Anti-mining activist Becky Rom was rebuked this week in Ely, Minnesota, when the city council unanimously passed a pro-mining resolution. According to the Star Tribune, more than 100 people packed…
Proponents of Governor Walz’s California Car mandates have argued that electric vehicles are the wave of the future, and that mandates for electric cars are needed to supply the large…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
A program pioneered by the countertop manufacturer Cambria to offer English language classes to help immigrant workers better succeed at work and in society has become a model for both…
The job sector is facing two issues: (1) employers cannot find qualified individuals to fill positions in their companies (2) individuals do not qualify for high paying high skilled jobs.…
One of the biggest issues for Minnesota’s electric grid is the topic of transmission lines. Transmission lines are expensive, and renewable energy sources, especially wind, require a lot more transmission…
There is good reason that 81% of economists agree that rent controls are bad policy. The harmful consequences of Berlin's rent controls are just one more example.
Today the Minnesota Senate’s State Government Finance and Policy and Elections Committee passed S.F. 3496, which would prevent the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency from copying regulations enacted by the California Air…
Time and time again, evidence has shown that occupational licensing often exists not to protect the public, but rather incumbent producers from competition. By discouraging new entrants, incumbents are able…
Thomas Sowell is a brilliant economist and social theorist currently a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. Sowell has been one of the modern-day’s big advocates against the social welfare…
Today was a step forward for the efforts of conservative lawmakers to prevent the Walz administration from imposing unpopular California car mandates on Minnesotans. Senate File 3496 passed out of…
But has that made the average American any better off?
This week the Minnesota House’s Energy and Climate Finance and Policy Division passed H.F. 1405, the Clean Energy First Act. The bill’s companion in the Senate, S.F. 1456, passed in…
Apparently the Minnesota Voters Alliance hasn’t grown tired of all the winning yet. The MVA has compiled an impressive list of legal victories in its mission of insuring the integrity…
If you build them, the wind won’t necessarily come. I’ve recently reported that wind facilities in Minnesota produced less electricity in 2018 than 2017, and newly-released data from the U.S.…
The 1619 Project's essay on slavery and capitalism got it wrong about the 19th century economy. It was also pretty far off on the current economy.
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…