On Aug. 16, the Star Tribune reported that, with just a week until the state Fair opening, vendors were having a hard time attracting workers. With the Minnesota State Fair…
The first day back to school at Pine Island promises to be like none other. Not because students and teachers will actually be back in the classroom in person again.…
The regional electric grid operator, the Midcontinent Independent Systems Operator (MISO), has issued three alerts suggesting electricity supplies could be tight today due to high electricity demand. The situation will…
Labor market Bloomberg Tax: Minnesota’s Hourly Minimum Wages Expected to Rise in 2022 Star Tribune: Minnesota State Fair and its vendors scramble to find workers Star Tribune: Red Wing Shoes,…
Roger Pielke Jr., a professor at the University of Colorado, comes back on the podcast for a second time. In this episode, he talks about the “catastrophe bias” in the…
The COVID-19 pandemic and debates about energy policy and climate change highlight a troubling trend among many liberals to use science as an appeal to authority to stifle important debates…
On Tuesday, Rochester Mayor Kim Norton issued an emergency declaration requiring protective masks to be worn indoors throughout the city in all areas where “medically vulnerable individuals or children under…
When the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) was introduced in 2017, opponents claimed the bill was a giveaway to the rich. Data from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), however,…
As parents and school leadership butt heads over school mask mandates, “some physicians and scientists have recently claimed that the best evidence shows that masks are not an effective measure…
On Wednesday, I wrote about how, in a recent interview with the Pioneer Press, I spoke about some of the schemes the federal government used to aid businesses during the…
The Walz administration is seeking to unilaterally impose new regulations that will add more bureaucratic red tape for Minnesota iron ore and copper-nickel mining operations. You can tell the administration…
A new report reveals U.S. elementary school students were four to five months behind their expected level of academic achievement at the end of the 2020 school year, writes Axios.…
Last week the U.S. Senate released their FY2022 Budget Resolution Agreement Framework. This represents the outline of how Democrats in Congress plan to implement President Biden’s $3.5 trillion budget plan…
On the surface the GreenStep Cities program sounds like a no-brainer when the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency pitches it to unsuspecting cities around the state. After all, what could go…
Yesterday, I wrote about new research which suggested that 15 percent of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans were fraudulent. There was always going to be an element of this, I…
With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations surging, health care companies are taking numerous measures to control the virus. Those measures include encouraging workers to get vaccinated. The Mayo Clinic, for example,…
Last week, American Experiment detailed how the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is mad about the fact that natural gas supply shortages in February’s polar vortex will increase home heating…
A couple of weeks ago, I spoke to the Pioneer Press about some of the schemes the federal government used to aid businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as the…
Last week, American Experiment detailed how President Biden, who has hindered North American energy production by canceling the Keystone XL pipeline and issuing a ban on issuing new drilling leases…
Homeschool enrollment increased nationwide last fall as families pursued alternative learning environments to their neighborhood public school. (In Minnesota, homeschool enrollment increased by over 10,000 students compared to fall 2019,…
On August 11, the U.S. Senate passed a massive $3.5 trillion spending plan, which, among other things, includes $225 billion for affordable childcare. Details for the bill are yet to…
It’s now a given among educators that schools must resume and continue providing in-person learning in the classroom this fall at all costs. The damage to students’ education and socialization…
I’ve written before about how affordable housing in the Twin Cities is rare because it’s illegal to build: After all, high prices are simply a signal that demand, in this…
Xcel Energy has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with NuScale Power, a company that is developing small modular nuclear power plants. The announcement is great…