Liz Collin Reports

Send us Fan Mail Attorney James Dickey of the Upper Midwest Law Center joined Liz Collin Reports to explain what comes next after last week’s win at the Minnesota Supreme Court.  The court ruled last week that Minneapolis failed in its duty to employ a minimum of 731 sworn officers as required by the city charter.  “It was a huge win for the people of Minneapolis. What the Supreme Court essentiall...

Send us Fan Mail Dealing drugs, ditching stolen cars, and carrying stacks of stolen bikes — these bizarre and often illegal acts have played out on video near one south Minneapolis lawn all year. “Karen the Camera” has recorded it all. “Karen” is an elaborate security system that was set up by the homeowners who live near a light rail stop. They don’t want to be specific about their location due t...

Send us Fan Mail Cartoonist A.F. Branco joins Liz Collin to discuss his creative process, wokeness and comedy, and the importance of free speech.  “Free speech is there for speech you hate,” Branco said. “If somebody is saying something you don’t like, that means your speech is protected.”  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail A researcher in Minnesota discovered shocking increases in death rates in the state, with year-over-year averages proving to be “astoundingly” high for younger age groups. Researcher Marana Muse joined Liz Collin on her podcast once again to discuss her findings on death data, vaccines and COVID-19 testing in Minnesota. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Scott Jensen joins Liz Collin after winning the GOP endorsement for Minnesota governor.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail House Minority Leader Kurt Daudt joins the show to preview the final weeks of the legislative session. Public safety remains the GOP's top priority and DFL proposals will do nothing to fix the problem, according to Daudt.  He also weighs in on a recent Alpha News investigation involving a prominent activist who has been lying about proposed legislation, and criticizes plans t...

Send us Fan Mail It’s been 25 years since a serial killer went on a murderous rampage that claimed the lives of five people. The killing spree began in Minneapolis in April of 1997 and ended 79 days later — on July 15  — on the steps of a Miami Beach mansion with the murder of Gianni Versace, the Italian fashion designer.  The gunman, Andrew Cunanan, died by suicide eight days later.  Many Minneso...

Send us Fan Mail Colleen Ronnei joined Liz Collin for an episode of Liz Collin Reports this week to share the story of her son’s death and her mission to stop others like it. Luke Ronnei struggled with mental health issues his whole life, Ronnei said, but he received great care and counseling. His anxiety worsened in high school and was coupled with depression. When he was prescribed opioids after...

Send us Fan Mail Katherine Kersten, senior policy fellow at the Center of the American Experiment, joins Liz Collin to discuss her new article exposing "the radical Ethnic Studies addition to Minnesota’s proposed Social Studies standards." SUBSCRIBE: https://alphanews.buzzsprout.com/ Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/36L02s5 Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Caryn Sullivan recently joined Alpha News as a columnist. She talks with Liz Collin about how it's time we stop living in a culture of fear and start thinking clearly again. Sullivan offers sound advice on how to handle life's curveballs and find purpose in the pain.  Read her first two columns here:  https://bit.ly/3vzzYs6 https://bit.ly/3K15J2v Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Two Minnesota residents joined Liz Collin this week for an in-depth look at the data surrounding COVID-19 deaths.  Researcher Marana Muse spent upwards of 1,500 hours studying Minnesota death certificates she obtained from the Minnesota Department of Health and uncovered “illogical” data.  Muse and attorney Greg Pulles analyzed all Minnesota death certificates from 2020 and 2021 f...

Send us Fan Mail Vicki Randall from Brainerd, Minn., lost her son, Sgt. Cody Lee Randall, to suicide during the pandemic in 2020.  He was on base in Alaska where they have experienced a pandemic of their own — of suicides. Cody was seeing a counselor but his access to mental health treatment was cut off because of the government's response to the pandemic.  He left behind a wife and then 5-ye...

Send us Fan Mail On the latest episode of "Liz Collin Reports," Liz spoke with a former public health nurse in Minneapolis who left the field after she said responses to the COVID pandemic made her and her work feel fraudulent. When Liz asked her to elaborate on just what she meant by "feeling like a fraud," Laura Van Luven said she was trained as a public health nurse to incor...

Send us Fan Mail The country shut down in March 2020. Two months later, George Floyd died. This ushered in an unprecedented wave of crime in Minneapolis. Can the city recover? Liz talks with a health care worker and a business owner to find out.  Pafoua Yang's report: https://bit.ly/3tz8bbE SUBSCRIBE: https://bit.ly/36smLsK Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Ryan Witthoft was fired from the Minneapolis Federal Reserve after objecting to the COVID-19 vaccine on religious grounds.  "I loved my job and everything about it," he tells Liz Collin.  But his religious beliefs prevented him from getting the COVID-19 vaccine because they "have all used aborted fetal cells in some way, shape, or form." His religious exemption...

Send us Fan Mail Julie Wicklund of Minneapolis talks with Liz Collin about the group she has formed to fight back. “Right now our whole city is unhealthy," said Wicklund. “The crime situation we are in is an emergency.” Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Liz Collin sits down with Crime Watch Minneapolis to hear how they are running the most successful crime watch social media page in Minnesota! Check out the Liz Collin Reports mini-doc on carjackings in Minnesota Follow Liz on Twitter Follow Crime Watch Minneapolis on Twitter Alpha News Website Music: "solarplex" by Birocratic ( http://birocratic.lnk.to/allYL ) Support t...