NOTE: “Full body camera videos and the Derek Chauvin trial are included at the end of this article – Thao, Kueng, Lane” It was a warm spring night, Memorial Day, May 25, 2020, when George Floyd arrived at the corner of East 38th St and Chicago Ave in Minneapolis in […]
At the beginning of each school board meeting in Rochester, MN the chairman gives an opening invocation: “The board acknowledges this site and all RPS sites are situated on the ancestral land of the Dakota people, and we honor the Dakota Nations and the sacred lands of all indigenous peoples.” […]
Minnesota state government showered more than $1.1 billion directly to nonprofits in the 2023 legislative session through legislatively named grants. What could go wrong? Plenty. There are many problems inherent in this approach to delivering government services. Most prominent among them is due diligence. State agencies typically award a grant […]
