Nearly a decade ago, a federal investigation into the Ferguson, Missouri, police department drew widespread attention to how many municipalities rely on funding from hefty court fees and fines, often resulting from minor automobile-related violations. This encourages aggressive enforcement and ...

It was never realistic to expect that Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. would go before Congress for a clobbering over Supreme Court ethics rules. But citizens are entitled to expect more from him than what they got this week after he decided not to testify before the Senate Judiciary ...

Crackdown on gangs Thumbs up The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minneapolis is getting tough on gang crime in Minneapolis, using the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) statute to target three of the largest, most violent street gangs in the city. This week 45 people have been ...

Many of today’s economic problems can be related to workforce shortages, but we’ve spent little time thinking about one simple solution: immigration. An analysis by Anthony Schaffhauser of the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development showed that returning to immigration ...

As Minnesota House and Senate finalize a bill, state should provide for stronger local control. Minnesota is about to embark on a new era, one in which recreational marijuana will be legal, after passage by both the House and Senate. If anything is clear about the protracted debate over ...

In this era of so-called parental rights in public education, hypocrisy abounds. Texas lawmakers are concerned about the content children could be exposed to in public school libraries, but have moved forward with separate pieces of legislation that would require the Ten Commandments be ...