The optics may be different than the case featuring a showdown between an inflatable Mario outside a Florida video store and local authorities determined to ban it. But the same…
McGregor-based FLOE International is partnering with Aitkin High School to introduce students to manufacturing through a well-equipped industrial arts shop at the school.
Minnesota is one step closer to opening its first copper-nickel mine, as the State Court of Appeals has rejected a lawsuit from anti-mining groups who had hoped to force PolyMet…
As Minnesota maneuvers through very real workforce challenges, Big Lake High School is stepping in to help close the skills gap through its work-based learning program. The program called REAL…
How much damage did Minnesota's politicians do this session?
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
The decline of teen employment doesn't just exacerbate the challenges Minnesota's aging population poses, it postpones the accumulation of 'soft skills' which will help these kids throughout their working lives.
China's leaders are not fools. They might not practice democracy, but they do understand it. Their retaliatory tariffs have been concentrated on agricultural exports from places like Minnesota.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
There are great things about Minnesota which make it a wonderful place to live. But its economy is not, perhaps, foremost among them.
The inability to attract qualified labor is impeding manufacturing companies’ ability to grow, according to results of an annual survey by Enterprise Minnesota.
The argument that Minnesota performs well on rankings like those of U.S. News and World Report just is not supported by the evidence.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
It is possible that Gov. Newsom really did think that gas taxes could be hiked without driving up prices, there are many people for whom economics is just something that…
On average, states which saw the largest gains in household income for the top 5% between 2010 and 2017 also saw the largest gains in household income for the bottom…
“Most economic fallacies derive from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie, that one party can gain only at the expense of another” - Milton Friedman
The Minneapolis-based brewery, Indeed, is expanding its business…in Milwaukee, which we all know is Algonquin for “The Good Land.” Indeed will open a 10-barrel brewery and taproom that will serve…
The following article as written by Duggan Flanakin at CFACT.org: History was made in March when federal officials gave the green light for construction and operation of copper mines in…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota
City Pages is great if you want to know where to hear live bluegrass or buy a vegan burger. But if you want any understanding of economic policy, look elsewhere.
If Minnesota had matched the national rate of GDP growth since 2010, per capita GDP would have been $1,418 higher than it was in 2018.
New data shows that Minnesota had the 22nd fastest growing economy in the US in 2018, down from 14th in 2017.
The argument against preemption is also an argument against a statewide minimum wage.
The Magic Money Tree which will pay for trillions of dollars of new spending has a new name: Modern Monetary Theory