The DFL-controlled legislature passed many changes to Minnesota’s E-12 education landscape this past legislative session. One of those changes is the removal of a local arts standards option. While the…
50 years after its TIME cover story, does Minnesota still work?
Yesterday I wrote about how CNBC’s much heralded rankings of “America’s Top States for Business” actually told you very little that was useful about which American states really are top…
Much attention (including by me) has been given to the troubling academic trends in our public schools. But less attention has been given to the schools defying the sobering math…
Earlier today, the Tax Foundation published its mid-year report on sales tax around the country. Minnesota, as usual, ranked high, coming at number 17 based on its effective combined state…
Metro Transit’s 40-point plan to deter the violent crime and vagrancy plaguing the Twin Cities’ light rail and bus lines continues to flounder a year into the highly publicized security…
Minnesota’s media is always on the lookout for good news stories about the state, which might explain the coverage given to our ranking of 5th in CNBC’s annual “America’s Top…
It should be common sense, especially to our policymakers, that raising the price of one product or banning it induces consumers to shift to a cheaper alternative. Unfortunately, it isn’t.…
Typically school boards rubberstamp the district’s renewal of affiliation with the Minnesota State High School League and move on to the next item on the agenda. Yet it was anything…
On Friday afternoon, July 14, 2023, Fargo police were dispatched to a traffic accident at 25th St. and Ninth Ave South. Officer Jake Wallin, 23, just three months into his police…
Last week, Axios reported: Minnesota swing voters in Axios’ latest Engagious/Sago focus group support some of the DFL‘s biggest legislative victories, but overwhelmingly oppose tax increases included in the recent state budget. … Zoom…
While teachers can now retire with full benefits at age 65 (instead of age 66) effective July 1, 2025 (unless hired before 1989), the Minnesota legislature missed an opportunity to…
Despite a razor-thin majority, the DFL pushed through a radical agenda.
Time to pull the plug on the Northstar Commuter Rail.
State and local taxes and spending Kare 11: Oops: A multi-million dollar mistake needs to be fixed in Minnesota’s tax law Minn Post: Error in tax bill would cost Minnesota…
DFL legislators pushed through ‘historic investments’ in education, so the system is bound to improve, right?
Minnesota’s eleven Native American tribes did very well during the 2023 legislative session. It’s not surprising given their $1 million in campaign contributions to the DFL and having one of…
We recently visited this southern Minnesota city and noted some of the connections to free-food fraud. Back in March of last year, we noted that during Covid, Owatonna had more…
There’s only one reason to construct a carbon dioxide pipeline to dispose of emissions from ethanol plants in North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota — fear and loathing over climate…
Minnesota’s Top 5 ranking for business by CNBC caught attention recently, as my colleague John Phelan wrote about here. But the state’s drop in the education subindex over the years…
Price floors and ceilings — Minimum wages and rent controls Public policymakers often intervene in economies using “price floors,” such as government-mandated minimum wages, or “price ceilings,” like rent controls.…
DOC settlement with transgender inmate risks the safety of female inmates.
Minnesota’s criminal justice system is unable or unwilling to connect the dots.
Minnesotans might have been surprised yesterday to see headlines such as “Minnesota ranks No. 5 among ‘America’s Top States for Business’ by CNBC,” “Minnesota knocks Texas out of Top 5…