This morning, the Bureau of Economic Analysis announced that GDP grew by 4.1% in Q2 (April-June) this year. Disposable personal income increased by 4.5% and is on pace to grow…
Yakety Yak is one of the great pop records. It has sharp lyrics and tight vocal harmonies. It also has that famous saxophone part, played by the great King Curtis.
The Wisconsin Citizens Utility Board, which protects families and small businesses from increasing electricity prices, said the focus on bills instead of prices obscure the fact that the state has…
The Duluth News Tribune ran an interesting article on the amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that was meant to expedite the exchange of land between Polymet Mining…
Advocates of minimum wage hikes all too often live in a fantasy world where employers are vast corporations whose owners and managers are swimming in piles of cash while paying…
Minneapolis’ bogus renewable energy pledge.
American Experiment campaign highlights that the Met Council and MnDOT have no plan to relieve congestion. In fact, they like it.
Minnesota adds expensive solar as electricity prices soar.
Scott Peterson rallies business to address the labor shortage.
Minnesota’s economic growth has lagged Wisconsin’s since Dayton and Walker took office.
$100 million in cash was allegedly carried to the Mideast via MSP airport in 2017 alone.
Candace Owens explains what happens when you threaten the liberals’ lock on African American voters.
Advocates of reducing CO2 emissions from electricity generation have released a new study attempting to show the necessary steps to make 13 states CO2-free in the Midwest. Unfortunately, the study,…
Between 1998 and 2000, Minnesota's top rate of income tax was cut from 8.5% to 7.85%. The effects? In 2017 dollars, income tax revenues in the nine years before 1998,…
Why do most schools around the country have a three-month break every summer? The nine-month school year was adopted over a century ago, so children could work on the farms…
The 2.3 percent tax, which became effective in 2013, already took in $5 billion in three years, before getting suspended. The concern is that the tax will hurt small companies…
I was an external candidate when I was hired as an editorial writer for the St. Paul Pioneer Press in the summer of 1983. This was very good news for…
[Photo Source: iStock.com] Young people who choose a career that requires a two-year technical college degree or similar credential can generally avoid the oppressive student loan debt that burdens so…
According to a post in the Duluth News Tribune, iron mining firms have rebounded from the slump they experienced a few years ago and the economy in Minnesota is humming…
Data released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis shows that Minnesota's economic growth lagged that of the United States as a whole in the first three months of the…
State income tax receipts were higher both in dollar terms and as a share of Minnesota's GDP when the top rate of income tax was 9% than when it was…
The new conservative government in Ontario will cancel 758 renewable energy contracts in an effort to lower electricity rates in the province, with the move expected to result in CAD…
In recent years, the electrical grid in Texas (ERCOT) has had moments of almost utter collapse. In 2008, a storm swept through the state causing a large amount of wind…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.