Minnesota is once again administering a summer meal program that was exploited in the biggest fraud case connected to federal child nutrition programs. The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) recently announced it will again run the federally funded Summer...
Both Minnesota and Texas are in the process of implementing new social studies standards that brought backlash for their politicized origin, alleged instructional bias, and sweeping changes. Besides the fact that Texas boasts the beginning of Interstate-35 and...
Historical approach to mental illness and chemical dependency Up through the 1960’s, Minnesota, like much of the nation, had developed a significant state hospital structure where some 16,000 patients were involuntarily held and treated across a system of 11...
An idea popped into my head last week to create a new simple index of electricity prices for Minnesota’s Twin Cities of Minneapolis St Paul (MSP). Which I then did. I am calling it the MSP Electricity Misery Index. Or MEMI for short. But provocatively...
Minnesota taxpayers forced to foot the bill for Walz’s fraud failures?! A new social media law hits Minnesota users soon, taxpayers may face a $130 million penalty over the state’s high SNAP error rate, and St. Paul’s budget deal has serious implications for...
A new national poll shows broad, bipartisan consensus that teaching history and civics matters, and that schools aren’t delivering enough of either. The May survey, commissioned by Morning Consult on behalf of EdChoice, found that about three-quarters of both...
The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution reads, in full: No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia,...
Kevon Devante Rayshun Ousley, 31, appeared in federal court in downtown St. Paul this afternoon, indicted on a felony count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Your correspondent was there. The previous felony cited in the June 25 federal indictment...
Saint Paul Public School District, the second largest district in the state, has just passed a new budget that narrowly avoids any budget shortfalls. It hasn’t always been sunshine and roses lately for the district. Faced with a similar demographic decline as...
Minnesota’s new social media warning law passed during the 2025 special legislative session requires social media companies to display a mental health warning label to users on their sites. The provision is set to go into effect July 1, 2026. But a tech...