At one point, the market was on track for its worst December since the Great Depression. So what's happening?
Renewable energy advocates in Minnesota claimed that mandating the use of wind for electricity generation would produce a boom in jobs and generate local tax revenue for rural Minnesota, but…
Janus v Afscme was not just about ending “fair share” fees. The Supreme Court ruled that public-sector unions must get "clear and affirmative consent" from union members before taking money…
On Tuesday, January 22, 2019, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) delivered a presentation to the Minnesota House of Representatives detailing the condition of the state’s air. In what may…
Washington County, on one end of the I-94 bridge over the St. Croix, is pretty similar to St. Croix County on the other end. The big difference is that one…
Healthcare coverage for the one million Minnesotans enrolled in Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare programs costs state taxpayers more than $5 billion a year. We already know from a past legislative…
While we are still thinking about the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., I wanted to bring a startling development to your attention: public school teachers are being subjected to…
Instead of empowering and celebrating the voices of women with different thoughts and political ideologies, the Women's March movement silences them and is regrettably divisive. Its obsession over identity politics…
Center of the American Experiment continues to support responsible mining in Minnesota by submitting public comments to the Bureau of Land Management urging them to renew the mineral leases for…
More research has provided further evidence that minimum wage hikes are bad public policy.
The rate of unionization in Minnesota for state-level employees is now about 98 percent; the rate for municipal employees is about 54 percent, one of the highest rates in the…
He flirted with democratic socialism and opposed the Vietnam War but stood against identity politics. By Coleman Hughes To honor Dr. King on MLK day I’m sharing an excellent column run…
Self-identified environmentalists in Minnesota want to increase the adoption of wind, solar, and electric vehicles in our state, but they also generally oppose opening new mines in Minnesota that would…
Is Donald Trump in fact a Russian agent? In my opinion, the energy policies he’s enacted make that implausible. President Trump is the exact opposite of his predecessor on energy…
Belief in minimum wage hikes is about as close to belief in Milton Friedman's mythical 'free lunch' as you will find. They seem to offer the prospect of benefits for…
Governor Tim Walz capped off his first week in office with an inaugural party in Minneapolis on Saturday, treating thousands of Minnesotans to a night of food and performances meant to…
California has mandated rooftop solar units be placed on every new home built in the Golden State. Given Minnesota winters aren't as conducive to rooftop solar as sunny California, should…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Schools exist to disseminate knowledge and information, right? Apparently the Duluth School Board didn’t get the lesson plan. This week the board of Minnesota’s 22nd largest district by enrollment reached…
Turns out there is a fancy French word, “l’esprit d’escalier” to describe an artful, witty comeback. It literally means “staircase wit” as in one only realizes their missed opportunity for…
Many Minnesota employers are struggling to find workers. One place most aren’t likely to look is among ex-felons, who make up about 8 percent of the state’s adults, according to…
Two Democratic Senators, Charles Wiger and John Marty, have introduced S.F.34, a bill that would enlist Minnesota in the national effort to do away with the Electoral College and decide…
Claims by environmental groups that electric cars would soon be flying off the shelves seem to have missed a key player in making that claim come true: automakers. Rather than…
Taxes are incentives. If we tax something, we get less of it. Indeed, this is what so-called 'sin taxes' are based on. High rates of taxation on income from investment -…