Checking up on national electricity prices: Minnesota continues to have the highest rates in its local region, and prices above the national median, according to the latest data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). January’s Electric Power...
Last week, the DFL tweeted: State legislators are understandably concerned about the DFL’s embrace of such “direct action” tactics. As a safeguard, Rep. Walter Hudson (R) and, Alpha News reports, “over two dozen co-authors, all of whom are Republican,” have...
As the Minnesota Legislature begins its 2026 session, lawmakers are under pressure to address widespread waste, fraud, and abuse in public programs—issues that have made national headlines and turned Minnesota into a frequent target for late-night comedians....
Federal district Judge Laura Provinzino (Biden appointee) has found a government lawyer in contempt of court, imposing a $500-a-day fine, for not returning an illegal alien’s ID to him fast enough for her satisfaction. There is not one bit of hyperbole or...
In my session preview on Monday, I wrote that “the Republicans are leading with fraud” while “the DFL is prioritizing immigration.” This was quickly born out. Yesterday, MinneapoliMedia reported on the launch of: …the North Star Act (HF1100 / SF1181), a...
Fahima Mahamud became the 79th defendant charged in the sprawling Feeding Our Future fraud case, and the first to be charged in 2026. She is currently being held in the federal lockup at the Sherburne County jail. According to court filings in the case, Mahamud...
Junior de Jesus Herrera Berrios, aged just 18, is a popular man. We have not one but two separate habeas corpus petitions seeking his release from ICE custody. First, some backstory. In 2022, Herrera, then-aged 15 and from Guatemala, crossed the U.S. border,...
Grace and Kathryn dig into Governor Walz’s $10 million “relief package” proposal to bail out businesses negatively impacted by the ICE surge. How can we trust this administration to hand out more money without losing it to fraud? Speaking of which, the...
North Dakota will soon be experimenting with team-taught classroom models. The Peace Garden state recently became the first state in the nation to be approved by the U.S. Department of Labor for a new Lead Teacher Registered Apprenticeship. North Dakota...
A new interactive tool from Georgetown University’s Edunomics Lab gives school leaders, parents, and community members the ability to assess how public school staffing has changed in recent years. The WANDA K-12 workforce dataset, which draws from the National...