New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced that she intends to opt the state into the new federal scholarship tax credit program, making her another Democratic state leader to do so. Hochul’s decision brings the total count of states on track to participate to...
State and local taxes and spending KSTP: Senate Taxes Committee passes HCMC funding, social media tax KLGR: Senate Bill Aims to Lower Taxes KFGO: Minnesota Senate passes aid package for businesses impacted by immigration crackdown Mesabi Tribune: Republicans,...
Children’s Minnesota is resisting a Department of Justice subpoena seeking information on its pediatric gender health program. The Minneapolis hospital is one of several providers nationwide facing scrutiny for its history of administering chemical or surgical...
Last week, I mentioned how, in his final State of the State speech, Gov. Walz touted as achievements a laundry list of spending increases which, in some cases, are blowing up in the faces of state and county agencies and school districts. The universal free...
Beginning in fall 2026, every K-12 public school in Minnesota will be required to align instruction with the state’s new social studies standards. School boards will have to decide how these standards, which now include ideological ethnic studies concepts, will...
In 2018, the Center for American Progress studied high school graduation requirements in each state and compared them to basic entrance requirements to universities in that state. The verdict? Most high school coursework requirements (including those in...
Center of the American Experiment’s public safety policy fellow David Zimmer joined law enforcement leaders, legislators and advocates today for a press conference at the State Capitol urging Minnesota law makers to pass legislation to help law enforcement...
Today at the Federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis, two sentences are scheduled to be handed down in the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal. Judge Nancy Brasel is set to preside over both. Up first is Sharmake Jama, the lead defendant of the extended Jama...
Last month, the Star Tribune‘s mascot Stribby the Gray Duck was at the Capitol “lobbying in support of local news.” I have not seen Stribby on the register of lobbyists, but it’s a while since I’ve looked. Stribby was lobbying in favor of HF 4072 and SF 4183,...
Even though high schoolers need at least 8 hours of sleep per night, over three in four high schoolers are classified as having insufficient sleep schedules. Unsurprisingly, students who sleep less than they should tend to struggle with attention and cognitive...