An administrative law judge (ALJ) has issued her report on the proposed buyout of Duluth-based Minnesota Power by the private-equity firm BlackRock. Technically, BlackRock is buying MP’s parent company, Allete, also based in Duluth. Here are two recent...
We’re just digging into the 105 pages of federal search warrants being executed at 9 separate locations in the metro area. The searches involve at least five (5) corporate entities participating in the state Medicaid program Housing Stabilization Services (HSS)...
The influence of teacher unions in Wisconsin was substantially restructured following the passage of Gov. Scott Walker’s 2011 Budget Repair Bill (commonly known as Act 10) — and students benefited, according to a recent paper for the National Bureau of Economic...
The U.S. Energy Information Administration warned last month that U.S. commercial electricity consumption will reach record highs in the next two years, rising by 3% in 2025 and 5% in 2026. Without affordable, reliable energy sources like natural gas, coal, and...
Acting US Attorney for Minnesota, Joseph Thompson, flanked by state and federal law enforcement officials held a press conference this afternoon to announce a six count criminal indictment against Vance Boelter, 57. The indictment had been issued by a federal...
A while back, some soul searching was done at the Star Tribune, pondering why, outside the Twin Cities metro, so few Minnesotans use the paper for anything other than lining their cat’s litter tray. Some action resulted. Among other things, the paper was...
In this episode of the American Experiment Podcast, Grace and Kathryn hit pause on Minneapolis’ own version of Mamdani. That’s right, socialism didn’t stop at NYC’s city limits; it made its way to Minneapolis too… They also dive into Minneapolis’ latest study...
The media company’s annual “Top States for Business” ranking scores a state’s education system as one of 10 categories to identify America’s best states for business. For 2025, Minnesota overall has dropped four places to 10th, as my colleague John Phelan wrote...
Pennsylvania is the beneficiary of staggeringly large investments in new data centers and energy. Minnesota, not so much. From the Associated Press (AP): Trump and Sen. Dave McCormick team up to promote energy and tech investments in Pennsylvania. How much? The...
KSTP has all the details on that $430,000 legal bill Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz racked up preparing for his testimony before Congress last month, Invoices reveal more about what Gov. Tim Walz’s $430K in legal bills paid for. Walz ran up the near...