Labor market The Globe: Southwest Minnesota sees labor shortage, including Nobles County KRFO: Rochester area jobless rate returns to pre-pandemic levels Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal: Economic recovery yielding positive trends…
On August 17, Boston magazine asked, ‘Will We Ever Solve the Childcare Crisis?‘ The article explained, We live in one of the most innovative and progressive regions in the country—not to…
Minnesota lawmakers often speak fondly of German energy policy, but the country’s decision to shutter its nuclear power plants and instead rely upon wind and solar is setting the nation…
Thirty local candidates gathered on a recent Saturday in suburban St. Paul for a training session on how to talk about education issues and ultimately win election to the school…
They were on opposite sides of the Byron school board’s recent 6-to-1 decision not to mandate masks for students and staff in the new school year. But two school board…
On Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortex (D-NY), Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), also known as “The…
It’s no secret why more Minnesotans than ever work for the government. Great benefits, unequalled job security, increasingly higher pay than comparable jobs in the private sector. But even some…
You know it’s bad when even the Minnesota Reformer acknowledges that electric vehicles (EVs) have been too unreliable for use in Minnesota, but that’s exactly what they did in a…
Right after getting their kids off to the first day of class, parents on both sides of the North Dakota-Minnesota border had an assignment of their own to tackle. They…
For nearly all of human history, we relied almost entirely on “renewable” sources of energy, and life was nasty, brutish, and short. That began to change in the 1800s when…
An 80-page “racial justice” resource guide prepared by the National Education Association and recently discovered by the Freedom Foundation describes in great detail the teachers’ union’s support of the tenets…
The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) released test results Friday from the state’s Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs), showing steep drops in student proficiency in reading and mathematics, as first reported…
The Iowa Farm Bureau recently held a webinar for a group called Iowa for Responsible Solar to discuss the contracts that are often signed for utility-scale solar projects. If you…
Economic growth St. Peter Herald: Minnesota’s clean-energy jobs rebound from COVID punch WIZM: Some rural bankers worried drought will threaten operations, including in Minnesota Bemidji Pioneer: Other View: Federal infrastructure…
The following article was written by Robert Bryce, and it originally appeared in Forbes. The puns about the recall of the Chevrolet Bolt EV almost write themselves. Last week’s announcement…
Passed in 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), among other things, capped the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction — the amount of State and Local Taxes paid that…
In my Star Tribune op-ed ‘Minnesota, we have a problem‘ last month, I mentioned our state’s racial disparities. Among others, I mentioned the disparity in homeownership rates specifically. In June,…
On Monday, the Minnesota Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that Minnesota Power’s proposed natural gas plant, located in Superior, Wisconsin, is better for its customers than a combination of wind…
Little did the 1,100 Minnesota National Guard troops deployed to the Middle East in March realize they would end up at the Kabul airport assigned to Operation Allies Rescue to…
Two Macalester College economists took to the pages of MinnPost to discuss the Walz administration’s decision to impose deeply unpopular California car mandates on Minnesota drivers. The professors said that…
Recently, the Golden Valley City Council passed a law to restrict payday lending. The Golden Valley City Council took action Aug. 17 to safeguard its community against “predatory lenders” via…
When I wrote in the Star Tribune in April that ‘enhanced’ unemployment benefits were one factor explaining the puzzle of record job openings coexisting with elevated levels of unemployment, not everyone agreed. One response claimed…
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about how President Biden’s proposed corporate tax hike will be bad for Minnesota businesses. The proposal, to raise the corporate tax rate from…
Education Minnesota, the state’s teachers’ union, is a huge advocate of “making the wealthiest Minnesotans pay their fair share,” and yet charges new, underpaid teachers the same dues dollar amount…