It’s no stretch to say the Met Council is on a mission to make race an issue in every conceivable aspect of local and regional government under its jurisdiction. But…
Economists Thomas Piketty and Arthur Laffer agree that high tax rates do not bring high tax revenues.
So why did the Council step up and make a reasonable rate increase now? Answer: They are flying out to DC to lobby Congress and the FTA/DOT on a regular…
The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday upheld a Ramsey County District Court order directing the Dayton administration to turn over an up-to-date list of personal care attendants to a…
The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruling is a significant win for MNPCA and the 8,500 PCAs in Minnesota who have signed a card to authorize a new election. It is…
Minnesota's famously varied weather probably accounts for much of the state's growth pattern. But the extremes are driven by events beyond the state's control
Minnesota is one of 18 states and the District of Columbia that levy either an estate or inheritance tax, often called death taxes. Among these states, a new report by…
Finding workers for hard-to-fill skilled jobs is one of the toughest challenges that Minnesota’s small- to medium-sized employers face. Fortunately, a revolutionary new on-line search tool—the RealTime Talent Exchange—now gives…
Up in Stacy, Minnesota, the Tapani sisters—Lori and Traci—are blazing a trail in workforce development. The two are the co-owners and co-presidents of Wyoming Machine. This spring, the Tapanis won…
If you tax something you get less of it. Policymakers from Peter the Great to Mark Dayton have not only acknowledged this being true, but have banked on it
June's employment report is a step in the right direction for Minnesota's workforce
Minneapolis faces a crisis that’s only going to get worse under current leadership. That meme comes up a lot lately in regards to the city’s police. Yet a key civic…
The urgent need for skilled workers is one of the greatest challenges that businesses in fields like manufacturing, construction and energy face. One new pool they are increasingly tapping is…
As a young guy, I had planned on making my life in higher education – or the “academy” as I liked to say – not that things worked out back…
People love comparing the economic performance of Scott Walker’s Wisconsin to Mark Dayton’s Minnesota. Both governors were elected in 2010 and took their states in dramatically different policy directions. Walker…
Northern Minnesotans came out swinging this week in the Star Tribune, ripping the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management on mining. The tough talk came via a full-page…
Whenever I have an op-ed published in the Star Tribune I debate with myself whether I should read comments about the piece on the Strib’s blog afterwards. Despite knowing, without…
A Minnesota Department of Education council voted on and approved a “transgender toolkit” during its Wednesday evening meeting. The controversial 10-page document— “A Toolkit for Ensuring Safe and Supportive Schools…
Cruelty to animals had better be included in the criminal charges against the supposed animal-lovers behind the weekend release into the wild of 38,000 domesticated mink from an Eden Valley…
Seattle's council has pulled the plug on a minimum wage project because it didn't like the results. The city's low paid will pay the price of educating its ignorant leaders
Earlier this week, the media quickly declared that congressional efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare had collapsed. We’ve previously heard reports declaring repeal efforts dead back in March when Speaker…
Sounding like an outraged King, Dayton chided and lectured state legislative leaders, making several amazing demands: “Your job has not been satisfactorily completed, so I am calling on you to…
Minnesota has some strong cards in its economic deck. As CNBC's rankings show, its Big Government economic policies aren’t among of them.
On July 19, a Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) council will vote on a “transgender toolkit,” which—if adopted—will be distributed to all public K-12 schools across our state. The toolkit…