National Apprenticeship Week is the real deal, particularly as marked this year by the Washington-based Urban Institute, which under the leadership of economist Robert Lerman, has been an essential voice…
Hello! Heartland’s Donald Kendal, Justin Haskins and Jim Lakely present episode 218 of the In The Tank Podcast. This weekly podcast features discussions that explore the work of think tanks…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Pipeline—which stands for “Industry-Based, Employer-Driven Dual-Training Experience”—is a still relatively new program that awards companies up to $150,000 a year to cover expenses “related to an employee’s instruction toward attaining…
No matter how it is framed, the most recent scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress paint a troubling picture of reading achievement in the country. One possible culprit:…
How can American employers better tap into the talents of students in our nation’s community colleges? Accenture, a global professional services firm, believes that enhanced use of apprenticeships offers an…
A new report from the MIT Energy Initiative warns that EVs may never reach the same sticker price so long as they rely on lithium-ion batteries, the energy storage technology that…
By the time of his death in 1989, Sugar Ray Robinson, the best pound-for-pound boxer who ever lived - suffered from Alzheimer's disease and lived in relative poverty. Just as…
In late September, Governor Walz announced that he would seek to impose California’s mandates for zero emission vehicles and low emission vehicles on Minnesota. Rather than passing this proposal through…
Plans are afoot to legalize recreational marijuana in Minnesota. But what can the experience of the 11 states which have already legalized recreational marijuana in some form tell us about…
Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking to a local city council about the obstacles to the construction of affordable housing which state and local governments erect in terms of…
As another teachers’ union-led demonstration keeps students out of school, the national headlines covering the rally only focus on part of the story.
The maintenance of law and order is one of the core functions of government. How do you think Saint Paul’s government is doing?
The Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association (MMUA) represents electric utilities that are owned and operated by municipal governments throughout the state of Minnesota. The association publishes a monthly newsletter, and one…
The cover story in the current issue of Thinking Minnesota is titled “The Masquerade of Good Government.” Written by veteran investigative reporter Tom Steward, it documents the extraordinary series of…
Science teachers in Washington state are being told that the only explanation for outcome differences by demographic is a broken system—anyone saying otherwise is a bigot.
“Why should we have to now jump through all these hoops and pay thousands of dollars to be able to do what we were already doing over here?” Good question.
It looks like the fairy tales of endless declines in the cost of wind power are meeting an unpleasant reality. A recent study has found that the cost of wind…
After yesterday’s announcement that taxpayers are on the hook for another $23 million due to the Department of Human Service’s continued mismanagement of public funds, Center of the American Experiment…
Even if your house price has risen by 6%, there is nothing to say your income has too, and it is that cash which you pay property taxes with.
This weekend, Mike Hughlett of the Star Tribune wrote an excellent article entitled “Minnesota’s Days of Cheaper Electricity Seem Numbered,” which details how Minnesota electricity prices have increased substantially in…
We have been reporting for some time that electricity rates in Minnesota are now surpassing that of the national average. With this new information, it’s now safe to say that…
The following article is from the Babylon Bee. SAN FRANCISCO, CA—A new mural in downtown San Francisco of Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has a surprise for passersby: her…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.