Amid fears of ICE raids, Minneapolis businesses say some customers are scared and staying home, by @shadib.bsky.social

Yes, housing does seem to be the common denominator in economists' views of what is keeping the working class out of the middle class, and keeping middle-income Minnesotans from gaining equity and feeling more comfortable in their circumstances

How is Minnesota's economy doing? Increasingly, it depends on who you are. A great explainer by @shadib.bsky.social on what the country's K-shaped economy looks like here.

Part 1 of 3 in a series I wrote on Minnesota’s diverging economy/ies. Thank you Joe and Barry for bringing me into your financial realities and letting me share them with our readers! www.minnpost.com/economy/2025...

I haven’t ready the other finalists, but did happen to go right through Booker prize winner Flesh by Hungarian-British writer David Szalay. If you like the idea of negative space in visual art, imagine it being used in text. This review might explain better. www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...

RSF forces have forced army to withdraw from El Fasher, effectively consolidating control in the vast region of Darfur, amid reports of civilian massacres —Fear of mass killings as thousands trapped in besieged Sudan city taken by militia group - BBC News

Wanted to thank the experts at @umnsph.bsky.social and @taxfoundation.bsky.social for weighing in on the health and economic concerns around Minnesota's increased cannabis tax for this article www.minnpost.com/state-govern....

www.minnpost.com/economy/2025... Latest on the politicization of data -- data we all somehow, somewhere use to understand the world around us.

www.minnpost.com/state-govern... “Man, I wish I could remember him” — my colleague and I dive into the advisory board that was the crux of misinformation that the suspected Minnesota assassin was an “employee” of the governor

www.minnpost.com/mental-healt... Here’s hoping this expanded wing of Anoka treatment center is built soon and that those suffering in jail and hospitals get the help they need

To reiterate, it took 4 hours of a special session that leaders hope will last less than 24 hours to pass this one bill, with 13 more to go. The MN Senate, which will now move on to the MinnesotaCare bill, got through five bills in the same time period.

MN House passes, after 4 hours of debate, the measure that will take away access to MinnesotaCare from undocumented adults. The 68 "ayes" were all 67 of the chamber's Republicans, plus DFL Speaker Melissa Hortman, who struck the budget deal that led to this measure. Rep. Fischer (DFL) abstained.

Final tally for Rep. Sencer-Mura's aforementioned amendment, which failed: All 67 Republicans voted red, 64 DFL voted green, and three DFLers did not vote (Speaker Melissas Hortman, Rep. Peter Fischer, and Rep. Huldah Momanyi Hiltsley). pbs.twimg.com/media/GtA6Da...

Re: Bill ending access to MinnesotaCare to undocumented adults, Rep. Sencer-Mura introduced amendment that allows continued access for 1) underage who will age out, 2) those over 59 y.o., 3) those with "critical health conditions". Amendment failed 64-67.

Brings to my mind why the Univ of MN Twin Cities - under investigation by the feds - has stayed mum about what, if anything, they may do to push back, even as other Big Ten schools try to band together.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/w... remarkable foresight (if true) on the part of Soviet operatives

Looks like House GOP members are making it an even tougher sell that their party represents the working class, a key but fickle Trump constituency, pushing back against the president’s suggested tax increases on the ultrarich and private equity in their draft tax bill www.axios.com/2025/05/15/t...

Have not been great at posting my articles in a timely fashion, but that ends now! Here’s the latest on the wildfires up north and how this intense fire season fits into Minnesota’s history: www.minnpost.com/environment/...