Minnesota’s economic news, w/e 4/6/17
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
I would like to take a "minuet" to briefly highlight what "noteworthy" music education programs the Minnesota Youth Symphonies (MYS) offers. For 45 years, MYS has given K-12 musicians premier…
You may have heard that hydraulic fracturing, also known as "fracking," has made the United States the largest producer of oil and natural as in the world, but you may…
When students take out, say, $30,000 in loans, do they think that’s all they’re obliged to pay back? Or do they properly factor in interest and realize they will wind…
Recognizing that they likely cost tax revenue, states have been reducing or eliminating their estate taxes in recent years. The increase in the federal exemption in the Tax Cuts and…
The dysfunctionality of Minnesota’s $93 million vehicle licensing system has been pegged as no accident. According to an outside investigator hired by the state’s information technology department, Paul Meekin—the chief…
It’s already tough enough going for drivers attempting to navigate city streets in Minneapolis. But it’s only going to get bumpier, according to a resident who vented in the Star…
New data shows that, on jobs, Minnesota's metropolitan areas are losing ground relative to their neighbors.
Teachers’ unions are one of the largest political campaign spenders in the country. But the members these unions represent do not get to choose who or what their hard-earned money…
Remember when the United States was seemingly about to run out of oil? In 2006, then-President George W. Bush declared the United States was "addicted to oil," and the impending…
With revenue base broadening on the way thanks to the federal tax bill, Minnesota's tax rates will have to come down if our state's residents are not to be hit…
I would also like those at the Met Council involved with committing taxpayers to spend $2 billion on SWLRT, plus millions more annually for operations and maintenance, to read my…
School districts, under pressure from the Obama administration, adopted new student discipline policies referred to often as “restorative justice.” One of the goals was to reduce the number of minority…
The show will go on at Pine Island High School in Pine Island, Minnesota. The home of the Panthers was one of fifty high schools—and the only one in Minnesota—to…
How is watching basketball on television like listening to a string quartet in rehearsal? In each instance, presuming you’re not a high-order expert in either basketball or string quartets, you…
New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that from February 2017 to February 2018 Minnesota's rate of wage growth ranked 45th in the United States. Given our below…
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…