Labor market Worthington Globe: Minnesota needs commonsense workforce development Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal: Minnesota has more than twice as many job openings as job seekers Economic growth Owatonna People’s Press:…
Remember when libraries were just libraries? A place you could go to check out books, periodicals and find a quiet place to read? With the virtual information age threatening their…
Getting licensed is expensive and time-consuming. To be a licensed cosmetologist in Minnesota, for example, one must undertake 1,550 hours of training, write three exams, and pay nearly $300 in…
Based on the flurry of campaign finance activity, it looks like Minnesota will be a highly contested battleground state this fall. Checking in with recent filings at the state Campaign…
Our supporters are absolutely crushing the Walz administration’s survey on the California fuel standards and electric vehicle adoption. Now that we’ve conquered one survey, it’s time to move on to…
Who says there aren’t any good jobs out there? The Minnesota Department of Corrections seeks to hire an experienced tattoo supervisor to mentor and train inmates interested in tattooing as…
Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a rule proposing a federal ban on Menthol cigarettes. As reported by the Wall Street Journal, “The ban would prohibit the sale…
Our country’s K-12 public education system is being transformed into something it was never intended to be. Academic rigor is taking a backseat to an ideological mission, as schools go…
They aren’t even trying to hide it. For the past few years, there has been an organized effort to elect far-left district attorneys around the nation. The result has been…
ABC News reports new details are emerging on Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s gas tax rebate proposal to help Californians with the rising costs at the pump. According to the Governor’s office, the refunds…
In 1985, Amtrak ended all passenger rail service to Duluth. It did so because hardly anyone was using the service anymore. Now, nearly 40 years on, there are proposals to…
In an attempt to address the lack of affordable housing, the Minnesota House passed a bill on Monday that includes extra funding for numerous housing programs. The bill — HF…
Yesterday, I wrote about employment growth in Minnesota since the trough of the COVID-19 recession in April 2020. Despite a period of below average employment growth, we still have a…
On Monday, I wrote a piece about the Walz administration’s survey seeking feedback on their plans to impose California fuel standards, which will increase the cost of gasoline by between…
The truth behind Minnesota’s role in the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 is more complex than revisionists want us to believe.
A nonprofit you’ve never heard of spent $550,000 to mobilize the inner-city vote efforts in the last election. You will never guess who paid for it. Faith in Minnesota, a…
At a recent conference hosted by the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics, Senator Amy Klobuchar failed to answer a reporter’s direct question about the nature of her proposed bill,…
If you have looked at the news lately, chances are you have read that the Florida legislature passed a bill that will dissolve the private government that Walt Disney World currently operates.…
Gov. Walz gave his state of the state address Sunday night and in it, noted that, Nationally, we have the fifth lowest unemployment rate among states, the third highest job…
The controversial state representative from St. Paul is back in the news, allegedly interfering with a police traffic stop of his adult daughter. You can read the details on his…
Most Minnesotans believe that biased reporting contributes to our polarized political culture.
The regional electric grid, the Midcontinent Independent Systems Operator (MISO), recently announced that there is not enough reliable power plant capacity on its system to meet its anticipated peak demand…
An overflow crowd in the State Capitol rotunda rallied this Saturday for permanent tax cuts in response to the record $9.3 billion state budget surplus. Center of the American Experiment…
They cost more, run low on power, and spend a lot of time in the shop. But Metro Transit still insists electric buses are just the ticket to save the…