The Star Tribune reports that, on Monday, Abdirashid Bixi Dool pleaded guilty in Minnesota federal court to defrauding the U.S. government, admitting that only a fraction of the federal funds he was issued were spent on food for children he claimed to serve....
Earlier this month, it was reported that “Nonfarm jobs” in Minnesota increased by 5,400 between April and May. As I’ve noted before, these estimates of the number of jobs come from the Establishment survey which the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) collects as...
Abdirashid Bixi Dool, age 37, became the 69th defendant convicted in the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal. Dool entered a guilty plea in federal court in downtown Minneapolis this afternoon. Your correspondent was there. Dool pled guilty to one count of wire...
The actor Sam Neill died earlier today aged 78. He appeared in a number of fine movies — Sleeping Dogs, Dead Calm, The Piano, Jurassic Park, Event Horizon — and a couple — Omen III and Attack Force Z — which maybe aren’t so fine but which I quite like...
Last week, CNBC placed Minnesota fifth in its “Top States for Business” rankings. Governor Walz took to social media to celebrate: Businesses in top industries, from health care to renewable energy and manufacturing, understand the benefits of investing and...
For the fourth year in a row, Minnesota third-grade reading proficiency has declined. Math proficiency has also dropped for the last couple of years. National research suggests one reason those numbers keep sliding: for a lot of struggling students, their...
Photo: @amyklobuchar via Instagram On July 1, news broke that a three person panel containing Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison had pardoned a man who had been convicted of repeatedly raping a 10-year-old girl, apparently to help him avoid...
Labor market KDHL: Job Growth in Minnesota: 5,400 New Positions Added in May Rochester Post Bulletin: Rochester’s unemployment rate still better than state average KAAL TV: Southeast Minnesota jobless rates remain steady as U.S. hiring slows Winona Post: Jobs...
For 10 months, the Minneapolis Public Schools district quietly shorted its own employees’ health care trust by hundreds of thousands of dollars a month. Thanks to an unredacted report on the scandal, we now know who did it. First reported by the Minnesota...
Here’s why you should consider serving on your school board. Let’s start with the obvious: District governance matters. School boards control far more than most people think they do. They direct all types of funding. That includes the funding for sports, arts,...