Renewable energy advocates like to stick to their talking points about wind and solar, but they never seem to address the elephant — or elephants — in the room when…
Two weeks ago I wrote about a proposal from some DFL legislators in St. Paul to hike Minnesota’s state sales tax, with the revenue dedicated to housing programs. Now, the…
House Democrats heard a bill in the Elections Committee this week to address what they think is a disturbing trend in Minnesota: people actually paying attention to local school board elections. Life…
The world may never know. Over at PowerLine, John Hinderaker records the recent multi-state criminal history of the Venezuelan illegal immigrant accused of murdering that nursing student in Athens, GA.…
Economic growth KFGO: U of M study shows ethanol generated $6.6 billion in economic activity in Minnesota Star Tribune: Chris Farrell: Productivity growth has led to our economic growth Minnesota…
By request, I document, with sources, the relevant statistics. Total population of Minnesota (2023): 5,737,915. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Foreign-born population of Minnesota (2022): 500,000. Source: MN Compass. Illegal immigrant…
Unlike the 2023 legislative session, lawmakers have very little room for extra spending this year. After blowing Minnesota’s $18 billion surplus and raising taxes by over $9 billion, the state’s…
The regional grid operator to which Minnesota belongs, the Midcontinent Independent Systems Operator (MISO), issued its latest Reliability Imperative report warning that the nation’s electric grid faces several immediate and serious challenges.…
A DFL bill with a “book banning” prohibition would prevent school boards from “ban[ning], remov[ing], or otherwise restrict[ing] access to a book or other material based on the viewpoint, content,…
The Rochester School District is living out the Circle of Education Funding right before our very eyes as the school board just offered their union teachers a contract they absolutely…
I’ve written before about how Minnesota’s state government is trying to offset the residents driven out of the state by its ever-higher-tax policies with those attracted here by the state’s…
In a newly introduced bill SF 4019, three DFL senators have suggested gradually raising Minnesota’s minimum wage for all employers to $20 by 2028. Currently, large employers pay $10.85 an…
Despite promising a short to-do list, the 2024 legislative session is off to a busy start. Over 500 bills have been introduced in the House first week of the session,…
In last week’s legislative preview, we commented that the proposed fix to the SRO issue was on the right track, “but it remains to be seen if the defund-the-police crowd…
It’s Truck to the Capitol Day, a time for members of the Minnesota Trucking Association to make the drive to St. Paul to meet with “elected officials to let them…
The horrific murder of a Los Angeles model and realtor illustrates the disfunction in Minnesota’s criminal justice system. The New York Post headline from this morning reads, Minnesota felon arrested…
Monday afternoon, a man prohibited from possessing firearms shot and killed his apartment manager in Brooklyn Park after she called the police on the man for assaulting his father. Read…
A proposed 235-megawatt solar panel installation that would go online in 2027 has generated opposition from residents and elected officials in southwestern Minnesota. Members of the Lyon County Board of…
Thinking Minnesota magazine conducted our very first poll back in August 2018, asking national polling firm Meeting Street Insights to survey 500 Minnesotans with 25 questions about education, crime, and the…
Yesterday, a Twitter (X) account caught my eye, going by the handle of Minnesota Department of Human Services Employees, @Minnesota_DHS. It only has 34 followers, but makes the following claim…
Following the tragic murders of Burnsville Police Officers Paul Elmstrand, Matthew Ruge, and Tactical Medic Adam Finseth, many around the state are asking how they can help. A financial donation…
Center of the American Experiment continues to fight the expensive and unreliable energy mandates passed by liberal lawmakers in St. Paul in 2022 and their allies in the utility industry…
This week I’ve written about some loopy laws being pushed in St. Paul this session: one which would erect a costly regulatory apparatus to govern who could buy, sell, or…
The pioneers who spearheaded the systems that make up the modern electric grid, such as Thomas Edison and his centralized power plants and Nikola Tesla and his alternating-current generators, led…