Landing Mills Fleet Farm’s new distribution center was a big win for the City of Chippewa Falls. The 1.1 million square foot facility brought with it a $69 million investment creating 325 jobs. Unfortunately, it also brought a big tax hike in property taxes – thanks to tax incremental financing (TIF). On average, the property…
John Mitchell
DeVos rescinds Obama discipline guidelines, now how do we help students in poverty?
In 2014, the Obama Administration issued a guidance letter warning that if district suspension and expulsion data showed any patterns of discrimination, even if the patterns were not the result of intentional discrimination, the districts could be subject to federal civil rights lawsuits. When the guidance letter was issued districts across the nation moved quickly…
Kristin Kenowski
A Deeper Agenda Inside Public Schools
Out of the 117 men who signed the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Articles of Confederation, only one in four went to college. Yet, they still had the fortitude and knowledge to form our great constitutional Republic! How were they able to exemplify quality intelligence without government schooling? How have we gotten so…
Heather Weininger
Think New York’s Radical Abortion Law Can’t Happen Here? Think Again.
On January 22, New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a radical, pro-abortion bill into law — the so-called “Reproductive Health Act”. This barbaric law allows abortion through the ninth month of pregnancy, removes conscience restrictions from health care providers opposed to abortion, and removes protections from babies born alive after failed abortions. Not to be…
Ph.D., Thomas D. Williams
Pope Francis Praises Sweden’s Moratorium on Immigration
The pope put forward Sweden as an example of a country that had accepted many migrants in the past but realized recently that the migrants coming in were becoming ghettoized rather than integrating in Swedish society, and so put a moratorium on accepting more. “A ruler must use prudence, because prudence is the virtue of…
John Hinderaker
Democratic Senators Move to Disenfranchise Minnesotans
Why would any politician offer legislation that would totally suppress and nullify the votes of Minnesotans, thereby disenfranchising all don’t know. Someone should ask Senators Wiger and Marty. Two Democratic Senators, Charles Wiger and John Marty, have introduced S.F.34, a bill that would enlist Minnesota in the do away with the Electoral College and decide the…