In July, the Mankato Free Press ran an op-ed titled ‘Minnesota economy doing well.’ It was, in this writer’s view, the sort of fact-free boosterism that too often passes for…
Should Minnesotans believe politicians, or their own eyes?
There have been 49 people (and counting) charged in the Feeding Our Future fraud. Of those, twelve were associated with Safari Restaurant of Minneapolis, including all three co-owners. Combing through…
New law will raise health care costs on some, result in fewer new life-saving cures and more lives lost for others Rep. Angie Craig recently led off a commentary in…
Mayo Clinic nurses vote the union out.
Minnesotans could be paying the price for California’s green policies.
The following article was written by Emmet Penney in Compact Magazine: Is Vladmir Putin Europe’s secret savior? Has his invasion of Ukraine finally forced Europe to make the transition to…
An update on the Rush Line Bus Rapid Transit project.
Minnesota’s reinsurance program keeps health insurance premiums at a national low.
A born-again Republican? His name is included in the third indictment issued in this case, as part of the S&S Catering network of Minneapolis. This network has already produced the…
In 2019, California passed Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) — a law that limited businesses’ ability to classify workers as independent contractors. This was in an effort to ensure that workers…
The latest fallout stemming from the proposed Chinese ag plant in Grand Forks involves the strategic air force base at the center of the national security review underway of the…
The IRA is bad for Minnesota, despite its moniker.
Nuclear power plants are the most productive forms of electricity generation on America’s electric grid. According to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, nuclear power plants produced 92.4 percent…
The Star Tribune reports on a free-food nonprofit run by a relative of a state representative. The headline reads, State representative’s brother runs nonprofit that participated in federal meals program…
KARE-11’s Lou Raguse spent his day at the Federal courthouse in Minneapolis. The U.S. Attorney put out a press release. In yesterday’s post, I covered the backstory of each of…
It’s one thing for the proponents of cancel culture to get their way in erasing the names of urban historical landmarks like Lake Calhoun in the Twin Cities. But the…
In June this year, American Experiment released a report showing that excessive regulations are to blame for the high cost of licensed center-based care. Specifically, we noted that strict child-staff…
Average English, Math, and Composite American College Test (ACT) scores among Minnesota’s high school graduating class of 2022 are the lowest they have been in at least a decade, according…
The Minnesota Auto Dealers Association (MADA) has launched a helpful website to help Minnesotans understand the impact of the California car mandates enacted by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz via the…
In case you missed it… and what to watch for.
Last week, U.S. News reported: ‘Stocks Slump on Fears About Rates, Recession After Jobs Data‘. Was it bad data? No, quite the contrary: Good news on the economy remains bad…
Every year, Cato Institute publishes a Fiscal Report Card on America’s Governors, which ranks how well each state’s governor performs on fiscal responsibility. Grades range from A to F. Generally,…
Fox 9 reports that three figures charged in the Feeding Our Future case are scheduled to appear in Federal court tomorrow (Thursday) and are expected to plead guilty. It is…