Just like any subsidies, housing subsidies will not make housing cheaper; it will push cost on to tax payers without addressing the root cause of the problem.
The frigid weather on Saturday, January 18 did not deter participants and spectators from the annual Autonomous Snowplow Competition held this year at Dunwoody College of Technology in Minneapolis. The…
A response to our Monday op ed in the Star Tribune highlights the pitfalls of replying to things before reading them.
It appears Governor Walz is accelerating his push to circumvent the legislative process by using the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) to impose unpopular California car mandates on Minnesota. These…
Tomorrow the United States House of Representatives is expected to vote on the PRO Act (H.R. 2474), a bill that would eliminate workers’ rights to choose to join a union. Catrin…
It may not exactly be an open checkbook of public funding for the arts in Rochester, but close enough. Last year the city doled out more than $850,000 in taxpayer…
The link between wages and productivity is currently one of the most hotly contested issues in political economy. The evidence shows, in fact, that the link holds. To raise wages,…
This testimony before the Minnesota Senate Education Committee was delivered on February 5, 2020. Madam Chair and Members of the Committee, my name is Mitch Pearlstein and it’s an honor…
On Monday, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) voted in favor of three key approvals for the Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project, a revised environmental review, a certificate of…
Public criticism and concern continues to mount over the dangers of riding the Twin Cities’ light rail system and lax enforcement by local authorities. Serious crime has shot up by…
Tomorrow, the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a hearing on a bill that would permanently ban mining for precious metals in more than 200,000 acres in Northeastern Minnesota. The…
In response to National School Choice Week, the #ILovePublicSchools Twitter hashtag was scheduled to evoke support for public schools, according to Choice Media. But the top tweets under the #ILovePublicSchools…
IRS stats show that Minnesota has a net inflow of lower income residents. We reported these publicly available numbers. Bob Collins, formerly of MPR, said that was racist.
Former Democratic US Senator Heidi Heitkamp was soundly booted from office by her North Dakota constituents back in 2018. But she still has some $4.5 million in campaign contributions left…
The Star Tribune published a bombshell story last Thursday entitled “Xcel Quarterly Profits up 35 Percent, Buoyed by Rate Increases,” which reported Xcel Energy’s quarterly profits for the last quarter…
And it's not just the rich and elderly moving to lower-tax states.
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…