Four Reasons Why Lori Sturdevant Is Wrong on Republicans, Renewable Energy

Lori Sturdevant wrote an editorial in the Star Tribune last weekend about how Republican lawmakers should embrace "clean energy" or face certain disaster at the polls in the 2020 elections. Taking this advice, however, would be a "no-no" for four main reasons...

The Janus Effect: Teachers’ union opens resignation window to 30 days

The good news: the state's teachers' union Education Minnesota has widened its September opt-out "window" from seven days to 30 days. The bad news: the window still exists and is problematic to teachers' ability to fully exercise their First Amendment rights.

Twin Cities housing isn’t expensive because developers and landlords are ‘greedy’

If we want to see more affordable housing we have to look at the factors driving demand and supply. Simplistic explanations such as 'greed' only encourage counter productive policies like rent control. 

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Top 5 Reasons Educators Opt-Out of Union Membership

Union membership is a personal decision. And educators are exercising their newly restored right to not financially support a union for a variety of reasons. Check out the Top 5 reasons educators are opting out of union membership.

Oil Imports From OPEC Reach 30 Year Low Thanks to Fracking

Oil imports from OPEC countries have reached their lowest level in 30 years, but it’s not because of wind and solar. It’s because of American oil producers ramping up production using a combination of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking. As you can see, oil imports from OPEC nations like Saudi Arabia and Venezuela have declined precipitously since 2008, when the revolution in oil and natural gas production began to find its stride. Since that time, the United States has become the largest producer of both oil and natural gas in the world. OPEC’s declining importance to...

Rent controls aren’t the solution to the affordable housing shortage

High prices aren't problems, they're symptoms of problems. High rents are big, flashing lights telling us to sort out the mismatch between demand and supply.

Minnesota’s economic news, w/e 6/21/19

A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.