State and local taxes and spending Star Tribune: Minneapolis council, Mayor Frey seek lower property tax hike as budget talks begin MPR News: Minneapolis City Council’s budget committee reduces proposed property tax levy for 2025 Kare 11: Minneapolis City...
One of the most bizarre aspects of the Feeding Our Future scandal has been the deep and recurring connections between the case and the city of Seattle, Washington. It was observed in the earliest days of the Feeding Our Future scandal back in 2022 that many of...
After three years the Kandiyohi County commissioners have nearly $300,000 in federal pandemic funding still on hand burning a hole in their pocket. Just one problem. They need to come up with ways to use it by December 31 or else the unthinkable happens. If...
We at Center of the American Experiment have long warned of looming budget battles in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Those battles are now here, but the two sides are lining up rather differently on either side of the Mississippi. St. Paul In a report titled “St....
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Wednesday its tentative choices for $735 million Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funds for clean heavy-duty vehicles. Minneapolis Public Schools and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency are expected to receive...
More problems for Minneapolis residents near homeless encampment This week another homeless encampment allowed to exist in Minneapolis went up in flames, completely destroying the encampment, and damaging two adjacent homes so badly that 8 adults are now...
Reporter Deena Winter of the Minnesota Star Tribune was the first to break the story on Twitter (X) this morning, Winter followed up with a story on the Star Tribune website under the lead, The FBI is searching at least two Minnesota autism centers Thursday...
A new report by Grid Strategies anticipates that U.S. electricity demand will increase five times faster than previously estimated over the next five years. The culprit? Data centers, manufacturing, and increased electrification. U.S. electricity load in 2029...
In a press release issued last week, the state’s Attorney General, Keith Ellison, announced a settlement in which the free-food nonprofit Youth Leadership Academy, d/b/a Gar Gaar Family Services (GGFS), agreed to dissolve. The settlement agreement can be read...
Some good news: the Minneapolis City Council failed to override Mayor Frey’s veto on creating a Labor Standards Board, which “would recommend pay, safety and equity regulations for employers” in Minneapolis. The bad news: work on creating the board will...