No one doubts the Omicron variant of COVID-19 will continue to spread across the state, including central Minnesota. But the mayors of St. Cloud and three neighboring cities do have…
Center of the American Experiment this week launched a statewide radio campaign with ads in Spanish, Somali and English educating Minnesotans on how alternative energy sources such as wind and…
On Dec. 7, Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) released its budget forecast for Fiscal Year 2022-23 which foresaw a $7.746 billion projected surplus. This immediately sparked a debate about what should be…
Advocates of wind and solar power often tell us that these energy sources will result in lower energy prices, but the facts on the ground do not support this claim.…
Minneapolis is still on the hook to replenish its police force.
With an estimated $7.7 billion surplus projected for the next biennium (over $3 billion of which is already in the bank) and $1.1 billion in unspent federal COVID funds, the…
From the time of our founding, George Washington observed that “[t]he administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government.” Of course, it is the people who work within the…
The cost, size and scope of Minnesota state and local government continues to balloon year after year, with no end in sight. Indeed, DFL legislators stand ready to further expand…
Attempts to justify the high costs of President Biden’s Build Back Better plan have engendered a string of creative economic arguments advocating for so-called investments by the government to drive a…
Progressives write racial discrimination into the law of the land.
On Dec. 7, Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) released its budget forecast for Fiscal Year 2022-23 which foresaw a $7.746 billion projected surplus. This immediately sparked a debate about what should be…
The vaunted political clout of the teachers’ unions might be collapsing under the weight of their own arrogance
What can a bad beer pour teach us about energy policy? A lot, actually.
A friend of mine posted this, and it’s certainly funny.
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The following article was written by Michael Shellenberger at Substack: Between 2017 and 2021, Environmental Progress and I researched and published dozens of articles, testified before Congress, and authored a book, Apocalypse Never, arguing that weather-dependent renewables were making…
Labor market Alexandria Echo Press: New year, new minimum-wage rates as of Jan. 1 Fergus Falls Daily Journal: Minimum wage increase Duluth News Tribune: ‘More of what workers want’: Wage…
I have recently written about why the legislature should not use surplus funds to increase funding for childcare or create a state family and medical leave program. Unfortunately, the list…
As the latest variant of COVID hits home, the mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul have moved in lockstep to slap another open-ended mask mandate on citizens this week. The…
On Dec. 7, Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) released its budget forecast for Fiscal Year 2022-23 which foresaw a $7.746 billion projected surplus. This immediately sparked a debate about what should be…
The Coal Creek Station will continue to generate electricity for decades to come, thanks to a decision by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to grant unanimous approval for the sale…
It is a well-understood phenomenon that wind generation in the Midwest essentially disappears when the mercury dips below -22° F. Electricity generation from wind turbines drops under these circumstances because…
How Otter Tail Power benefits a North Dakota energy plant.