Spending & Taxes
Feeding Our Future: stumbling to conviction #64
A funny thing happened on the way to conviction No. 64 in the sprawling free-food scandal. Defendant Suleman Yusuf Mohamed has had his guilty plea hearing rescheduled some three times. The ever-alert Lou Raguse of KARE-11 tracked down the reason why.…
Feeding Our Future: 8th sentence handed down
Feeding Our Future defendant Zamzam Jama was sentenced this morning to six months in jail for her…
The average earner pays more state tax in Minnesota…
Yesterday, I asked “What would a genuine ‘affordability’ agenda look like?” I noted that “the most…
Feeding Our Future: 7th sentence handed down
This morning, at the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis, Judge Nancy Brasel handed down just…
Anti-fraud bills move at the Capitol
From KARE-11, After weeks of gridlock, Inspector General bill to fight fraud finally advances in…
Can immigration address America’s fiscal nightmare? It depends
On February 11, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its latest Budget and Economic Outlook. It made for grim reading. Deficits are historically high, totaling $1.9 trillion in 2026 and projected to grow to $3.1 trillion by 2036. “Relative…
Approvals for Minnesota’s Paid Family and Medical Leave…
Since it launched, as and when the data have become available, I have been tracking the performance…
Did Ellison lie to Congress? Read the transcript
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison appears to have lied to the United States Senate in…
Republican bill to reverse DFL’s car tab hike would…
How the DFL “trifecta” made Minnesota less affordable One of the ways the DFL’s “historic” trifecta…
Money for people
A relatively new charity, with close Minnesota ties, is generating headlines for its worldwide…
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