Rep. Chris Swedzinski, R-Ghent, called it the homestretch in his weekly legislative newsletter that he emailed out before the Easter break. There’s about five weeks left in 2022 session for the Minnesota Legislature. And like sessions of the past, members of the House and Senate are leaving ...

It’s a disheartening sign of the times when The Associated Press, the gold standard of reporting real news for the better part of two centuries, is compelled to publish a regular feature called “Not Real News.” This is what the digital medium has wrought: a dystopian hellscape of savage ...

Last month more than 1,000 farmers, workers in the ethanol industry and other biofuel supporters sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to allow broader use of lower-cost ethanol blends like E-15. The letter stated that ethanol is the solution to record-high gas prices. Apparently, ...

It’s one week until tax day. For most Americans it’s time to pay the piper for the income they’ve well-earned making a living for basic expenses like housing and food. Except for the ultrawealthy. Megabillionaires and their ilk pay...nothing. There are many ways to evade taxes, but ...

The Republicans in the Minnesota Senate are pushing for a big tax cut for taxpayers, but members of DFL in the Legislature are not buying it. The Senate passed an $8.4 billion tax cut bill Thursday. Legislative leaders, however, realize that the tax plan could look very different when the ...

On Wednesday, House Democrats grilled oil executives once more on Capitol Hill over rising gas prices. It was the typical finger-pointing circus that has been going on since the prices at the pumps have soared. One Democrat accused the oil execs of “ripping off the American people” and ...