In 2025, New Mexico became the first U.S. state to offer universal childcare. In Minnesota, the DFL could push for a similar policy during the 2027 legislative session. To illustrate what this could specifically mean for taxpayers, I estimate the program’s...
Hassan Ahmed Hussein entered a guilty plea yesterday for his role in the Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) Medicaid fraud. I’ve been tracking some 116 defendants charged by the local U.S. Attorney for welfare fraud in Minnesota over the past four years. Of...
Education Minnesota’s political involvement is no secret. The state teachers’ union is a major spender on lobbying and political activity in Minnesota, and its political action committee (PAC) has directed most of its candidate and political committee spending...
On June 18th, Open AI robot-agents were researching health data posted on Australian public facing reports when they apparently broke into an area they were not authorized to be. What the agent reached was Services Australia’s Medicare Statistics Reporting...
Back in June, Minnesota Management & Budget (MMB) released its end of session “General Fund Balance Analysis” with forecasts for the current budget biennium (FY 2026-27) and the next (FY 2028-29). These are the last estimates we will get before the...
The top ten stories for the week: for news, commentary and more; on energy, environment and natural resources; from around the state, country and world. Energy & Public Utilities Energy Information Administration (EIA) => Sales of Electricity to Ultimate...
What took him so long? Keith Ellison, the embattled attorney general, running behind in his bid for a third term, wants you to know that he’s finally, belatedly, begrudingly, getting tough on welfare fraud. From a press release issued today, Attorney General...
ENREnomics is the Economics 101 of Energy, Natural Resources and the Environment. ENRE can be pronounced “aan·ree” like the last name of the CBS soccer commentator, and Arsenal football club legend, Thierry Henry. My ENREnomics 101 is based on the wonderful...
Higher education is changing, and Minnesota colleges and universities will have to change with it in order to survive. Declining American birth rates have created a smaller pool of potential applicants, forcing colleges to compete at higher rates for students....
Governors want to be ranked number one in the nation for all kinds of reasons. Fraud is not one of them. Minnesota now leads the nation in fraud, and that stone-cold truth ended the political career of a governor who just two short years ago was looked to as a...