Isaac Orr was on the Jon Justice Show today to talk about Xcel Energy’s Time of Use Rates. Enjoy!
One of the first murders recorded in Minneapolis in 2024 featured a gruesome twist. You probably saw the headlines; a local realtor, preparing a vacant house for a showing, discovers…
To know what is going on in Minnesota it is sometimes as useful to look at what our state’s media doesn’t say as at what it does say. Number of…
Now that Gov. Doug Burgum has decided against seeking a third term, whoever follows him in office will be the first North Dakota governor to be restricted to no more…
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve written about how Minnesota and its neighbors have very different economic policies but very similar employment outcomes and how they do have similarly high…
It’s a sadly ironic cycle when tried and true crime suppression efforts are implemented with success only to be ignored, or worse yet rejected over time, leading to the next…
Digging into a recent alleged homicide in Minneapolis uncovers a remarkable paper trail. A headline from KSTP-TV 5 caught my eye last week: 2 men under ATF investigation charged in…
Parents are increasingly aware of school choice expansion across the country, and they want more — more education options and more information about those options, according to a recent survey…
Xcel Energy has been cashing in on Minnesota’s renewable energy mandates. Minnesota passed the Renewable Energy Objective (REO) in 2001, requiring utilities to make a “good faith effort” to reach…
Xcel Energy is seeking to use its new fleet of 500,000 “smart meters” to make “time-of-use” (TOU) pricing the default billing option for its customers. These TOU rates will double…
Of course, the headline in the UK Daily Mail is more spicy than any that local media could offer up. The headline from the New York Post is slightly less…
State and local taxes and spending MPR News: Minnesota leaders in St. Paul, Washington push to drop federal tax on rebate checks Mesabi Tribune: Stauber pushing to eliminate rebate taxation…
Entrepreneurship is the engine of growth in the economy. New businesses are not only responsible for creating the majority of new jobs, but they also have an outsized impact on…
If my hypothesis is correct, then the controversial voting method would finally be good for something. Readers will recall that I’ve been searching for evidence of voting fraud in recent…
Five North Dakota cities currently provide drug addicts and users free syringes with no questions asked over their usage of illegal substances — Fargo, Grand Forks, Mandan, Minot and Valley…
The following article is one of the best explanations of what happened in Alberta, Canada, during the cold snap. It was written on Substack by Penguin Empire Reports. Click the…
Both state and federal trials involving the son of the former state representative have been pushed back from next month. The junior Thompson stands accused of killing five young women…
Last September, I wrote about a report from the Center For Rural Policy and Development, which found that: In 2020 and 2021, the decades-long trend of population loss in rural counties…
We begin digging into the official voter registry to see what we can see. Join us! We got around to obtaining the official voter registry for Minnesota from the Secretary…
Several media outlets and many politicians would have us believe that Minneapolis is becoming safer at the same time its police force is shrinking. The not-so-subtle takeaway being that fewer police…
Americans have had their incomes hit hard by inflation over the last three years, as Figure 1 shows, with the annual change in the Consumer Price Index rising from 1.4%…
At least two Minnesota communities have banned citizens viewing city council meetings online from participating in the standard public comment period, following antisemitic incidents in recent months. Duluth made the…
The Office of Administrative Hearings announced today they are approving rulemaking from the Minnesota Department of Education regarding the proposed new social studies standards. Despite testimony from policy experts at…
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve written about how Minnesota and its neighbors have very different economic policies but very similar employment outcomes and how they do have similarly…