Today (Monday) at 3 p.m., the Committee on Education Finance and Policy will have a hearing on the proposed Minnesota K-12 social studies standards. The virtual hearing will be live-streamed on…
Data from the grid operator's website shows wind accounted for just 3.26 percent of energy demand at the time of this writing. Coal accounted for 55 percent, natural gas 24.6…
Every year at the legislature, at least one issue pops up that attracts the attention of members, the public and the press but ultimately has no chance of becoming law.…
This op-ed originally appeared in the Star Tribune. Minnesota parents, are you ready for the coming “woke” invasion of your child’s public school? By 2022, as your first-grader is learning…
The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Samantha Fillmore are joined by Isaac Orr in episode 280 of the In The Tank Podcast. It seems lately like people who…
A January 2020 Met Council report warned that “investments that address Twin Cities congestion are of statewide importance and warrant attention.” So why is the St. Paul City Council trying to…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
What is fair when it comes to taxes is hard to strictly define and probably fluctuates from person to person. However, the most recent data shows that in 2018, not…
My recent article entitled “Counterpoint: Here’s how we ‘modernize’ the GOP,” in the Star Tribune, generated three different letters to the editor where the authors attempt to refute my points.…
AKA Do the Vikings lose because of Minnesota's high taxes?
Setting aside the fact that most welfare recipients saw no disruption in cash payments, there are a number of reasons that make continuously expanding welfare due to the pandemic illogical.…
Senate File 2 authored by Senator Carla Nelson removes the governor's authority to close school, curtail school activities, or alter school schedules via emergency powers, placing this decision-making instead in…
The head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told reporters Wednesday that schools can reopen safely even if teachers are not vaccinated against COVID-19.
The Polar Vortex of 2021 could be the biggest strain on Minnesota's energy system in the last year, and it will be Minnesota's coal, nuclear, and natural gas fleet that…
At the same time, Biden administration must ensure that unemployment-payment increases are only temporary and can nix altogether the $15 federal minimum wage.
According to new BLS data, Minnesota had the third-highest number of job losses in the country only surpassed by Michigan and California.
Proposed legislation in the Senate (S.F. 351) authored by Sen. Roger Chamberlain aims to support families who have been impacted the most during distance learning by providing distance learning aid…
If people don't like policy in this state, they will relocate their activity to other states.
Liberals were outraged about Trump's trade wars, but what will they say if Joe Biden starts one because of carbon dioxide emissions?
One of the largest school districts in Minnesota is taking heat for canceling the online streaming of its monthly work sessions which enabled parents and taxpayers to keep an eye…
Elementary students in St. Paul were back in their classrooms yesterday (Monday) for the first time in nearly 11 months, reports the Pioneer Press. Guess who is "pressuring" district leaders…
According to Gov. Tim Walz, taxes on cigarettes are okay because they reduce smoking. But by his own logic, taxes on income should also have a deterrent effect on economically…
Gov. Walz' budget would increase taxes and fees for pretty much everybody.
The American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation, which puts on the Birkie ski and trail events in northwestern Wisconsin, recently announced it is severing its sponsorship relationship with Enbridge Energy after members…