Recent advocacy around solving non-fatal shootings in Minnesota led to my invitation to paticipate in this week’s Niskanen Center Third Annual Criminal Justice Convening in Savannah Georgia. The event brought together nearly 70 research, advocacy, and policy...
Nearly two-thirds of Minnesota 11th graders are below grade level in math, and the class of 2025 posted the worst academic performance on record for a graduating cohort even as it earned the highest graduation rate ever. As measured by the state’s Minnesota...
“Affordability” has become a political buzz word in recent times, starting with Democrats in November 2025 and then later adopted by Republicans by at least March of this year. As Democrat pollster Geoff Garin put it: “The word’s important, because it speaks to...
Walz says he can “find no reason how Minnesota will be safer” by deporting an illegal immigrant rapist… Why did Walz and Ellison pardon the illegal immigrant rapist deported by the Trump administration? Is Minnesota actually one of the best states for...
Comments by state Clemency Review Commission members raise more questions about the controversial pardon of convicted child rapist, Tou Lue Vang. From Fox News, Exposed docs reveal why Tim Walz board awarded repeat child rapist pardon: ‘No future’ Tue Lue Vang,...
The Star Tribune reports that, on Monday, Abdirashid Bixi Dool pleaded guilty in Minnesota federal court to defrauding the U.S. government, admitting that only a fraction of the federal funds he was issued were spent on food for children he claimed to serve....
Earlier this month, it was reported that “Nonfarm jobs” in Minnesota increased by 5,400 between April and May. As I’ve noted before, these estimates of the number of jobs come from the Establishment survey which the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) collects as...
Abdirashid Bixi Dool, age 37, became the 69th defendant convicted in the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal. Dool entered a guilty plea in federal court in downtown Minneapolis this afternoon. Your correspondent was there. Dool pled guilty to one count of wire...
The actor Sam Neill died earlier today aged 78. He appeared in a number of fine movies — Sleeping Dogs, Dead Calm, The Piano, Jurassic Park, Event Horizon — and a couple — Omen III and Attack Force Z — which maybe aren’t so fine but which I quite like...
Last week, CNBC placed Minnesota fifth in its “Top States for Business” rankings. Governor Walz took to social media to celebrate: Businesses in top industries, from health care to renewable energy and manufacturing, understand the benefits of investing and...