Public employee unions hide behind bureaucratic minutiae to prevent dissatisfied 'members' from leaving.
Hello! Isaac Orr is joined by Heartland’s Jim Lakely and Justin Haskins for Episode 214 of the In The Tank Podcast. This weekly podcast features discussions that explore the work of…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
The way most environmentalists talk, you'd think that air pollution has never been worse. This is flat out wrong. Oil and gas production are way up, but air pollution is…
Krushchev: "You can't get production without incentive." Humphrey: "That's rather capitalist." Krushchev: "Call it what you will, it works."
The Seattle public schools have developed a new “ethnic studies” curriculum that tells students that mathematics is a tool of oppression. Sure, some of us thought that back in junior…
A curious thing happened at the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board’s last meeting on October 16. The table appeared to be set for the liberal-dominated board to approve renting office…
Labor union leaders are in no rush to endorse a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. But many members are still dissatisfied their union seems more caught up in a political game…
In March of 2019, Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) released a public “fact sheet” alleging the cost of electricity generated by wind and solar in Minnesota had reached new record lows,…
Data show that, as a share of income, the lowest quintile of income earners spent roughly 7 times that of the highest quintile on utilities. The shift away from coal…
Halloween is just around the corner, and so is the deadline for teachers to request a refund of the forced political action committee (PAC) contribution the union deducts from teachers’…
Mountain biking continues to grow in popularity statewide. Duluth, one of the hot spots, markets the city as a national destination with nearly 100 miles of available trails. A designated…
Mainstream news outlets in Minnesota rarely tell the tale of how the Obama Administration incorrectly broke decades of protocol by cancelling mineral leases of Twin Metals Minnesota and sought a…
Events in Portland are one more warning for those who push for higher taxes on businesses: Be careful what you wish for.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s remarks at a Bernie Sanders campaign rally last weekend helped make the argument for more educational choice, despite her overall fight against the school choice movement.
Data show that Minnesota lags national averages on capital per worker, venture capital per worker, new and young businesses as a share of all businesses, and research and development spending…
Governor Walz wants to impose California’s low and zero emission vehicle (LEV and ZEV) regulations on Minnesotans through the bureaucratic rule making process. These rules would require car manufacturers to…
Has St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter overplayed his hand? That’s the unspoken question behind Pioneer Press columnist Joe Soucheray’s breakdown of Carter’s manipulation of residents facing a referendum on the…
Gary Marvin Davison, an engaged educator with a perpetual edge, had a particularly pointed counterpoint in the Star Tribune (Oct. 17) about how the “insidious ideology of education professors and…
As the Chicago teachers’ union strike continues to receive national media coverage, I want to share a perspective on the walkout from a Chicago Public Schools alumna who sees the…
We are often told that installing solar panels on our homes can be a great way to ensure that the lights stay on in the event of a blackout, but…
Last week I gave a talk in St. Cloud Minnesota about the findings of our report, Doubling Down on Failure, as part of our Morning in Minnesota Breakfast series to about…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.