Recent months have given Minnesotans a front-row seat to the shortcomings of liberal governance.
Liberal renewable energy advocacy groups like Fresh Energy and the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA) have devoted significant resources to the concepts of energy equity and fighting for environmental…
In a recent interview, former Vice President Joe Biden said "Milton Friedman isn't running the show anymore" We might be better off if he was.
Minnesota is slow to quit coal.
American Experiment finds interest in online policy sessions.
Emergency Education Savings Accounts would help families.
Duluth’s new superintendent of schools John Magas has hit the ground running in his first month on the job, considering it’s still uncertain whether students will be physically present at…
A proposal for public employees to serve reprimands.
Several factors affect the levels of police brutality.
Which ‘science’ should policymakers believe?
Another MPCA maneuver; another Line 3 delay.
8.6% is still quite a gloomy number compared to 3.2% from the pre-corona virus period. The decline in unemployment is however a big sign of how destructive the shutdowns were…
The Met Council and the next pandemic.
The state hasn't issued its guidance yet on public schools reopening this fall, but many private religious schools are intending to bring their students back for in-person classes.
On Tuesday, July 14, 2020, presumptive Democratic candidate Joe Biden released his updated plan for energy, which calls for expanding renewable energy mandates to meet a 100 percent carbon-free electric…
Minnesota's graduates face a bleak economic outlook through no fault of theirs. What they need is as strong an economic recovery as possible.
As Baby Boomers continue to retire and a labor shortage continues to impact industries such as trades and manufacturing, employers are in need of new, young recruits (Gen Zers) to…
Considering the fact that educational attainment has a positive effect on earnings, school closings are bound to have a significant negative impact on the future earnings of today's students.
The debate over in-person school this fall continues on in Minnesota. Returning all students to the classroom is one of three possible scenarios being considered by the Minnesota Department of…
That reduced policing leads to more crime is another manifestation of the consistent research finding that more cops means less crime. What will happen to crime in Minneapolis if the…
Presumptive Democratic Presidential candidate, Joe Biden, recently released his Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force Recommendations, a document spanning 110 pages and covering issues like “combating the climate crisis and pursuing environmental justice.” To…
There are currently no estimates for the economic cost of lack of access to affordable childcare on the whole state of Minnesota. But the high cost on employers due to…
Pre-COVID, the supply of and demand for middle-skill workers created a mismatch in our labor market. The “skills gap” pushed employers to come up with solutions that would combat the…
Covid-19 deaths and hospitalizations are down in Minnesota, not that you'd know it from some of the state's leading media outlets.