The planning commission in Minnetrista was gung ho on the solar garden installation with 4,100 nine-foot high photovoltaic panels proposed for the rural western Twin Cities suburb. Just weeks ago,…
People seem to accept as inevitable some degree of bias from big tech companies. But if the likes of Facebook and Twitter are seen to be too nakedly partisan -…
The Minneapolis Star Tribune recently reported that Governor Tim Walz will be the one making the decision whether to allow limited in-person attendance of Vikings games this season. The question…
I have written extensively on how COVID-19 has changed the education landscape and has revealed to parents the shortcomings of a top-down education system, leading many to seek out alternative…
A new report, after taking into account the Covid-19 crisis, estimates that raising the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2027 wage could result in the loss of 2 million…
The Northstar commuter rail line never has lived up to ridership expectations. It’s always been a huge loser for taxpayers, who have heavily subsidized every ride taken on the train,…
This good news for the state government hides the reality of bad news indeed for the state's lower income earners. How do we help them?
Government-approved monopolies like Xcel Energy operate under a perverse incentive structure in Minnesota. The more these companies spend on new wind turbines, solar panels, and natural gas plants, the higher…
Economist Emily Oster and data scientists have collected data on almost 200,000 students in 47 states related to the coronavirus in schools. "The evidence is pointing in one direction. Schools…
According to a study conducted by Yale Researcher, childcare programs that stayed open have not been a major contributor to the spread of Covid-19. This is the first large-scale study…
North Dakota is benefiting from its economic policies. We hope that Minnesota will take note.
A newly-released study from the University of Rhode Island (URI) has found that solar facilities reduce property values for nearby properties.
Based on the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, part one of a webinar series co-hosted by the University of Minnesota's School of Social Work focuses on "recovery from white conditioning."
The teachers' union MEA conference was framed as being distance learning focused. But looking through the offered workshops, few addressed distance learning-related challenges. Maybe that's why so few teachers participated…
In an August 3 open letter, California Assemblyman Jim Cooper, a Democrat from Elk Grove, called out the state’s environmental groups, including the Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council, saying…
The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Justin Haskins, and Jim Lakely are joined by Isaac Orr for episode 265 of the In The Tank Podcast. The podcast covers the New York…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Rep. Little celebrates his skill - election season is no time for modesty - in taking money from you and your kids and giving it back to you with his…
In what should have been a headline in The Onion or the Babylon Bee, and not the Star Tribune, the City of Minneapolis delayed the rebuilding of businesses destroyed by…
Families unsatisfied with their brick and mortar school's distance learning plan have turned to learning pods, pandemic micro-schools, and homeschooling, to name a few. But despite these learning environments offering…
According to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED), unemployment fell from 7.4% in August to 6% in September. However, that decline has been mainly driven by people…
It’s common knowledge that Minneapolis and St. Paul rank among the most hostile cities to cars and fossil-fueled vehicles anywhere in the country. For years the number of public parking…
There are all too many horrific episodes in American history of white mobs attacking African-Americans or other ethnic minorities. But this summer, in the Twin Cities, might have been the…
On Tuesday I wrote about how 123 candidates for office in Minnesota have signed a pledge to oppose the Walz administration’s attempt to impose California car mandates on Minnesota. One…