Minimum wage hikes intend to raise incomes for low paid workers, but that does not mean that they do.
The Great Jobs project facilitated a panel discussion featuring Minnesotans who chose career paths that do not require the traditional four-year degree route. The panel discussion was one session over…
The following article originally appeared in the Toronto Sun: The majority of Canadians support battling climate change but don’t want to cough up more than $200 a year in carbon tax.…
If we are serious about making housing in the Twin Cities more affordable, we need to remedy the things that are making it unaffordable. These are excessive fees and regulations.…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
There’s been a fun exchange in the Litchfield Independent Review among Representative Gruenhagen and a member of the public who was defending the Green New Deal. The latest article features…
Everyone seemed to have forgotten a basic lesson: when goods cross borders, armies won’t.
I’m on the road today, so the following article is a reprint originally appearing at FOX News. One thing I will add, though, is that if the media tries to…
The United States Soccer Federation denies the pay difference between male and female soccer players is related to sex.
Teachers, you do not have to belong to a union to get excellent liability coverage, job protection benefits, and professional development opportunities. Find out the top five reasons why fellow…
The discussion on extending the electric vehicle tax credit should revolve around one simple question: should low and middle-income taxpayers be subsidizing high-income earners for purchasing an electric vehicle that…
Wind turbines and solar panels only last for 20 and 30 years, respectively, meaning every wind turbine and solar panel built today will be scrap metal by 2050. How can…
As demand explodes for skilled workers in advanced manufacturing and the trades in Minnesota, the value of top-notch Career and Technical Education teachers is becoming increasingly evident. Our state is…
Lori Sturdevant wrote an editorial in the Star Tribune last weekend about how Republican lawmakers should embrace "clean energy" or face certain disaster at the polls in the 2020 elections.…
The good news: the state's teachers' union Education Minnesota has widened its September opt-out "window" from seven days to 30 days. The bad news: the window still exists and is…
If we want to see more affordable housing we have to look at the factors driving demand and supply. Simplistic explanations such as 'greed' only encourage counter productive policies like…
Union membership is a personal decision. And educators are exercising their newly restored right to not financially support a union for a variety of reasons. Check out the Top 5…
Oil imports from OPEC countries have reached their lowest level in 30 years, but it’s not because of wind and solar. It’s because of American oil producers ramping up production…
High prices aren't problems, they're symptoms of problems. High rents are big, flashing lights telling us to sort out the mismatch between demand and supply.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
The St. Paul City Council imposed a controversial paid sick leave ordinance on all businesses last year. The ordinance allows employees to take up to additional six paid days off…
Earlier this year, American Experiment reported that North Dakota has an enormous war chest of $5 million on stand-by ready to sue Minnesota over regulations passed in our state regulating…
New U.S. Department of Energy study shows Pueblo, the State of Colorado, and Colorado ratepayers could have benefited more from not retiring Comanche I & II early June 20, 2019…
HBO's excellent new series does a fine job of explaining exactly how communism was a cause of one of the most disastrous nuclear power plant accidents in history.