Regulation KSTP: City of St. Paul increases minimum wage for small businesses NFIB: Start Preparing for Inclusive Pricing Mandate in Minnesota State and local taxes and spending West Central Tribune: Chippewa County adopts wheelage tax, considers sales tax...
That’s exactly the question posed by the Minneapolis Star Tribune in a remarkable article published today under the headline, Many millions lost. Is the Walz administration taking fraud and waste seriously enough? The answer to this rhetorical question is...
After submitting nearly twice as many signatures as the 17,500 needed for a referendum, opponents have succeeded in putting the fate of a controversial new law tied to a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline before South Dakota voters in November. The 2,500 mile...
This morning, in the Federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis, Abdiaziz Shafii Farah was formally arraigned in the $120,000 juror bribery case arising from last month’s fraud trial in the Feeding Our Future scandal. He entered a plea of not guilty today to...
In May, I wrote about Madison Equities putting ten of its commercial properties in downtown St. Paul up for sale, including the First National Bank building, the Park Square Court building, the Empire Building, the Alliance Center, and two parking ramps....
And because the idea is so apocalyptically bad, it’s almost certain to become law next year. Buried on page 87 of the 217-page state government budget bill (HF 1830), passed in the waning hours of the 2023 legislative session, was an obscure provision calling...
Just weeks after Rochester implemented a ban on homeless camps on public property in March, the Brainerd City Council began considering a similar measure based on Rochester’s ordinance. Now comes word that Duluth Mayor Roger Reinert wants to move in the same...
The number of principals and assistant principals in Minnesota public elementary and secondary schools has ticked up again, despite declining student enrollment, according to state data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) compiled by...
The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Century Aluminum is planning to build the country’s first new smelter in 45 years. That could be good news, if the company can find the “sustained low-cost power environment” it needs to site and operate the smelter....
In 2021, lawmakers passed a law requiring the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) to revise family childcare standards. The DHS has released a draft of the proposed standards and is asking for public input. After the comment period is over, the DHS...