Illegal aliens are seeing ever greater success in their habeas petitions filed in Minnesota federal cout. Joe Biden-appointed Judge Jeffrey M. Bryan leads Minnesota-based federal district judges in defying an 8th Circuit court of appeals’ ruling on the...
Minneapolis police are investigating two unrelated mass shootings that took place about 20 hours apart on Sunday in South Minneapolis. A total of 14 people were shot in the two incidents, and one person has died. No arrests have been made, and police have not...
Undergraduate enrollment at Minnesota’s public two-year schools increased more than 10 percent from 2024 to 2025, according to data from the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC). While the latest two-year sector enrollment data is about two percent lower than...
On July 1, news broke that a three-person panel containing Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison had pardoned a man who had been convicted of repeatedly raping a 10-year-old girl, apparently to help him avoid deportation and remain in Minnesota....
Iris Garcia Salamanca made her first court appearance yesterday on multiple drug distribution charges. The hearing took place at the federal courthouse in downtown St. Paul and your correspondent was there. The case involves a major federal drug distribution...
Regulation KSTP: Business owners await decision this month on whether paid leave payroll tax will go up KSTP: Minnesota’s Paid Family Leave program paying out nearly $600M. Is wage tax funding enough to keep it going? St. Cloud Times: Minnesota paid leave...
This is my fourth post, of hopefully many to come, as a regular weekly resource for our readers: for news, commentary and more; on energy, environment and natural resources; from around the state, country and world. The top ten stories, for the week ending on...
Abdikerm Abdelahi Eidleh, most recently an international fugitive from justice, appeared in court this afternoon at the federal courthouse in downtown St. Paul. Your correspondent was there. Yesterday, the U.S. Attorney for Minnesota put out a press release...
Ryan Wolner Booking Photo – Martin County Sheriff’s Office Bail in Minnesota Minnesota is an outlier among states when it comes to mandating bail in criminal cases. Minnesota’s courts have interpreted the Minnesota Constitution to mandate a “bail only” option...
There’s an old Schoolhouse Rock jingle that explains in about three minutes how a lonely bill on Capitol Hill hopes to become a law someday. Catchy tune, and it taught something. For young Minnesotans, a week with the Summer Student Senate is a chance to...