.S. Treasury Department, federal debt reached $38 trillion on Wednesday this week.…
Public education is a hard-fought American right, and one that hasn’t always existed. Throughout American history, some have been unable to achieve a formal education due to the limits of…
Have you ever tried to talk to someone who wasn’t concentrating on what you were saying because they had a phone in their hand? It’s a frustrating experience, to say…
It’s our favorite time of year: Golden Turkey Season! The competition to find the most bird-brained examples of waste in state government is back and getting ready to kick off.…
In the 2026 fiscal year, 37 percent of all government revenue in Minnesota will come from Washington, D.C. Despite heavy panic, the federal government shutdown currently underway is unlikely to…
How the One Big Beautiful Bill Act forces the state to confront spending Like every state, Minnesota relies on the federal government for a substantial portion of its funding. According…
In their first paycheck of 2026, Minnesotans will see a new deduction. The 0.44 percent payroll tax, matched by another 0.44 percent paid by their employer — 0.88 percent in…
According to newly released US Census Bureau data, in 2024, 9.3 percent of Minnesotans were in poverty. This is the same rate as in 2023 and 2021. Among the 50…
By the numbers It has been an awful month for public safety in Minneapolis. While data shows that year-to-date murders and many other crimes of violence are down compared to…
It was a clear day, with a clearer consciousness, when the world collapsed in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania. Twenty-four years after the terror attacks on…
New Policy A new policy put in place by the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia (DC) is playing out in a troubling manner and deserves another…
The Minnesota Department of Education recently released data for the 2023-2024 school year, showing that the number of chronically absent students remains high in Minnesota. A student is considered chronically…
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…
The state of Minnesota once again appears on an official list of illegal alien sanctuary states, along with eleven (11) other states and the District of Columbia. This latest list…
The White House announced a “crime emergency” today in Washington, D.C. and laid out a plan “to protect public servants, citizens, and tourists, and ensure the safe functioning of the Federal…