From KARE-11, After weeks of gridlock, Inspector General bill to fight fraud finally advances in Minnesota House. You may recall that a similar bill, to create an office of inspector general for all of state government, passed the full state senate on a...
Will progress be made on repealing the ban on new nuclear power plants? Fox-9 reported earlier this week, MN lawmakers look to expand nuclear power in push for carbon-free energy. Fox 9 reports, Minnesota’s moratorium on new nuclear power generators seems...
On February 11, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its latest Budget and Economic Outlook. It made for grim reading. Deficits are historically high, totaling $1.9 trillion in 2026 and projected to grow to $3.1 trillion by 2036. “Relative to the size...
State and local tax and spending St. Cloud Times: Walz proposes new taxes, budget changes for Minnesota MPR News: Walz unveils tech tax in budget; bipartisan support emerges at Capitol KSTP: Report: Minnesota facing shrinking tax base The Timberjay: Walz...
It’s been two days since the 8th circuit court of appeals dropped its bombshell decision overturning the basis used for releasing more than a thousand illegal aliens in Minnesota under habeas corpus petitions. The decision overturned a Minnesota case (File No....
Since it launched, as and when the data have become available, I have been tracking the performance of Minnesota’s Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) scheme against the forecasts on which it is based. Back in 2023, a daily rate of approvals of 352 (128,338 /...
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison appears to have lied to the United States Senate in testimony he gave last month before the Senate’s Homeland Security committee. The occasion was a February 12 committee hearing at which Ellison appeared to discuss the...
Photo by Creatas Images on FreeImages There are many different measures used to determine how a student is doing academically — teacher observations, in-class assignments, quizzes and tests, report cards, benchmark exams, and standardized assessments, to name a...
How the DFL “trifecta” made Minnesota less affordable One of the ways the DFL’s “historic” trifecta of 2023 hit Minnesotans in the pocket was by hiking car tab fees. This hike has generated some recent comment. Yesterday, CBS News reported: If you have a newer...
On Tuesday, the Senate Health and Human Services Committee heard SF 4324, a bill that would revise childcare licensing standards in Minnesota. I testified in favor of several provisions in the bill, specifically noting that Minnesota has one of the most heavily...