Although he has not been charged with or accused of any wrongdoing in the case, the name Abdirizak Diis features prominently in a key document for the upcoming free-food trial. The Federal trial will begin Monday morning of eight defendants associated with a...
Finally some leadership! A school board member in the state’s largest school district threw down the gauntlet this week with a list of policies, practices and funding choices that need to change before he and his colleagues will vote to approve the next budget....
Monopoly electric utility companies in Wisconsin are seeking massive bill increases on their customers because these companies are malinvesting $800 million by building new wind turbines, solar panels, and natural gas plants to replace the state’s retiring coal...
Childcare providers are having a hard time recruiting workers in Minnesota. According to the Star Tribune, A March survey by the Minneapolis Fed and First Children’s Finance found even though hiring woes have eased since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
A reader sent me this piece in the MN Reformer, reporting on the ongoing efforts of Uber and Lyft to leave the Minneapolis market as the city implements new rideshare regulations. The Reformer headline, Uber closes driver resource center in Minneapolis despite...
It’s a pleasure to join Center of the American Experiment as an energy policy fellow. As a born and raised Alaskan, I am deeply concerned with reducing the red tape surrounding often-controversial energy and resource development projects. I am a StateBeat...
American Experiment’s John Phelan and Bill Walsh sit down with Senator Zach Duckworth to discuss the possibility of Uber and Lyft leaving the Twin Cities Metro Area – and what can be done to fix it. The post New podcast explores Uber/Lyft issues with Sen....
As I noted yesterday, the Star Tribune carried an article last week by Evan Ramstad which provided a decent tour d’horizon of the economic debate in Minnesota. Titled “Guess what, Minnesota: Retirees are moving here, not leaving,” it refuted the idea that...
On July 31st at 2 am on I-94 in North Minneapolis, three Minnesota State Patrol (MSP) troopers attempted to arrest Ricky Cobb II for a felony domestic abuse no contact order violation issued out of Ramsey County. Instead of complying with the Trooper’s...
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the Minnesota Department of Education’s release of 2023 graduation data. The department reported a slight decline compared to the 2022 graduation rate — from 83.6 percent to 83.3 percent, or a 0.3 percentage point decrease —...