Your correspondent was there this evening at a packed City Hall “community conversation’ on “gun violence.” The meeting was held in the wake of a number of “disturbances” occurring in Edina and in the neighboring city of Eden Prairie. The entire 2-hour event...
Recent “disturbances” in the southwest metro have generated much commentary around the nature of the incidents and who, if anyone, should be held accountable. KSTP-5 reports, Local leaders working to address youth violence following shooting at Eden Prairie...
It might be useful to pull together a few things I and my colleagues have written recently. Billions lost to fraud First, despite the local media’s desperate attempts to obfuscate, it is probably true that billions of dollars of taxpayer’s money has been lost...
The MN PUC announced in a news release on September 25, 2026 that they have launched an investigation into utility affordability. To quote Spike Milligan: “About bloody time!” The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (Commission) has opened a statewide...
The U.S. Treasury Department released proposed regulations and temporary regulations on Thursday (Oct. 1) that clear away some of the cobwebs around the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit (FSTC), also known as the Education Freedom Tax Credit (EFTC), which Congress...
The city goes “online only” for it’s “community conversation” tomorrow (Monday) evening on recent “disturbances” due to “safety concerns.” How far are we willing to fall? As I noted yesterday, your correspondent had pre-registered to attend the “community...
The U.S. Dept. of Justice (DOJ) held a D.C. press conference earlier this week where the U.S. Attorney announced criminal charges against 10 defendants, all noncitizens, who voted in recent Minnesota elections. That thing that never happens, keeps happening....
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The Eden Prairie Police Department had to evacuate the Eden Prairie High School homecoming football game this evening after two young men were shot just outside the gates during a confrontation. This bulletin was posted just before 10 pm: The game against rival...
MPR News hosted a broadcast debate between current Attorney General Keith Ellison (D, running for a third term) and his Republican opponent Ron Schutz. The program aired at noon today (Friday) The full 59-minute debate can be seen here (the program begins at...