Between 1998 and 2000, Minnesota's top rate of income tax was cut from 8.5% to 7.85%. The effects? In 2017 dollars, income tax revenues in the nine years before 1998,…
Why do most schools around the country have a three-month break every summer? The nine-month school year was adopted over a century ago, so children could work on the farms…
The 2.3 percent tax, which became effective in 2013, already took in $5 billion in three years, before getting suspended. The concern is that the tax will hurt small companies…
I was an external candidate when I was hired as an editorial writer for the St. Paul Pioneer Press in the summer of 1983. This was very good news for…
[Photo Source: iStock.com] Young people who choose a career that requires a two-year technical college degree or similar credential can generally avoid the oppressive student loan debt that burdens so…
According to a post in the Duluth News Tribune, iron mining firms have rebounded from the slump they experienced a few years ago and the economy in Minnesota is humming…
Data released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis shows that Minnesota's economic growth lagged that of the United States as a whole in the first three months of the…
State income tax receipts were higher both in dollar terms and as a share of Minnesota's GDP when the top rate of income tax was 9% than when it was…
The new conservative government in Ontario will cancel 758 renewable energy contracts in an effort to lower electricity rates in the province, with the move expected to result in CAD…
In recent years, the electrical grid in Texas (ERCOT) has had moments of almost utter collapse. In 2008, a storm swept through the state causing a large amount of wind…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin is trying to get the 'Go Pack Go' Act through Congress. This would force cable, satellite and other TV providers to give customers in Wisconsin access to programming…
The just-released summer issue of Thinking Minnesota makes a compelling case for how allowing more mining in northern Minnesota would give Minnesota’s economy a potent shot in the arm. In…
New Orleans replaces a corrupt and failing school system with charter schools. It’s working.
The real legacy of the Age of Aquarius was the Reagan Revolution.
American Experiment's report "Energy Policy in Minnesota: The High Cost of Failure," must have the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) quivering in their boots. The national lobbying organization for Big…
How mining will bring 8,500 jobs and $3.7 billion to Minnesota's economy
The dollar amount of tax revenue seems far more likely to be a function of the size of the state's economy than of its tax rates. This means that if…
While the City Council and the Mayor may attempt to deflect on this issue, the same residents who can get a Minnesota State ID card would be able to obtain…
U.S. Senate candidate Richard Painter, who became famous for his dumpster fire ad, addressed a crowd of about 100 people in Ely, Minnesota on Tuesday, July 17th. Copper-nickel mining was one…
To be clear, if the Obama rule is fixed, the unions that have been certified would unfortunately continue until they are decertified—that is why MNPCA is not giving up in…
The employment-participation rate for 16- to 19-year-olds in Minnesota fell from 69.8 percent in 2000 to 52.3 percent in 2016, a decline of 17.5 percentage points. Unemployment rates for black…
The national media has already written the first chapter of a potentially protracted standoff in northern Minnesota over the recently approved Enbridge 3 pipeline. The Wall Street Journal warns that…
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Driver and Vehicle Services division has unveiled their new, federally-compliant driver's licenses and ID cards. Hopefully the roll-out of the new licenses and ID cards…