State and local taxes and spending Newsweek: (Illegal) Migrants Could Get $500 a Month Under New Bill Kare 11: ‘Build toward the future’: Gov. Tim Walz unveils supplemental budget proposal…
After a $1.5 billion deficit forecast from the Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB), Gov. Walz appears to be taking the agency’s warning seriously, proposing a budget that according to him…
Kamala Harris made big news last week for visiting a St. Paul abortion clinic. The Associated Press (AP) reports: Vice President Kamala Harris visited a Planned Parenthood clinic on Thursday, marking what…
If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there’d be a shortage of sand. Milton Friedman Last week, Uber and Lyft, true to their word, announced…
After months of contentious discussion and at least three deaths in city parks last year, the Rochester City Council voted to prohibit homeless camps on all city property. The ban…
The latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau show little change in the state’s dismal population trends. Alert readers will notice this post updates the one I wrote in December…
On February 6, 2024, members of the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) initiated a proceeding to eliminate energy efficiency and renewable energy rules that conservative regulators say have cost the state’s…
The Redwood County Board of Commissioners recently unilaterally decided to convert the county recorder’s office into an appointed, rather than elective position, chosen by voters every four years. The move…
MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, made headlines yesterday for giving away a small part of her massive fortune to a handful of Minnesota nonprofits. The Minneapolis Star…
In addition to dedicating a larger share of the budget to welfare, Minnesota ranks at the top when welfare spending is controlled for the population of people in poverty. As…
Last week, Uber and Lyft, true to their word, announced that they would stop operating in Minneapolis after the City Council passed an ordinance hiking driver pay. The growth of Uber —…
Apparently, one of the perks of writing about Minneapolis communists is getting on their email distribution lists. A press release arrived in the office email this week from an outfit…
Tomorrow the Minnesota Senate Health and Human Services Committee will hear several bills that would add new benefit mandates on health insurance plans. I provided the committee written testimony highlighting…
Yesterday, American Experiment policy fellow Isaac Orr testified on a bill that would require customers to opt-in to having their current meters replaced with “smart meters” with no penalties if…
Last week, Uber and Lyft, true to their word, announced that they would stop operating in Minneapolis after the City Council passed an ordinance hiking driver pay. Now, WCCO reports: Minnesota House…
It’s been a given since 1978. A reciprocity agreement between Minnesota and South Dakota meant that college students crossing the state border would get a break in tuition and fees.…
Late last week, the U.S. Census Bureau released 2023 county-level population data. The bad news continued for Hennepin County. Hennepin County, which includes the state’s largest city of Minneapolis, has…
A fundamental problem with the vertically integrated monopoly utility model is that utilities can recover the full cost of an asset, plus a five to ten percent rate of return,…
As I wrote last week, last year was a big year for welfare expansion in Minnesota. Overall, lawmakers dedicated over $6 billion in new money to Health and Human Services.…
Last week, Uber and Lyft, true to their word, announced that they would stop operating in Minneapolis after the City Council passed an ordinance hiking driver pay. What happens next?…
It’s widely understood that Minnesota borrows a lot of money every year to construct and renovate state and local government buildings. What’s not widely known is that the cost of…
State and local taxes and spending Bloomberg: Minnesota Persists in Drive for Full Value From Corporate Taxes KROC: The 10 Minnesota Counties With The Highest Property Taxes in 2024 Star…
Peter Schweizer’s Blood Money devotes a good part of its Chapter 5 to the activities of an obscure Minneapolis-based outfit, the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO). We had previously discussed…
Last Monday, I — along with thousands of others, I imagine — received an email from Lyft saying that they would cease operating in Minneapolis if the City Council passed…