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

In a recent Star Tribune letter, Dr. John Dryer of Maple Grove tried to argue against free-market health care reform but he unwittingly illustrated one of the main problems with…

The geniuses that recently named Minnesota the best run state clearly never had a run-in with Driver and Vehicle Services. The public and political impatience with the beyond embarrassing breakdown…

One of our friends who spends time in Florida received this invitation to a seminar on the advantages of Florida residency over Minnesota. Click to enlarge: A few points to…

A recent New York Times story explains how liberals in high-tax states are plotting for ways around the new $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions that will mostly…

Shockingly, Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison, deputy chairman of the Democratic National Committee, has come out in favor of political violence. Yesterday he tweeted an endorsement of the fascist Antifa group,…

The dean of Iron Range editors has issued the equivalent of a Surgeon General’s warning over the implications of Sen. Tina Smith’s rise to power for northern Minnesota. Recently retired Mesabi Daily…

This is shocking: Melvin Carter, at his inauguration as St. Paul’s mayor, went on an ill-informed rant against the National Anthem: During his inaugural speech Tuesday, St. Paul mayor Melvin…

You may have heard recently about the federal jobs guarantee. This policy proposes guaranteeing a job to anyone who wants one, at $15 an hour plus benefits, by the simple expedient…

The Star Tribune recently featured a high-profile series on Minnesota’s most important industry–agriculture. But right off the top the paper’s coverage appeared to be driven largely by the tastes of…

Arguments that Minnesota's economy is bound to grow more slowly than the national average because of 'convergence' are based on outdated research and an overly simplified application of economic theory.…

So Al Franken has chosen to leave the Senate on a Paul Wellstonian note.  Borrowing from the late Senator Wellstone, Franken tells us that politics is all about improving the…

The new tax bill will not only encourage schools to offer the best educational opportunities, it will also bring new schools into the marketplace and strengthen the private and religious…

Twin Cities drivers are finally waking up to the reality there’s virtually no stopping urban planners intent on converting miles and miles of roadways to bike lanes, regardless of congestion…

Minnesota’s economy is not in bad shape, but it could be doing better. With the growing challenge of an aging population to deal with, it will need to.

American Experiment has enjoyed unprecedented levels of success, inside and out.

American Experiment’s much-needed research on jobs.

‘My friends, we are free and we are blessed. And I will forever be thankful to all of you.’

Maplewood dismantles costly solar project.

Liberal activists are nothing if not well schooled in hardball politics.

In 1980, Nobel prize winning economist Milton Friedman turned TV presenter. Over ten episodes, his PBS program Free to Choose explored the workings of the market economy and explained how…

One of the most pressing cases before the Supreme Court in 2018 involves the very survival as we know it of public employee unions like Education Minnesota. Center of the…

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

The Star Tribune has released its list of the most-read op-eds of 2017, and the Center had two in the top ten. Katherine Kersten’s blockbuster piece on political indoctrination in…