State and local taxes and spending Kare 11: A new tax on fraud? Minnesota lawmakers are discussing the ‘Take it Back Act’ to recover stolen money Star Tribune: Opinion | Small businesses are strained ― this tax change could help Y105.FM: Minnesota Tax...
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 few. But when those measures send...
The ed-reform conversation has been abuzz with talk about the Southern Surge, a thrilling run at the top of the educational achievement charts by states like Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama. As my colleague Catrin Wigfall wrote,...
Gallup reported yesterday, Less Support in U.S. for Solar, Wind Energy; More for Nuclear The Hill newspaper reported on the poll results. The poll found that 66 percent of Americans prefer the U.S. to put more emphasis on solar energy and 55 percent prefer the...
Minnesota has spent more money than it has collected in revenue every year since 2024. A similar trend is playing out in North Dakota. Yet North Dakota is likely to prioritize spending cuts to fix this structural imbalance, setting itself further apart from...
This week, the White House announced that President Trump is nominating University of Minnesota economist Christopher Phelan as the next chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Prof. Phelan — no relation — is a first rate economist who will do...
Minnesota public school enrollment is expected to decline between 2022 and 2031, according to projections from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The NCES predicts that only nine states — Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South...
Minnesota-based federal district court judges are now split on how to apply the recent appeals court ruling on illegal alien habeas corpus cases. The habeas cases seek the immediate release of illegal aliens detained by ICE, pending deportation proceedings....
Abdullahi Mohamud Mohamed was arraigned today in federal court in downtown Minneapolis on one count of false statement. The April 7 indictment (26-cv-78) reads, as follows, and, I’ll go out on a limb and say that there may be more to this story. Also charged...
The 2023 ban on suspensions (exclusionary discipline) for K-3 students continues to invite commentary. Conversation erupted once more last week during the House Education Finance Committee meeting. Rep. Bryan Lawrence brought forth HF 3493, which, among other...