As the fate of BrewWorks shows, the time it will take for the Mayor and his bureaucrats to decide what to do is time breweries like Yoerg's don't have.
Twin Metals Minnesota has produced a very good webinar discussing their proposed copper-nickel mine in Northeastern Minnesota. I would encourage you to watch the entire thing if you have the…
No Covid-19 outbreaks anywhere in the world have been traced back to cinemas, so why has Gov. Walz closed them?
The fact that we do so well on business survival rates should tell us that the Minnesota economy can benefit greatly from an increased rate of business formation.
The majority of Minnesota public schools have closed their doors to guard against the surge in coronavirus cases. But the Mankato Free Press found that some educators in Greater Minnesota…
"I think this really does come down to, like so much of it, it's not numbers, it's not data...um...its neighborliness, and it's about we're all in this together" - Gov.…
According to Wind Power Monthly, an industry publication for the wind industry, the number of fires that occur with wind turbines is underreported because the industry hopes to avoid “reputational damage.” The…
Gov. Tim Walz may have shut down Minnesota’s swimming pools and fitness centers again. But it didn’t take long for dedicated swimmers to start doing laps around the governor’s latest…
With the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) tests in fourth- and eighth-grade reading and math postponed for at least a year (originally scheduled for spring 2021), we will not…
Childcare is so expensive in Minnesota that based on the affordability standard set by the US Department of Health and Human Services, that childcare is only affordable if it does…
We are often told to follow the data. That is good advice, but we must follow it even when it leads us to conclusions we don't particularly like.
In a now-deleted tweet, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) claimed Sunday afternoon that "the push to reopen schools is rooted in sexism, racism and misogyny."
California policymakers continue to enact bad energy policies. This time, the city of San Francisco joined nearly 40 other California towns in banning the use of natural gas in new…
Why the 'Happy Warrior' would find no perch among today's progressives.
(Lynd, MN) – Larvita McFarquhar, a single mom of four daughters, decided that she was going to stand up to Governor Walz’s latest shutdown order closing bars and restaurants despite…
When Gov. Walz originally asked Minnesotans to sacrifice and protect each other from COVID, it may have made sense. But after nine months of lockdowns and mandates, it’s time to…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has changed his position on school re-openings. Here is a timeline on his school re-opening positions.
Minnesota's ICU capacity, including beds available at 72 hours notice, is down 34% from November 23rd and 49% from May 27th.
If Minnesota closed its deficit by cutting welfare spending by $2.4 billion, the amount of welfare we spend per person in poverty would still rank us sixth highest in the…
The following article originally appeared at RealClearEnergy: With the election of Joe Biden, the environmental movement has now established suzerainty over global economics. Gone not only is the troublesome Donald Trump but…
Concerns have been raised over the cure potentially being worse than the disease since the first restrictions were imposed on Minnesotans to slow the spread of COVID-19. Among the key…
These two factors, among others, should push Minnesota legislators to enact occupational licensing reform in the next legislative session: (1) the fact that Minnesota has consistently ranked among least free…
Today is the day Center of the American Experiment hosts our webinar detailing the findings of our updated mining report at noon, Central Standard Time. Click here to attend the…