The Minnesota Senate voting to prohibit planning for the Northern Lights Express, a resurrection of the old passenger rail service between the Twin Cities and Duluth, wasn’t the only consequential…
On this edition of Capitol Watch: DFL upset about Lincoln portrait in House chamber Cancel culture has now reached President Abraham Lincoln, the man who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation declaring…
MPR News reports: The Minnesota Senate voted Monday to prohibit planning for a new passenger rail service between the Twin Cities and Duluth, which is known as the Northern Lights…
An official survey from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has found that Minnesotans overwhelmingly oppose the energy agenda laid out by Governor Tim Walz regarding transportation and “clean…
State education officials frame the Minnesota Student Survey given to fifth, eighth, ninth and eleventh grade students every three years as a tool to identify trends and “gain insights into…
Minnesota’s own Rep. Ilhan Omar urged the Biden administration to cancel federal student loan debt last week. As the NAACP helpfully pointed out, one of the beneficiaries of such a…
Starting in 1990, nuclear generation in the United States grew by 260 million megawatt-hours (MWh) through 2020. Remarkably, it did this without any net capacity additions, as nuclear capacity actually…
NextEra Energy is proposing to build a new wind facility in southeastern Minnesota that will host 60 massive wind turbines measuring 551 feet tall, the size of 55-story buildings, according…
Skyrocketing energy costs have reminded Americans of the importance of reliable, affordable energy, whether gasoline for our cars, natural gas for home heating, or the electricity that powers our lives.…
Labor market Worthington Globe: Minnesota needs commonsense workforce development Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal: Minnesota has more than twice as many job openings as job seekers Economic growth Owatonna People’s Press:…
Remember when libraries were just libraries? A place you could go to check out books, periodicals and find a quiet place to read? With the virtual information age threatening their…
Getting licensed is expensive and time-consuming. To be a licensed cosmetologist in Minnesota, for example, one must undertake 1,550 hours of training, write three exams, and pay nearly $300 in…
Based on the flurry of campaign finance activity, it looks like Minnesota will be a highly contested battleground state this fall. Checking in with recent filings at the state Campaign…
Our supporters are absolutely crushing the Walz administration’s survey on the California fuel standards and electric vehicle adoption. Now that we’ve conquered one survey, it’s time to move on to…
Who says there aren’t any good jobs out there? The Minnesota Department of Corrections seeks to hire an experienced tattoo supervisor to mentor and train inmates interested in tattooing as…
Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a rule proposing a federal ban on Menthol cigarettes. As reported by the Wall Street Journal, “The ban would prohibit the sale…
Our country’s K-12 public education system is being transformed into something it was never intended to be. Academic rigor is taking a backseat to an ideological mission, as schools go…
They aren’t even trying to hide it. For the past few years, there has been an organized effort to elect far-left district attorneys around the nation. The result has been…
ABC News reports new details are emerging on Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s gas tax rebate proposal to help Californians with the rising costs at the pump. According to the Governor’s office, the refunds…
In 1985, Amtrak ended all passenger rail service to Duluth. It did so because hardly anyone was using the service anymore. Now, nearly 40 years on, there are proposals to…
In an attempt to address the lack of affordable housing, the Minnesota House passed a bill on Monday that includes extra funding for numerous housing programs. The bill — HF…
Yesterday, I wrote about employment growth in Minnesota since the trough of the COVID-19 recession in April 2020. Despite a period of below average employment growth, we still have a…
On Monday, I wrote a piece about the Walz administration’s survey seeking feedback on their plans to impose California fuel standards, which will increase the cost of gasoline by between…
The truth behind Minnesota’s role in the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 is more complex than revisionists want us to believe.