A coalition of south metro suburban and exurban mayors are blasting state lawmakers over proposed legislation aimed at making housing more affordable without government subsidies as a threat to local…
The U.S. Department of Education recently announced that states will have to administer their annual standardized tests this school year, but the department has paired the testing requirement with additional…
Today, we release our new report, ‘The State of Minnesota’s Economy: 2020.’ Its key findings are: Minnesota typically scores well on levels of per capita income, which is what matters…
We continue to unravel what went wrong in the Texas blackouts, but one key piece of information that is often left out of the conversation is the fact that grid…
Earlier today, the Star Tribune reported that Hennepin County on Tuesday became the only public-sector government organization in the Midwest to offer its employees a minimum wage of $20 an…
Gas prices have increased by nearly 75 cents per gallon since the presidential elections were held in November, leading some people to blame President Biden for the rising pain at…
“Minneapolis is a city steeped in a rich heritage of progressive politics.” So wrote a researcher in 1995. We saw a sign of that progress this week. Last August,…
The Department of Education is defending its first draft of revised social studies standards by stating this early version “provided a revision of the standards, not the benchmarks.” The Social…
Today, the Minnesota House of Representatives held a hearing session for a bill to create a fifth individual income tax bracket with a 12.45% rate. In my testimony regarding this…
Gov. Tim Walz is still holding on to his tax increases even with a huge surplus.
It may not be in the same league as the Golden Turkey award-winning $7.2 million Goose Creek Rest Stop recently recognized for wasteful spending by American Experiment and its supporters.…
We have received a tremendous number of signatures on our petition stressing the importance of reliable energy to lawmakers in St. Paul (sign here if you haven’t already!). Our petition…
In May 2013, the Minnesota legislature voted to create a new income tax rate for top earners of 9.85 percent, 2 percentage points above the prior top rate. Gov. Dayton…
Despite evidence showing how detrimental high taxes are to economic growth, Gov. Walz is calling for tax hikes. What’s more surprising? He is not the only one. A bill was…
The New York Times’ ‘1619 Project’ is the latest chapter in the American left’s ongoing campaign to rewrite history.
This op ed appeared in the Duluth News Tribune on March 20th, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has played havoc with Minnesota’s state finances. Late last year, Minnesota Management and Budget…
Renewable energy advocates have claimed that Texas had rolling blackouts because its grid, the Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), is isolated from the rest of the country, meaning Texas…
Most Minnesota public schools were closed for much of the last year due to the pandemic. One of the good things to come out of the COVID-closings was the development…
The fallout from the Texas Blackouts continues to reverberate. In this episode, Robert talks to Steve Brick, a consulting engineer who has 40 years of experience in the power sector,…
State and local taxes and spending Star Tribune: Minnesota Senate passes tax relief on pandemic aid for some businesses, workers Star Tribune: Hennepin County eyes taxes, borrowing to pay for…
The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Justin Haskins, and Jim Lakely present episode 286 of the In The Tank Podcast. The Great Reset is in motion, it is no longer theoretical.…
Yesterday (March 18), I wrote about a new study published by the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases that found three feet physical distancing policies in K-12 schools didn’t negatively impact student…
Police in three Southern Minnesota cities are pushing back against some recommendations growing out of a series of community meetings on law enforcement held in the aftermath of protests over…
Sooner or later, the not-so-rich Minnesotans will have to pick up the tab for all the increased spending being proposed when the rich leave or find ways to reduce their…