It is refreshing to see that the Senate has advanced an energy omnibus bill, SF 2393, which faces some budget realities and energy realities at the same time. The bill reforms Minnesota’s net metering policy. It would also sunset the Renewable Development...
Flickr, Photo By: U.S. Department of State (IIP Bureau) The Minnesota Department of Education will not comply with federal reforms that include curbing the use of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs in K-12 education. The U.S. Department of...
According to court records and media reports Mohamed Adan Mohamed, 24, was arrested last week in St. Peter, MN after posting threatening messages on social media and following that up by stealing $2,000 dollars in firearm accessories and survival gear from a...
If the purpose of Keith Ellison publishing his “commentary” yesterday on his December 2021 Feeding Our Future meeting was to kill the story, it didn’t work. The state Attorney General’s opinion piece published by the Minnesota Star Tribune spawned yet another...
As discussions on what to do about the budget deficit continue, more proposals for (new) tax hikes are appearing. This should be concerning. Not only will tax hikes raise costs for Minnesotans, but they won’t address Minnesota’s budget problem, which as I have...
In the seventy-second episode of the American Experiment Podcast, Grace and Kathryn break down the latest grab at your wallet: a new tax hike proposal from Minnesota Democrats—this time targeting….*checks notes* social media accounts…? Next, the duo talks Tesla...
Our public prosecutors wield a great deal of influence over our criminal justice system. It’s one of the reasons why many, including me, have tried to sound the alarm about activists running for election in our many public prosecutorial positions. Once in...
The DFL deficit In February 2023, Minnesota Management & Budget (MMB) forecast a state government budget surplus of $17 billion for the 2024-2025 biennium. In that “historic” session, the DFL trifecta blew through that surplus and, between 2019 and 2024,...
Happy Earth Day! Today is a day to celebrate human flourishing and the ability of capitalism, innovation, and property rights to better conserve the environment than top-down mandates. Between 1970 and 2023, the combined emissions of the six most common air...
This evening, the Minnesota Attorney General, Keith Ellison, published a commentary in the Minnesota Star Tribune attempting, yet again, to explain away that hour-long December 11, 2021, meeting with Feeding Our Future (FOF). The headline, Attorney General...