Before Covid-19 the light rail was plagued with low ridership. Covid-19 has made public transportation less appealing for the masses and has the potential to obliterate public transportation. It is…
A group of educators calling themselves Teachers for Good Trouble organized a national teacher sick-out today (December 15) to "demand" that local officials cancel standardized testing this year.
Governor Tim Walz wants to mandate that Minnesotans accept California’s controversial car regulations.
If Minnesota's Covid-19 contact tracers are only asking about bars and restaurants, they will be over-represented in the numbers. Why won't the Department of Health tell us what questions they…
When Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm said on Friday that “The good news is that over the last couple weeks, we have seen a leveling off...I think that’s because our governor put…
While Governor Walz and Keith Ellison are busy shutting down businesses who want to try and make a living, no such scrutiny appears to be forthcoming for eight DFL legislators…
New BLS data show that businesses with low paying jobs, unlike those with high paying jobs, were more likely to tell workers not to work and also not have telework…
The U.S. Department of Labor is considering a proposed rule that would modernize and increase the financial transparency of government unions. Private-sector unions are required to disclose high-quality information about…
A pandemic has a way of putting things in context, what’s really important, even in government. Take the 5-cent fee the powers that be in Duluth planned to impose on…
Credibility comes from…being credible. Gov. Walz spends a lot of time during his many press conferences trying to convince Minnesotans to take the COVID-19 virus serious and change their behavior.…
Huge increases in the cost of electricity for Xcel Energy's industrial customers mean it will eventually be too expensive for anything to be "Made in Minnesota."
If this new study's 8 to 1 ratio of total infections to diagnosed cases is correct, then 3,030,584 Minnesotans have been infected with Covid-19, or 54% of the population. This…
It’s always been a gamble for players who walk into Mystic Lake or any of Minnesota’s tribal casinos and restaurants. Some might say it’s more so now than ever with…
Renewable energy believers always seem to think the United States is bad but countries like China are good but they don’t seem to care that China has greatly increased their…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Thanks to government-mandated restrictions, new BLS data shows that recovery in the job market is continuing to slow down.
Total average hospitalizations in the state are also down: 10.1% - or 694 beds - from their peak in the seven days up to and including November 10th.
On December 7, the first nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates began generating 1,400 MW of power, which is only slightly less than the output of Minnesota’s Clay…
Wind and solar special interest groups often tout these energy sources as a boon to rural America by giving farmers another “crop” to grow, but there has been growing pushback…
If Governor Walz really wants to help small businesses, he should let them open. Forcing them to shut down and asking for aid is ironic.
It took decades for the US Fish and Wildlife Service to get to the point of removing the gray wolf from the Endangered Species List in late October. But it…
We ask Minnesotans to sign the Craft Brewers Guild's petition and help this thriving industry through a second shutdown.
Occasionally, policy makers and pundits will harrumph about 'Covid fatigue'. Perhaps, just perhaps, the constant shrieking from America's media - which isn't warranted by the data - has worn people…
The article below was written by Rebecca Willis and Bent Bennett at LifePowered: The dramatic declines in vehicle travel caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have created a unique glimpse into what would happen to…