For years we’ve been told the state needs to throw tens of millions of taxpayer dollars at providing high-speed internet access to rural areas. Along the way, private providers have often…
Premiums have stabilized in the individual market, thanks to a $542 million subsidy, but legislators still have more work to do. This op-ed originally appeared in the Star Tribune on…
Rep. Tom Emmer is stepping up efforts to stop an 11th hour action by the Obama administration to severely curtail mining in northern Minnesota. He outlined what’s at stake for…
Data on metropolitan areas shows Minnesota's economic performance is increasingly mediocre
“In the Council’s mind, it’s like a high-stakes poker game. The Council is betting that by spending hundreds of millions of dollars, they can pressure Congress and the FTA into…
Leadership makes a difference for better or for worse. American Experiment’s Mitch Pearlstein reflects on what might have been with a landmark school choice bill if Gov. Mark Dayton’s mentor,…
Some argue that there are goods and services which must by paid for by taxation simply because a particular group of people likes them. There is little merit in this…
In recent years, Wisconsin’s job growth has rapidly outpaced Minnesota’s. And that was before the announcement of one of the biggest development projects in years, Foxconn’s first-ever expansion into the…
Who would have ever guessed that people who care for the disabled in their homes would have to fight their own state government to protect a precious Medicaid benefit from…
'Public goods' are a staple of taxation theory. But some public goods aren't so public after all
Too bad the officers’ body cameras weren’t rolling recently in Duluth. It might not have been the sort of gritty scene that makes it on the evening news or reality…
Randi Weingarten—the union boss of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)—took her criticism of school choice to a new low in a fiery speech she gave at AFT’s annual convention…
Newly released emails show that Seattle's city council worked with the supposedly independent authors of a study which concluded that its $15 minimum wage had not hurt low paid workers.
Surly Brewing Company sends out periodic emails about product launches, etc. Today’s email included an entertaining rant about traffic congestion in the Twin Cities. First Surly’s email, then a few…
The Federation of State Medical Boards released their latest biennial report on the number of doctors licensed to practice medicine in American in 2016. Assuming having more doctors is a…
Northern Minnesotans sent a message to the Trump administration this week in the Iron Range city of Virginia. Hundreds of residents spilled into the streets to make sure Washington understands…
To reduce pollution, policymakers raise its price. But doesn't that mean raising the price of labor is a bad idea?
“Transgenderism” is the hot craze on the Left. A group that didn’t exist (or wasn’t known to exist) not many years ago is now presented as the key locus of…
Why do so many Minnesotans agree with the project's goal so eagerly?
7 Things the legislature didn't do, but should.
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…