As we explained in our recent report “Closing Minnesota’s Budget Deficit: Why we should make spending cuts and not raise taxes,” Gov. Walz' proposals are absurd for five main reasons.
The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal and Jim Lakely are joined by Isaac Orr in episode 279 of the In The Tank Podcast. The ITT crew gives their take on the…
Minnesotans protest Walz’s ‘California’ car mandates.
During the pandemic, passengers have avoided public transit like the plague with Metro Transit suffering a 60 percent loss in ridership alone. It’s hard to blame the public considering the…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
GDP is not just an obscure word on paper. Whether our level of production shrinks or expands has serious implications on our living standards, quality of life, and general wellbeing.…
I can't count the number of emails and phone calls the Center receives on a weekly basis from public school parents who are concerned about the lesson content and political…
Covid-19 non-ICU hospitalizations are also down, by 71% from their late November peak.
Does Michigan's "Conservative" Energy Forum oppose the Line 5 oil pipeline?
There's a lot of talk about equal rights and equity issues these days in the media. But the settlement of an unusual discrimination complaint involving the U.S. Department of Education's…
Thanks to everyone who tuned in to our webinar on Governor Walz's California car mandates. For those of you who couldn't tune in, you can watch the video any time!
If you support high taxes, fine, argue in their favor. But be honest about what it is you are proposing. Don't cook up bizarre irrelevancies intended to cloud the reality.
Gov. Tim Walz appointed a committee of 45 people to rewrite the social studies standards for Minnesota’s K-12 schools. We wrote extensively about their first draft and how it left…
Kendall Qualls reflects on how best to influence black communities.
Licensing boards limit competition.
Don't be fooled by the Minnesota 'Conservative' Energy Forum.
Governor Walz's Due North Education Plan does not include student outcomes, which limits meaningful measures of student gains in competency and achievement.
It’s a simple fact that income levels in most low-cost states cannot support a $15 minimum wage.
Tomorrow, Scott Lambert from the Minnesota Auto Dealers Association and I will be presenting on Governor Walz’s attempt to impose California car mandates on Minnesota. These regulations will increase the…
The Department of Revenue found that 46% of the burden of corporate tax hikes falls on Minnesota's consumers in the form of higher prices and 27% falls on our state's…
Minneapolis became a significantly more violent and dangerous place to visit and live in 2020.
Gov. Walz's proposed tax hikes would be a bad idea. Here's why.
A. A scholarly report from Center of the American Experiment points out we are already the 5th highest taxed state, tax increases won’t produce revenue increases, and tax hikes will…
It would be easier to take seriously former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty's lecture on the need for a modern energy policy if his signature policy achievement in this area, the…