State and local taxes and spending Star Tribune: Senate Republicans reject Minnesota infrastructure package Minn Post: Senate GOP blocks infrastructure bill amid pressure campaign on rural Minnesota lawmakers Detroit Lakes…
Gov. Tim Walz recently made headlines for staging a Little Free Library outside his office at the State Capitol, filling it with books that he claims are banned in Florida,…
School districts continue to pay a steep price for the exodus of students both during and after shutting their doors during the pandemic. Mankato public schools kicked the can down…
Governor Tim Walz has proposed that Minnesota spend $250,000 studying his proposal to adopt California’s clean fuel standards, which will increase the cost of gasoline and fail to make any…
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there were 5,717,184 people in Minnesota as of July 2022. So, if the state’s historic $17.455 billion surplus was divided among all residents equally,…
There’s an all-out assault on the 43 percent of Minnesota households that keep at least one firearm at home. The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus ticked off a list of gun…
A recent review from New Atlas had some tough pills to swallow for the Ford Lighting, Ford’s first foray in the all-electric truck market, calling the vehicle a “glorified sedan”…
Our neighbor to the west became the third state to ban the controversial voting system. Yesterday, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem signed 13 election bills into law. Among the bills…
It’s a sad day in Minnesota when we have to ask Minnesotans a question like this. According to the latest Thinking Minnesota poll (February 26-28), an overwhelming majority (67%) of…
KXNET reports: Kevin O’Leary, aka Mr. Wonderful, and his team have partnered with North Dakota to invest $45 million into early-stage companies. … Called the Wonder Fund, the new partnership looks…
Far from its pitch as a way for students to “see themselves in the curriculum,” the push for ethnic studies in Minnesota is rooted in narrow, harmful ideologies. Activists are…
A recent study by the Lawrence Berkeley National Labs (LBNL), which was published in the academic journal Energy Policy, has concluded that large solar facilities in Minnesota reduce the resale…
The full House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on HF 146, a bill to confirm the state’s status as a “Trans Sanctuary.” Sponsored by first-term Rep. Leigh Finke (DFL-St.…
Whenever I point out that Minnesota is losing residents, on net, to places like Florida, someone always offers an explanation for this fact the point of which is to exonerate…
Just weeks after approving the hiring of a sixth police school resource officer in Rochester public schools, members of the school board now apparently want a do-over. The board abruptly…
For about a year, I have been documenting how wealthy coastal donors bankrolled the Democrats’ successful takeover of our state government in the 2022 election. Now that all the campaign…
Yesterday, American Experient policy fellow Isaac Orr testified in favor of Senate File 2824, which would allow for the construction of small modular nuclear power plants in Minnesota up to…
For a little over $2 million, a bored Texas billionaire can impose a brand-new voting system on a state 1,200 miles away.
It will take years to fully assess the academic and behavioral damage inflicted on K-12 students who were locked out of school and away from their classmates by educators during…
We at the Center have written a lot about Minnesota’s relatively expensive housing. A recent article by Jim Buchta and MaryJo Webster for the Star Tribune explained how bad the situation is…
Liberal lawmakers in St. Paul want to reward their friends in the wind and solar lobbying industry with your tax dollars. Senate File 2249 would give a $5 million slush…
The main cost of government is employees. For the most part, government doesn’t have capital equipment, production facilities, raw materials, or sales and marketing. Government is mostly salaries, benefits and…
As part of its Women of the Year project, USA Today is choosing one person from each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico to honor during March’s…
Isaac Orr joins Jon Justice to talk about Xcel’s proposal to increase your electric bill to build electric vehicle charging stations. They also discuss how environmental groups are launching a…