It might be fun for some people to travel to a riot, smash some stuff up, and head home thinking they have struck a blow for some cause or other.…
California is giving America a preview of the Green New Deal. Millions of families have had their power shut off because of the bad decisions made by politicians. These politicians…
In true teachers' union fashion, the American Federation of Teachers' convention was ideologically driven and focused on non-educational policy. In fact, the union's political agenda includes policy ideas that "are…
Last weekend, two million Californians suffered through rolling blackouts during record-breaking heat because cloud cover reduced the amount of electricity generated from solar power, and low wind speeds resulted in…
Nearly three-quarters (22) of the top 30 Minnesota jobs currently in demand don't require an associate or bachelor's degree.
As a matter of arithmetic, at least 23% of those who said they wanted to cut the police department's funding also said that they didn't want to cut the number…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Research continues to show that protectionist policies significantly hurt consumers and the economy more than they help protected industries.
Under leftist Gov. Tim Walz, the Minnesota State Patrol has repeatedly looked the other way as favored political protesters flagrantly broke the law and endangered public safety. Most infamously, the…
With homicides up 46% over last year, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter wants to cut $9.2 million from the police budget and spend $100,000 hiring a new political director.
Wind and solar prices are rising across the country and they will likely to continue rising for the foreseeable future, according to the publication Utility Dive.
Senator Bernie Sanders wants to impose a 60% tax on the wealth that billionaires made during the duration of the pandemic. But setting aside the damaging impacts of wealth taxation,…
Just when you might think it couldn’t get any tougher for riot-ravaged small business owners in Minneapolis, city bureaucrats dream up a new way to make their comeback even more…
The leaders of Minnesota's teachers' union, Education Minnesota, are standing with groups who want to make schools less safe by defunding the police and taking away School Resource Officers (SROs). But…
Buried within Xcel Energy’s latest resource planning documents lies a dire warning about the rapidly growing presence of wind and solar energy sources on Minnesota’s electrical grid. [Appendix J of the document].…
Covid-19 and the policy responses to it tanked economies all over the world. Sen. Kamala Harris doesn't think her 'liberal' constituents know that.
Amidst mounting frustration with the state and national teachers’ union, a small group of teachers in Becker, Minnesota decided to try something different. They successfully petitioned the state to call…
Starting fall 2026, public schools across the state will be required to implement new K-12 academic standards and benchmarks in social studies. Since there is no external approval process on…
The last few years will go down in history as a time when fraudsters brazenly stole billions of dollars from Minnesota and federal taxpayers while state regulators looked the other…
Gov. Tim Walz delivered his final State of the State address last Tuesday evening, using the speech to tout false education “successes,” claim he lowered taxes for Minnesotans, and take…