Last week, my colleague, John Phelan, did a very good job of presenting the case that Europe was experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases despite the broad perception that they…
Only 37 percent of U.S. 12th graders met or exceeded the academic preparedness benchmark for college in reading on the 2019 reading assessment. In mathematics, only 24 percent of high…
The following article originally appeared at the Babylon Bee: U.S.—Antifa is celebrating its favorite holiday, Halloween, where they put on masks and go door to door brick-or-beating. Every year, they…
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) has recently published a Reopening Schools Success Story website that highlights the work and "best practices" of education…
The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Justin Haskins, and Jim Lakely are joined by Isaac Orr for episode 267 of the In The Tank Podcast. The In The Tank crew discusses…
Startups are important for the economy; they are a major contribution to job creation and productivity growth. Their ability to survive and grow is therefore important for the growth of…
Despite COVID-19, Halloween candy sales are up 13 percent over last year. Here are the most popular Halloween candies in Minnesota—the results might surprise you!
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Parents of students attending school in person are more satisfied with their children's learning and less concerned about them falling behind compared with parents whose children are doing distance learning.
According to a report released in early October by the Congressional Budget Office, taxes have fallen the most for the households in the lowest quintile between 1979 and 2017. Additionally,…
It says a lot when a pet project backed by well-connected lobbyists fails to make the cut in the $1.9 billion bonding bill passed by the Minnesota Legislature filled with…
As the Italian and German examples show, Gov. Walz was probably correct in March when he said that the spread of Covid-19 couldn't be stopped.
A recent report from the Associated Press shows the Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project is completed in Canada, North Dakota, and Wisconsin. Construction on the project has not even…
Presidential hopeful Joe Biden wants to take a page from California’s energy playbook and ban the sale of gas-powered cars, according to a report in E&E News. Biden’s climate plan,…
According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, GDP in the third quarter grew at an annual rate of 33.1%, as businesses continued efforts to reopen. What this new data shows,…
A report released by the Bellwether Education Partners estimates that as many as 52,250 educationally marginalized students in Minnesota have possibly not attended school since closures began in March.
The wind industry has spent more than $100,000 against Sen. Mike Thompson, a huge sum for a state legislative race, to defeat the former television meteorologist who is considered to…
Each year, Education Minnesota charges member teachers and education support professionals (ESPs) $25.00 for its political action committee or PAC. If teachers or ESPs want to get a $25 refund…
Due to increased vacancies, landlords are offering lower rents and other pricing incentives. This should show Minnesota policymakers that to sustainably address the affordable housing crisis, efforts should center around…
With regard to COVID, we are awash in unreliable or even intentionally misleading empirical claims. A neurosurgeon from D.C. who understands statistics analyzes a popular claim that is being made…
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Sometimes wind turbine blades fall off, and this phenomenon occurred last week in Iowa, as a 165 foot blade fell into a harvested field. According to Renew Economy, this followed…
If the share of Minnesota’s ICU beds in use is the correct benchmark for Gov. Walz’ Covid-19 emergency measures, the state's numbers show that, at present, we don't need to…
If parents could grade Twin Cities public schools on their COVID-era teaching plans for kindergartners this fall, it’s safe to say teachers and administrators would recieve low marks indeed. The…