There has been a surge of popularity for four-day school weeks, particularly in rural districts. Cited reasons for the schedule change include hoping it will boost teacher recruitment and retention,…
The massive changes in election laws enacted by Minnesota Democrats over the past two years inspired us at the Center to undertake a four-stop “election integrity tour” last month. We…
State and local taxes and spending Detroit Lakes Online: Detroit Lakes school district’s proposed property tax levy is just under $10 million Fox News: ‘Bad policy’: Minnesota lawmaker says Walz…
Another day, another mass shooting in Minneapolis. This morning’s occurred in Dinkytown, the local neighborhood adjacent to the University of Minnesota’s flagship campus. This one caught the attention of local…
Open enrollment policies allow students to access public schools outside of their resident public schools, which can be a great help for families whose assigned neighborhood public schools aren’t the…
With the new and growing electricity demand that artificial intelligence (AI) is putting on the grid, it seems like the smart money is on nuclear to power AI. Nuclear power…
Today (Halloween), the utility company Xcel Energy filed its latest quarterly financial report. The Minnesota Star Tribune headline: Xcel will increase capital spending by $11B as data centers, climate change…
Only two years after having a forecast budget surplus of $18 billion, Minnesota’s state government is, according to its February 2024 Budget and Economic Forecast, looking at a budget deficit…
Minneapolis records the 7th murder in and around homeless encampments in 10 months This past weekend three people were fatally shot, and three others were wounded in two separate shooting…
Childcare is expensive all over the country, but parents in Minnesota have it especially hard. According to data from Childcare Aware, for example, daycare for infants cost 21 percent of…
In August, the state of Utah filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Supreme Court challenging federal control over more than a third of the land within its borders. The lawsuit…
County caught illegally staffing ballot boards. The headline from KSTP-TV: Supreme Court rules Hennepin County Absentee Ballot Board must comply with state law in choosing election judges by Nov. 1…
Center of the American Experiment has been sounding the alarm about St. Paul’s economy and fiscal prospects for some time. Now, a group of “fiscal watchdogs” have added their weight…
The use of the word “latest” in this Minnesota Star Tribune headline gives the game away: Mayor Frey’s latest plan has ‘action steps’ to revitalize downtown Minneapolis “action steps” The…
We wrote last week about Hennepin County ignoring the list of election judges submitted by the political parties in the creation of their ballot board. Today, the Minnesota Supreme Court…
Each year, Education Minnesota charges member teachers and education support professionals (ESPs) $25 to fund its political action committee, or PAC. PAC money is spent on supporting political parties, candidates,…
Ford Motor Company reported some ugly, but unsurprising, news from its third-quarter earnings report: the company lost $1.2 billion on its electric vehicle business. It turns out that simply making…
The state’s mandate to develop ever more wind energy to offset the loss of traditional power plants shut down by climate change zealots has fueled resentment among some residents of…
A new fall survey of educators has found that the majority of public school teachers support education savings accounts (ESAs), a school choice policy that allows parent-directed dollars to be…
GE Vernova, the maker of the defective offshore wind turbine blades that broke off of the coast of Nantucket and scattered the beach with fiberglass shards, has found more defects…
We’ve written a couple of times about the horrific double murder that took place last December in a Dinkytown cigar store. Royal Cigar and Tobacco was the scene of the…
State and local taxes and spending USA Today: Opinion: ‘Knucklehead’ Tim Walz stinks at grammar. He also gets an ‘F’ in state governance Minn Post: Why is most of the…
A report issued by the consulting firm Bain & Company earlier this month contained this eye-catching finding regarding data center growth: US energy demand could outstrip supply within the next…
Minnesota Power, based in Duluth, got approval for a 4.9 percent rate hike to residential customers’ electricity rates compared to 2023 rates. Minnesota Power estimates the average residential customer will…