Not everyone. In fact, not most people. The Center’s new program, “Great Jobs Without a Four-Year Degree,” highlights the fact that there are many rewarding careers that don’t require a…
We all want to see higher wages and workers with more money to spend. What are the things we should be looking at to really accomplish that?
Yesterday I noted news released this week from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that shows only half the insurers that offered coverage on Obamacare exchanges in 2016 plan…
The MN Department of Education’s (MDE) School Safety Technical Assistance Council is a week away from approving its controversial transgender and gender nonconforming “resource toolkit.” The initial 29-page document that…
On Monday the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that only 141 health insurers filed applications to offer health plans through the federal Obamacare exchanges in 2018. As…
Peter McLaughlin is a Hennepin County Commissioner and perhaps Minnesota’s foremost advocate for wasteful spending on fixed rail transit. He is a member of the Metropolitan Council’s Southwest Light Rail…
The enemy of progress
What Minnesota agriculture needs from its next governor
CNBC's latest Top States for Business rankings give Minnesota a good grade overall, but economic policy gets a fail
What if Rudy Perpich were still fighting for school choice?
House committee scrutinizes the controversial home care worker contract
This issue illustrates how an unelected New Elite undermines American freedoms
John Phelan is appointed the Center’s first staff economist
Trump signs Jason Lewis bill to halt Met Council expansion
Author Nicholas Eberstadt highlights the troubling class of men who have removed themselves from the job market
American Experiment’s newest animated video follows a basement-bound gamer
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…