National health expenditure data show focus on drug costs misplaced
Prescription drug costs tend to shoulder a lot of the blame for the high and rising cost of health care in America. Bringing down the cost of drugs was the…
Prescription drug costs tend to shoulder a lot of the blame for the high and rising cost of health care in America. Bringing down the cost of drugs was the…
Center of the American Experiment announced today they will host a Tax Rally on the steps of the Minnesota State Capitol on Saturday, April 23 at 11:00 a.m. The rally…
However unlikely, the west metro suburb of Edina features prominently in the free-food scandal. Not one person has been arrested or charged in the case. The alleged scandal involves two…
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) did the right thing when they unanimously denied Xcel Energy’s request to charge Minnesota families and businesses more for electricity to subsidize electric vehicle…
In a puzzling statement when he was running for the presidency, now President Joe Biden said “Milton Friedman isn’t running the show anymore.” Quite what he meant by that is anyone’s guess,…
On Tuesday, DFL lawmakers barred Center of the American Experiment from testifying on a bill in the Minnesota House of Representatives that would cause even more gas station inflation by…
The south metro suburban city of Burnsville boasts a population of 64,000 and the ski area Buck Hill. It also contains enough free-food distribution capacity (at least on paper) to…
Parents are the primary educator of their children, and as such have a right to know what their children are being taught in school. But not all parents know how…
Greta Callahan, president of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers, and Shaun Laden, president of the educational support professionals chapter of the Minneapolis union, held a press conference this week after an…
In 2021, Minnesota’s population grew by just 225 people, losing 13,453 residents to other states. This was Minnesota’s biggest net loss of domestic migrants to other states in at least…
With the legislative session underway, the question of what to do with Minnesota’s historic $9.3 billion surpluses is still up in the air. Gov. Tim Walz has proposed a plan…
It’s not official yet, but the fate of a controversial $350 million Chinese-backed agriculture processing plant tentatively approved by the Grand Forks City Council may soon be in the hands…
This suburban city south of the Minnesota River has a population of about 32,000 and is thick with free-food fraud connections. Allegedly. It’s a fast-growing suburb and a haven for…
A new report from the Minnesota Department of Health lays bare a looming problem for our state’s hospitals: a staffing shortage. The report — Three Key Trends for Minnesota Community…
The Minnesota House of Representatives is hearing a bill that would impose California Fuel Standards in the Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee this morning. Mitch Rolling sought to…
The value of a dollar is what it can buy you. In economics, this is referred to as purchasing power. A dollar is worth more if it can buy you…
There’s an old adage about never picking a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel, but sometimes the fight is warranted. That was the case when the Rochester…
This stop on the free-food fraud tour brings us to the south-central Minnesota city of Mankato. This town of 44,000 is home to Minnesota State University (which advanced to this…
Days after launching a new app for citizens to report complaints with city services, Duluth has already logged some 265 responses and counting on the city’s Resident Problem Reporter. The…
Sen. Eric Pratt lost the Republican endorsement to a candidate backed by Action For Liberty over the weekend. First-time candidate Natalie Barnes won more than 60% of the vote on…
The question of what to do with Minnesota’s forecast state government budget surplus of $9.3 billion is dominating political and policy discussion in the state right now. Such a decision…
I am very pleased to have co-authored the editorial piece below with Congressman Tom Tiffany from the 7th Congressional District of Wisconsin. The article was originally published in the Washington…
A number of addresses have featured prominently in the alleged free-food fraud story, but none more prominently than 3055 Old Highway 8, St. Anthony, Minnesota. The office building at that…
On Thursday, the Minnesota Senate Energy and Utilities Finance Committee heard multiple bills regarding nuclear power in our state. These bills included a full repeal of the current moratorium on…