Featuring: Minnesota ranks in the bottom 10 in state business tax climate, Farmington reassessing their liquor monopoly, school choice and the achievement gap, and plenty more.

Special edition e-update featuring the latest on childcare unionization in Minnesota.

ST. PAUL, MN- A group of child care providers from across Minnesota plan to file a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis as soon as today challenging child care unionization on constitutional grounds.

When the highly touted Northstar commuter rail line debuted with 20 percent fewer riders than supporters promised in its first year of service, transit officials promptly lowered expectations for year two.  Metro Transit reduced the projected number of passengers from 897,000 in 2010 to 750,000 in 2011, anticipating about 16 percent fewer riders than predicted for the inaugural year. Read more...

Featuring: Our essay contest for students, an internship opportunity in DC for college and graduate students, MN State News coverage on the caucuses and primaries, and FFM in the news!

FFM CEO Annette Meeks was quoted in a piece from the Heartland Institute on North Dakota’s lawsuit against the State of Minnesota over the Next Generation Energy Act (NGEA). 

Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, and Happy New Year from the Freedom Foundation of Minnesota! Read a few stories on Sen. Coburn's "Wastebook", a fiber project in rural MN, and more.

FFM CEO Annette Meeks made an appearance on Tuesday's FOX 9 News to discuss the payroll tax proposal currently being debated in Congress. Annette was interviewed by Heidi Collins and was opposite AM-950's Nancy Nelson.

Featuring: FFM welcomes Gov. Jon Huntsman to MN, Buffalo in a "tough lie" with muni-golf course, ninth time's the charm for Brooklyn Center, and more.

An initiative led by Congressman John Kline (MN-R) would do more than terminate the federal stimulus renewable energy program that funded the bankrupt $535 million notorious Solyndra solar power project. If successful, it would also knock the wind out of a key funding source for one of the nation’s most controversial wind projects.