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 Cato Institute => The Case for Consumer-Regulated Electricity: Private...
The Big 3 measures for electricity reliability in Minnesota (MN), as well as around the country and world, are SAIFI, SAIDI and CAIDI. The MN Public Utilities Commission (PUC) defines these as follows: System Average Interruption Frequency Index (SAIFI)...
Minnesota’s state budget is heading in a troubling direction, with spending growing faster than taxpayers can sustain. Here are five critical details every Minnesotan needs to know. Minnesota has spent more than it collects in revenue each year since 2024....
Microsoft recently joined forces with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), America’s second-largest teachers’ union, to release a “National AI Safety & Privacy Standard.” The “first-of-its-kind agreement” ensures that “tech companies cannot use...
Image courtesy of KSTP-TV / ABC 5 Eyewitness News The Washington Policy Center (WPC) has uncovered “widespread and systematic factual errors” in the outcomes reporting of the Seattle based drug diversion program, Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD). In...
Earlier this week, the Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) district school board met to hear three proposals from Superintendent Dr. Lisa Sayles-Adams and her team, each outlining a pathway to right-size the district’s physical footprint. It’s about time. The...
Six months ago, the Hennepin County Board set aside $2 million for its “Small Business Recovery Fund.” “Many small businesses in Hennepin County, including immigrant-owned businesses and those that anchor our most vibrant cultural corridors, experienced...
Transparency in state government is important. Without it, the public has less reason to trust that its leaders are making wise and responsible decisions that carefully steward public resources. Minnesota’s Government Data Practices Act starts from the premise...
Doug Reuter grew up in the Twin Cities, lived in Eden Prairie, then settled his family in Owatonna. A Navy veteran and Metropolitan State graduate, he worked in business. He also served two terms in the Minnesota legislature. To battle boredom during long...
Loyal readers know that I’ve been following the habeas corpus/illegal alien phenomenon for more than a year now. Specifically, I’ve been tracking federal court cases (Code: 463) filed by noncitizens seeking their release from ICE custody. The number...