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A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.

Sue Halloran, a senior account clerk in the business office at Inver Hills Community College, was pulled out of a training session in April 2018 by an AFSCME Council 5…

If teachers and other educators would like to protect their constitutional right to not fund the union’s PAC, the process to get the forced $25 contribution refunded is not easy. But…

Wind and solar are often touted as a way of reducing our electricity bills, and our dependence on fossil fuels like coal and natural gas. However, the experience of California…

If you ever bought anything from Amazon, you chose to help make Jeff Bezos a billionaire.

Teachers, don't let misinformation about the impact union membership can and cannot have weigh you down.

It looks like Minnesota will have a very expensive mess to clean up when the wind turbines currently operating in the state reach the end of their 20 year useful…

New numbers from the Department of Employment and Economic Development's Job Vacancy Survey deal a severe blow to the case for a state minimum wage of $15 per hour. 

Our neighbor to the south gets it: tax credit scholarships help remove the financial barriers that prevent students from accessing the learning environment that’s right for them.

Excellent news, as yet another lawsuit designed to delay the PolyMet mining project has been struck down in federal court. According to CBS: A federal judge has rejected challenges by…

1.3 million Minnesotans of working age are not in the labor force. 94% of them are cool with that, mostly because they are retired. Finding ways to get them into…

This article originally appeared in the Fall 2019 issue of Thinking Minnesota, now the second largest magazine in Minnesota. To receive a free trial issue send your name and address to [email protected]. Minnesotans of a…

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Janus v. AFSCME freed millions of workers from subsidizing government unions’ political agenda. Because public employees were no longer bound to paying their union…

Almost all government regulations are sold as being in the public interest. Very few of them actually are. Always ask yourself, 'cui buono?' 

This article originally appeared in the Fall 2019 issue of Thinking Minnesota, now the second largest magazine in Minnesota. To receive a free trial issue send your name and address to [email protected]. The cover of…

Governor Walz recently announced that he wants hundreds of thousands of electric vehicles on Minnesota roads by 2030, but a world-wide shortage of nickel threatens to slam the brakes on…

It’s easy to gang up on cities, and not just because of gangs.  But if I were to pick just one reason why cities often anger me, it would be…

Big Lake Schools 3rd Annual Youth Apprenticeship and Career Fair exposed over 1,400 students in grades 5, 8 and 9-12 to career possibilities that do not require the traditional four-year…

If you have decided union membership is not the best decision for you, your resignation letter must be postmarked today.

Whether from old age or bad policy, the current economic expansion will end at some point, and we will want to be well-placed to cope when it does .Sadly, recent…

You may not have known this, but the federal government has been subsidizing electric vehicles (EV’s) to the tune of a $7,500 tax credit for every electric vehicle sold. In…

Hello! This week on the In the Tank Podcast, Isaac Orr is joined by Heartland’s Donald Kendal, Justin Haskins, and Jim Lakely for Episode 210 of the In The Tank…

A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.