After the individual income tax and sales tax revenues, residential property tax revenues make up the third-highest proportion of Minnesota’s total state and local tax revenues. According to the Tax…
It’s not the most expensive item on Mayor Emily Larson’s wish list for spending $58 million in the latest round of federal COVID-19 relief funds coming to Duluth. But Larson’s…
Gov. Tim Walz has decided to push forward with his deeply unpopular California car mandates, which would require automakers to sell 14,000 EVs per year in Minnesota. Mandating these electric…
In March, I wrote that the so-called “COVID Relief Bill” could block Minnesota’s next governor and legislature from cutting taxes. In May, I followed up, writing that a federal court had…
Prices have been on the rise for all sorts of goods. Turns out, this trend might persist for a long time. About a week ago, the Wall Street Journal reported…
UPDATE: The National Education Association (NEA) has removed all materials from its annual meeting website that mention CRT and other new business items that were passed. The national teachers’ union…
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the amount of “non-fossil fuel” sources of energy accounted for 21 percent of U.S. energy consumption in 2020. While anti-fossil fuel activists…
A month ago, there were more jobs open in Midwest than there were unemployed workers to fill them. “Midwest” might be a slightly awkward geographic entity to analyze but you…
The following article was written by Michael Shellenberger at Substack: Journalists, experts, and elected officials are today blaming heat wave deaths, forest fires, and electricity shortages in New York, California,…
The following piece was originally published by Amy R. Sisk in the Bismarck Tribune: UNDERWOOD — Falkirk Mine worker Daniel Saxberg was eating lunch with his kids at Space Aliens…
Economic growth KPVI: Minnesota ranks 5th worst in new economic outlook analysis State and local taxes and spending Sun This Week: Burnsville will study ‘participatory budgeting’ Pioneer Press: With divided…
To meet in person or not to meet? That is the question for several Rochester volunteer city boards and commissions whose members remain conflicted over whether it’s safe to return…
Earlier today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) published employment numbers for June. And according to the data, Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 850,000 in June, and the unemployment…
New data show that states that voted Republican in the 2020 presidential election “offered in-person learning at nearly twice the rate of those in Democratic states,” reported The 74. This…
The article below originally appeared in the Minneapolis Star Tribune: In the June 7 commentary “Wrong incentives drive energy decisions,” the author correctly notes that utilities have the wrong encouragements. However, these…
Many in America see ills such as poverty and claim that it is government's job to solve them. According to the Declaration of Independence, that isn't how the government of…
On July 1, 2021, the Hennepin County District Court issued a Writ of Mandamus that orders the Minneapolis City Council and Mayor Jacob Frey to “immediately take any and all…
Mississippi just became the latest state to pass a universal occupational licensing bill. This means that 12 states now recognize licenses from other states, making it easier and less burdensome…
The U.S. and Canada famously share the longest undefended border in the world, more than 5,000 miles long. But you’d never know it by the aggressive posture Canada continues to…
The Biden administration’s fiscal year 2022 budget would impose a net tax increase of $1.3 trillion. This comes from $2.3 trillion in new taxes on high-income earners and businesses and $998…
Yesterday, news broke that the Coal Creek Station, a 1,150-megawatt power plant that is the largest electricity generator in the state of North Dakota, has found a new buyer, which…
When Chipotle raised its minimum wage to $15, it also hiked food prices by 4 percent. “It made sense in this scenario to invest in our employees and get these…
The dust is finally settling on the 2021 state budget and the spenders won again. Any chance of lowering taxes and cutting spending was lost when all three entities (House,…
I have commented a few times recently on the puzzle of elevated numbers of unemployed Minnesotans at a time when there are large numbers of jobs available. This puzzle becomes…