Tomorrow, the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a hearing on a bill that would permanently ban mining for precious metals in more than 200,000 acres in Northeastern Minnesota. The…
In response to National School Choice Week, the #ILovePublicSchools Twitter hashtag was scheduled to evoke support for public schools, according to Choice Media. But the top tweets under the #ILovePublicSchools…
IRS stats show that Minnesota has a net inflow of lower income residents. We reported these publicly available numbers. Bob Collins, formerly of MPR, said that was racist.
Former Democratic US Senator Heidi Heitkamp was soundly booted from office by her North Dakota constituents back in 2018. But she still has some $4.5 million in campaign contributions left…
The Star Tribune published a bombshell story last Thursday entitled “Xcel Quarterly Profits up 35 Percent, Buoyed by Rate Increases,” which reported Xcel Energy’s quarterly profits for the last quarter…
And it's not just the rich and elderly moving to lower-tax states.
Another double-standard by a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate regarding school choice has been reported.
Sometimes the Sunday funnies are simply reporting the news. Today is such a day. According to the New York Post: “Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg said on Instagram on Wednesday…
The New York Times’ reframing of American history—launched as “The 1619 Project”—will now be taught in K-12 schools around the country.
National School Choice Week 2020 is drawing to a close, so to conclude I wanted to highlight a recently published book that helps families navigate through all the different options…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
A recent NBER research paper has added to the research showing that occupational licensing plays no role in consumer satisfaction.
Government unions aren’t happy their grip on public employees’ paychecks has been loosened. So, they hide behind bureaucratic minutiae to prevent dissatisfied members from leaving and have even resorted to…
Today is Brexit Day in Britain, the day on which, more than three years after voting to leave the European Union the country actually does so. How did the UK reach…
Every year for the last several years, Minnesota lawmakers have piled onto a plane to visit Germany, which is supposedly a renewable energy utopia. It is amazing that so many…
When people claim that minimum wage hikes "put the needs of working people above the profit margins of big business" it shows that they are living in fantasyland.
Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of the Polar Vortex, which enveloped the state in an arctic cold that pushed our energy system to the max. You’ll remember that our…
Q) Is it time to consider whether Minnesota's government should dictate what we get paid? A) No.
Most know American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish’s name as the teen who won big at the 2020 Grammys. But there is more to Eilish’s background that is worth noting. Last summer,…
The last two days I’ve reviewed The Good and The Bad parts of the proposed Clean Energy First legislation currently circulating in the Minnesota States Senate. Today, in sticking with…
After a passionate discussion before a big crowd, the Plymouth City Council on Tuesday voted 4-to-3 against participation in the controversial GreenStep Cities climate change program overseen by the Minnesota…
The cause of unaffordable housing is a shortage of supply relative to demand. Rent controls won't fix that. More housing supply will.
There is an appetite for expanded school choice that continues to grow across political and demographic groups. Families want educational options for their own kids, and they are willing to…
Yesterday, I wrote about The Good aspects of the Minnesota State Senate’s Clean Energy First bill. Today I’ll talk about The Bad aspects, and tomorrow I’ll suggest ways to amend…