This is my third post, of hopefully many to come, as a regular weekly resource for our readers: for news, commentary and more; on energy, environment and natural resources; from around the state, country and world. The top ten stories, for the week ending on...
The case of Tou Lou Vang has made headlines over recent weeks after Minnesota’s Board of Pardons (Governor Walz, Attorney General Ellison, and Supreme Court Chief Justice Hudson) unanimously voted to issue a full pardon to Vang for his 2006 conviction involving...
“Landmark June 2026 study found DCs modestly reduced US electricity prices between 2015 and 2024.” – Love ’em or hate ’em; data centers are not the source of electricity inflation This study was published on June 18, authored by the Electric Power Research...
Fahima Mahamud, age 50, defendant No. 79 in the free-food fraud scandal, pled guilty to two fraud counts this morning at the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. Your correspondent was there. A court-appointed, taxpayer-paid Somali-language interpreter...
It’s that time of year again when CNBC pulls out of who-knows-where some ranking which purports to show Minnesota’s economy going gangbusters. The release of CNBC’s ‘Top States for Business’ rankings used to be a red-letter day for Minnesota’s media and...
On Wednesday July 8th at 5:00 PM, at the State Capitol, Minnesotans joined groups around the country to read the Declaration of Independence to mark the exact time 250 years ago, Colonel John Nixon read the Declaration aloud for the first time to a public...
Mustafa Jama, Feeding Our Future defendant No. 42 (out of 80), became just the 19th defendant sentenced in the free food-fraud scandal this afternoon at the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. Your correspondent was there. Jama is part of a six-member...
Minnesota’s budget has been on shaky ground since the end of the 2023 legislative session. The latest update from Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) confirms that lawmakers did little to steady it during the 2026 session. Enabled by an $18 billion surplus,...
After a holiday weekend in which the metro area experienced multiple shootings and at least one murder involving Somali gang members, Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher posted a video on his popular Live on Patrol YouTube channel where he called out the...
In the 2008 Pixar movie WALL-E, humans live a leisurely existence aboard an endlessly floating spacecraft after Earth has been contaminated through littering. In this spacecraft, robotic technicians tend to humanity’s every need and whim, including advice...