We recently wrote about hundreds of thousands of Xcel Energy customers in Colorado who lost power as high winds damaged power lines, and Xcel preemptively shut off the power to 55,000 customers to mitigate the risk of wildfires. Among the customers who lost...
Last week, my colleague, Martha Njolomole, wrote that Minnesota’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in 2023 ranked 43rd in the country. This relatively poor performance wasn’t an anomaly. Indeed, as… April 1, 2024 by John Phelan Source...
Abdulahi Osman has NOT been charged with any crime. Nor does his name appear in any indictment or search warrant in the Feeding Our Future list. However, his name does appear eight (8) times on a list of trial exhibits submitted by the U.S. Attorney’s office in...
A new study from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has found that replacing retiring coal plants with the same amount of nuclear capacity would increase the number of high-paying jobs in local communities. The study and information guide found that...
Regulation Minnesota Reformer: Uber and Lyft are the corporations that cry wolf WCCO: Will Uber and Lyft really leave the Twin Cities? Deadline nears for rideshare wage compromise Star Tribune: If Uber, Lyft leave Minneapolis, nearly a dozen competing rideshare...
Determining a child’s academic progress is complicated. There are many different measures used to help determine how a student is doing academically — teacher observations, in-class assignments, quizzes and tests, report cards, benchmark exams, and standardized...
After shutting down in 2020 due to the pandemic and the following year by concerns over crime and “civil unrest,” the Uptown Art Fair in south Minneapolis appeared to be back on track the past two years. Dozens of artists and sponsors had already signed up for...
If a new proposal moving through the legislature passes, Minnesota will require companies to pay for the recycling of packaging waste, among other things. HF 3577 and SF 3561 have had numerous hearings in both House and Senate Committees. Called the Packaging...
One area where there is a good deal of bipartisan agreement in Minnesota is the need to expand broadband internet. The growth of remote work offers the opportunity to spread economic activity more evenly across the state, alleviating house price pressures and...
The so-called North Star Act would prohibit cooperation on the part of local, county and state law enforcement agencies with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. American Experiment’s latest Thinking Minnesota poll shows Minnesotans overwhelmingly...