In January, the unemployment rate in Minnesota (4.4%) was higher than that of the United States (4.3%) for the first time since November 2007. Some of the local media reports ran thus: KSTP: Minnesota job growth was flat during peak ICE surge, data shows...
As always, it was another big week in Minnesota fraud, and we break down the week’s breaking news by day: Tuesday KARE-11’s Lou Raguse documented how taxpayer spending on 14 fraud-vulnerable state Medicaid programs is now approaching $21 billion (with a “b”)...
State and local taxes and spending The Center Square: Minnesota Republicans propose largest tax cut in state history KTTC: KTTC review finds combined county tax levies in southeast Minnesota rose nearly $26M Pioneer Press: St. Paul homeowners see high tax bills...
Congratulations are in order to northern Minnesota Congressman Pete Stauber (R, 8th). BREAKING: A major victory for America and Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District was secured today.The Senate just passed my bill to reverse Biden’s illegal mining ban in the...
The status of criminal investigations against on duty ICE agents working as part of Operation Metro Surge was provided this week in press conferences by officials in both Ramsey and Hennepin counties. The precedent they are setting by investigating and charging...
Minnesota’s rural hospitals are in real trouble, with many operating on razor-thin margins and at risk of closure or major service cuts. Minnesota will receive its share of the Trump Administration’s Rural Health Transformation dollars, but lawmakers should act...
Minnesota’s Class of 2025 has the highest graduation rate on record, and similarly record-breaking low mathematics proficiency rates. Hooray? As I’ve written previously, it is of the utmost importance that the diploma Minnesota’s students attain at the end of...
Education freedom policies like Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) continue to gain traction across the country. The flexibility they offer allows families to customize learning rather than conform to a one-size-fits-all system. Unlike traditional public...
Another Minnesota federal district judge flouts appeals court ruling. In two habeas corpus cases this week, Judge Donavon Frank (Clinton appointee) has ruled in favor of two illegal alien ICE detainees, in apparent defiance of an 8th circuit court of appeals...
Cutting Hennepin County’s $50 million DEI budget would balance hospital budget Hospitals are inherently — and often unempathetically — rational. A physician without common sense is dangerous to his patients. A hospital run by people without common sense will go...