In the 2026 fiscal year, 37 percent of all government revenue in Minnesota will come from Washington, D.C. Despite heavy panic, the federal government shutdown currently underway is unlikely to disrupt the flow of these funds, the majority of which are for...
This article is part of a series that examines Minnesota’s recent early literacy education reforms and compares them to successful early literacy education reforms throughout the country. Today’s focus is on student retention policies. Florida, Mississippi,...
Mississippi’s rise in reading literacy has drawn national attention — not as a one-off success, but as evidence of sustained, systemic change that other states are now studying closely. Over the last 10 years, not only have Mississippi’s average reading scores...
Federal prosecutors filed a motion yesterday to revoke the pre-trial release of Abdiwahab Ahmed Mohamud. He is Defendant No. 25, overall, in the sprawling free-food scandal. Mohamud, now aged 35, is the last remaining defendant from the S&S Catering group....
German Tinoco-Perez, age 35, is scheduled to appear in federal court in downtown St. Paul this afternoon. He is charged with a felony count of illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien and is expected to plead guilty. In a pre-hearing court filing, his...
Housing and zoning “Overly restrictive local zoning is the fundamental cause of America’s housing shortage,” according to the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. “Cities and counties have employed their state-delegated zoning power to outlaw certain...
In our report “The State of Minnesota’s Economy: 2020: A focus on economic growth,” we wrote that: Per capita economic growth comes from three sources: an increase in the amount of labor provided by a given population (a higher employment rate/ratio or hours...
Eden Prairie High School hailed a beloved teacher as the winner of a national contest this Tuesday. Sheila Stalberger, who teaches Intro to Woodcrafting, Intermediate Wood Custom Design, and Advanced Wood Crafting in the Industrial Technology Program at Eden...
Photo: Gage Skidmore via Flickr. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/54506735101/) The murder of Charlie Kirk has raised awareness of the danger that politicized anger and resentment pose to American society. Attention...
Because we have to rely on the New York Post to learn what’s happening in Minnesota, Bombshell ICE sweep in Minneapolis-St. Paul finds 50% of immigrants had committed immigration fraud What kinds of fraud? All kinds of fraud. The U.S. Citizenship and...