The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Justin Haskins, and Jim Lakely are joined by Isaac Orr in episode 259 of the In The Tank Podcast. Lately, there has been a lot…
A recent study has found that young children suffer a more significant loss in human capital development due to school closures compared to older kids. Additionally, the study adds to…
Owners of dozens of renovated barns used for weddings and other events in rural Minnesota are saying “I don’t” to a state regulation so costly some say they’d have to…
Have you considered moving, only to find home prices way higher than you expected? That's not the case in the rest of the Midwest. It's uniquely a Twin Cities problem,…
Minneapolitans might have won a reprieve from the city council's lunatic ideas, but they will need to remain their guard.
The future of nuclear power looks a little brighter now that U.S. officials have approved a design for a small commercial nuclear reactor for the first time in the nation’s…
Urban school districts continue to kowtow to the left’s marching orders urging the expulsion of School Resource Officers—cops—from the hallways. Meantime, my colleague Catrin Wigfall has exposed the national teacher…
Increased crime, vandalism, and disorder – even just the perception of it – imposes economic costs. If people feel unsafe, they will go elsewhere and they will take their money…
In Mid-August, more than two million California families and businesses lost their electricity during a record-breaking heat wave because the sun was setting, rending The Golden State’s fleet of solar…
COVID-19 quickly disrupted our day to day life, leading many of us to Google in search of tips, tricks and workarounds to kill time and make the most out of…
Just as educators encourage students to be independent thinkers and hold true to themselves, so too should educators be trusted by their colleagues to make decisions that are best for…
Governor Walz claims California car mandates are necessary to "make sure that there’s ice on that lake in January," but if the Governor is truly concerned about keeping ice on…
Downtown businesses which were already facing an unfriendly regulatory environment ad then Covid-19 now have increased crime to cope with. To arrest the decline of downtown Minneapolis, the mayor and…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
In her new book, Vicky Osterweil travels so far left she ends up on the furthest fringes of the right.
It is not surprising that some grape growers feel threatened by the removal of this law. This law protected them from the competition by hindering choice for winemakers and forcing…
Despite the Minneapolis Public Schools district being cleared for hybrid learning, MPS has decided on distance learning for all students. This decision has stirred up concern among families, and a…
Now more than ever you have to wonder why anyone would sign up to be a police officer. Not knowing whether they’ll get shot at or assaulted when they go…
Education Minnesota's national affiliate—the National Education Association—is deleting past articles on its website that voiced support for School Resource Officers.
Minnesota teachers who are choosing to exercise their First Amendment rights and resign from union membership are being told they need to meet with their local union official before they…
The #Resistance to industrial wind and solar facilities is growing throughout the entire nation. San Bernardino County, the largest county in California, has banned new wind and solar developments, and…
Apple, Google, and Amazon are big companies, whose services are constantly in high demand. For as long as this holds true, economic theory dictates that these corporations will likely respond…
Duluth cops have been wearing donated protective masks bearing an American flag with a blue line running through it since the earliest days of the pandemic. But now they’ve suddenly…
Minneapolis' 56 homicides so far this year are 8 more than all of 2019, and just one off of the 20-year high of 57, recorded in 2006. St. Paul's 23…