I wrote the op-ed below, on Minnesota’s economy, for some of the free suburban weeklies in the Twin Cities. It is beginning to appear in those papers. One of American…
Property rights proponents are two-for-two so far this year in contesting proposed ordinances in Twin Cities suburbs that wanted to make it illegal for many homeowners to rent out their…
On May 28, the Center’s Peter Nelson had an op-ed in the St. Cloud Times. The op-ed dealt largely with Connecticut, a high-tax state state like Minnesota, which is rethinking…
I have several good buddies who make sure I see I keep up with my pension math. So earlier this week, I got a number of friendly pings pointing to…
Connecticut’s dismal economic performance and budget crisis offer a harsh lesson on the limits and consequences of a state raising taxes too high. My analysis of data from the IRS that…
Today the St. Cloud Times published an op-ed I wrote on how Minnesota’s high taxes are becoming even more of an outlier as a number of states, including traditionally high tax…
In March, Center of the American Experiment released the report, Minnesotans on the Move to Lower Tax States 2016, in which I analyzed IRS migration data. These data track the…
Star Tribune readers were greeted May 8 with the front-page headline, “Tax hike not chasing rich from state.” Online the headline read, “There’s no evidence that ultrarich are fleeing Minnesota.”…
Minnesota is presently collecting more revenue than it needs. The latest economic forecast projects a $900 million surplus for the current budget and a $2 billion surplus projected for the…
A University of Minnesota economics professor leading a study underway on a possible $15 per hour minimum wage in Minneapolis will be paid $120 per hour plus benefits under a…
The timing couldn’t be better for American Experiment’s forthcoming lunch with Peter Wallison on May 4. Wallison’s target topic, the unintended consequences of the Dodd-Frank Act, has hit the headlines…
Governor Mark Dayton issued two decrees this week to the state’s workforce: all non-essential travel is banned to North Carolina and Mississippi. The governor’s memo came in response to legislation…
Center of the American Experiment recently released a report documenting that, year after year, Minnesota on net loses thousands of people and hundreds of millions of dollars to migration. Between…
The state lost nearly $1 billion in taxpayer income following the 2013 increase, because working-age folks voted with their feet. The current budget surplus is no doubt largely driven by…
After fending off union organizers for a decade, Minnesota home-based child care providers face a make or break February election that could leave their businesses subject to collective bargaining and…
These Latest Star Tribune Survey Results are Meaningless Once You Look at the Choices. The results are in from a new Star Tribune Minnesota Poll, and Minnesotans are apparently evenly…
Despite actual employment data showing below average job creation for 2015 in Minnesota, Gallup just ranked Minnesota the top state in the country for job creation. The Dayton administration lost…
A recent Star Tribune headline reports “a strong finish for Minnesota employment in December.” There is no question Minnesota experienced strong growth for the months of December and November. Jobs…
A new study will provide a realistic look at how the state stacks up.
Minnesota’s economy no victory for Dayton.
The November Budget and Economic Forecast projects a $1.871 billion surplus for the current FY 2016-17 budget, which is about $1 billion more than was projected last February. State law…
The other week I brought two basic facts to bear on the debate over whether Dayton’s liberal, high tax policies are beating Scott Walker’s lower tax approach to the economy. First, Minnesota’s…
The Center begins a series of statewide meetings to help update and improves its Blueprint.
There’s a border battle going on between Minnesota and Wisconsin, a battle between the policies advanced by Gov. Mark Dayton and Gov. Scott Walker. The two states have long shared…