For a little over $2 million, a bored Texas billionaire can impose a brand-new voting system on a state 1,200 miles away.
It will take years to fully assess the academic and behavioral damage inflicted on K-12 students who were locked out of school and away from their classmates by educators during…
We at the Center have written a lot about Minnesota’s relatively expensive housing. A recent article by Jim Buchta and MaryJo Webster for the Star Tribune explained how bad the situation is…
Liberal lawmakers in St. Paul want to reward their friends in the wind and solar lobbying industry with your tax dollars. Senate File 2249 would give a $5 million slush…
The main cost of government is employees. For the most part, government doesn’t have capital equipment, production facilities, raw materials, or sales and marketing. Government is mostly salaries, benefits and…
As part of its Women of the Year project, USA Today is choosing one person from each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico to honor during March’s…
Isaac Orr joins Jon Justice to talk about Xcel’s proposal to increase your electric bill to build electric vehicle charging stations. They also discuss how environmental groups are launching a…
B.F. Randall is a Utah-based lawyer who has gained traction on Twitter and Substack for his views about mining, metals, and the importance of diesel fuel (“crude oil is like…
A bill to impose ranked-choice voting (RCV) on state and federal elections cleared two more hurdles at the state Capitol yesterday. The bill (HF 2486) is moving forward despite (or…
State and local taxes and spending Duluth News Tribune: Minnesota House mulls proposals to eliminate, reduce Social Security tax Kare 11: House panel weighs Social Security tax break KTTC: Minnesota’s…
Biden wants to impose $4.7 trillion in new taxes on Americans. Specifically, he wants corporations and the richest Americans to pay their “fair share,” whatever that means. It’s certainly unlikely…
It’s no secret that Minnesota has struggled to help many students become literate — a failure that many of us sounded the alarm on years ago. Both Republican legislators and…
The Met Council has finally lost the Twin Cities media when it comes to the boondoggle known as the Southwest Light Rail Transit project. The headlines for the release of…
The state’s Democratic leadership has staked out one of America’s most extreme positions on sex-change surgeries for minors. As I mentioned the other day, Gov. Tim Walz signed (in public,…
On Thursday, March 16, 2023, Minnesota regulators announced they are monitoring the cleanup of a leak of 400,000 gallons of tritium-containing water at Xcel Energy’s Monticello nuclear power plant. Tritium…
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An anti-nuke resolution before the Duluth City Council must have appeared to be a slam dunk to supporters. After all, their like-minded peers on the Minneapolis and St. Paul city…
The Minnesota House of Representatives Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee debated HF 2290 in a hearing last evening. The bill would effectively ban law enforcement from having the ability…
On Tuesday, Minnesota Public Radio reported that environmental groups, including the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, have launched a campaign aimed at stopping the proposed Tamarack mine. The mine was…
For the past 100 years, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that parental rights are a fundamental right, writes Parental Rights Foundation president William Estrada for the American Enterprise Institute.…
A new player has entered the game of the Democratic Party’s search for an alternative to President Biden for 2024’s presidential election: none other than our own Governor, Tim Walz:…
The good news is that Minnesotans are likely going to get tax cuts one way or another. The bad news, however, is that the type of tax cuts currently being…
Minnesota’s Attorney General Keith Ellison has come under criticism in recent months for his responses to several significant public safety issues facing our state. Violent crime, gun crimes, and auto thefts…
A year ago, Rochester city officials decided they wanted to build a $65 million regional sports and recreation center. But city hall had trouble articulating the need for it, other…