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A $15 minimum wage would be especially hurtful to residents in Greater Minnesota.

It’s not too late to fight the alarming attempt to further radicalize public school curriculum.

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The Goose Creek Rest Stop: more wasteful government spending in Minnesota.

On Monday, my colleague Tom Steward reported on how proposals for a passenger train service between the Twin Cities and Duluth have risen from the dead as part of President…

On Monday, the commissioners of the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED), Steve Grover, and the Department of Human Services (DHS), Jodi Harpstead, engaged in a roundtable discussion with…

It’s been tough enough for Minnesota residents and businesses bordering Canada to make a go of it with the international crossing closed to nonessential travel due to COVID-19 for the…

Today, WCCO reports: A new survey ranks Minnesota just outside the top 10 among states with the most COVID-19 restrictions in place. WalletHub has been ranking states periodically during the pandemic,…

New polling shows huge support for photo ID in Minnesota.

After the Texas blackouts, American Experiment launched a campaign to educate Minnesotans about the importance of reliable energy and share that message with elected officials. In total, we’ve sent more…

Parents have learned a lot during the pandemic. All over the state and nation, public schools see a decline in enrollment as parents personally pick up teaching duties at home…

A new study released by the University of Minnesota Extension details how COVID-19 impacted craft breweries in 2020. According to the report, Based on Extension’s assumptions and the craft brewer…

We’re getting there. Last month, Gov. Walz released his revised budget proposal for the 2022-2023 biennium. It was an improvement on his January effort, ditching a proposed estate tax hike…

Recently-released drilling results from Talon Metals Corp. show that Minnesota’s Tamarack deposit contains much more nickel, copper, cobalt, and other essential metals in the deposit than previously believed. The table…

On January 26th, Governor Tim Walz unveiled his budget proposal for the 2022-23 biennium. Named, Minnesota’s COVID-19 Recovery Budget, Walz has proposed, among other things, to raise taxes on cigarettes,…

NLX shows how pork barrel projects get sidetracked but rarely derailed. Biden's $2 trillion grab bag of infrastructure projects before Congress gives meritless projects like NLX new life.

Last week, the Star Tribune reported: Thousands of Minnesota families living in poverty will see a boost in monthly relief payments and will no longer have to meet cumbersome paperwork…

Minnesota politicians, along with wind and solar special interest groups, often applaud Germany’s decision to close its nuclear and coal plants in order to build more wind and solar, but…

State and local taxes and spending Grand Forks Herald: Summer school funds, tax relief stuck as Minnesota lawmakers prepare for recess Star Tribune: You know the story on Minnesota’s taxing,…

The Minneapolis Fed recently tweeted that auto traffic volumes have largely recovered from the pandemic, but transit numbers have not. Transit ridership may recover a bit when office workers return…

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Nate Myers are joined by Isaac Orr for episode 287 of the In The Tank Podcast. The Pentagon is set to release…

Joe Biden just unveiled his $2 Trillion infrastructure plan — The American Jobs plan. Among other things, he is proposing to raise the federal corporate income tax rate to 28%.…

No April Fools jokes here. American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten stated recently in an interview: “We’ve been trying to reopen schools since last April.” The comment was made…

Just recently, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a study analyzing how financing increased spending (of 5 to 10 percent of GDP annually) through tax hikes would affect the economy.…