Thanks to Construction Career Pathways (CCP) and its partnering programs, Minnesota’s youth can begin exploring successful career opportunities in construction as early as middle school, develop skills through a registered…
Last week, economist Jeffrey Sachs had an op-ed on CNN titled 'Trump's failure to fight climate change is a crime against humanity'. But new EPA data shows that American individuals…
Anyone who doubts mob rule increasingly defines many leftists’ politics needs to see the video of last night’s Duluth City Council meeting. The News Tribune’s written account does not do…
The original article appeared here, on KBJR6. DULUTH, MN – The Center of the American Experiment hosted a rally Monday night to demonstrate the public’s support for mining in the…
Each year Education Minnesota charges members $25.00 for its political action committee or “PAC.” PAC money is spent on political parties (OK mostly one party), candidates and other political funds.…
Our friends at Intellectual Takeout, on Monday, republished an excellent recent article by Brittany Hunter of the Foundation for Economic Education: “When Sears Used the Market to Combat Jim Crow.”…
What is usually called 'the public sector' is really just 'the government sector'. There is a difference.
The more St. Paul residents find out about the city’s newly mandated organized garbage collection program, the less they like about it. City Hall not only took away their citizens’…
Generally, the rich got that way by catering to the demands of other people in a reasonably free market. They did not get rich by making people poor, but by…
Why ‘affirmative consent’ will be the new Freedom battleground to end forced unionism.
Race-based quotas for discipline led to violent chaos in St. Paul schools, so Minnesota's Department of Human Rights decided to double down on program statewide.
Seven common-sense ideas that will transform Minnesota's economy for generations.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
State regulators have once again empowered environmental hardliners by postponing a decision on a natural-gas power plant proposed by Minnesota Power. While the plant will be built in Superior, the…
Do Minnesotans believe transportation funding should be used to build more transit including light rail and bike lanes or improve roads, highways, and bridges? It seems to depend on how…
This week, it was announced that the United States is now ranked #1 in the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report.
Renewable energy has very little value as a power producer—it’s not as reliable as other forms of energy, it’s more intermittent and difficult to predict, and the imposed costs it…
The rogue ex-FBI agent from the Minneapolis field office whose personal gripes with the system outweighed his concern for national security will have four years behind bars to reevaluate his…
Despite economic theory and empirical evidence being against such a move, Saint Paul's Mayor, Melvin Carter, seems intent on imposing a $15ph minimum wage without a 'tip credit' on the…
Despite what its detractors say, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed last year has been an unqualified success. Unemployment is at its lowest rate since 1969, wages are rising…
Perhaps the richest irony of Harvard’s admissions policies disfavoring Asians is that they result in preferential admissions for white applicants. This wasn’t the original intent of affirmative action partisans. Harvard…
Yesterday Republican Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska released his second book titled, Them: Why We Hate Each Other and How to Heal. Senator Sasse believes that Americans aren’t getting along so well. That…
If you’re an Xcel customer, you have most likely noticed your electricity rates have been increasing steadily in the last few years. That’s because Xcel signed a historic multi-year rate…
A new report gives Gov. Dayton a D grade for fiscal policy thanks to his hikes in taxation and government spending.