A $7.7 billion state budget surplus is expected for Fiscal Year 2022-23, and the proposals for where to spend the money are already lining up. Gov. Tim Walz, for example,…
Last week, Minnesota Management & Budget announced a forecast surplus of $7.746 billion for Fiscal Year 2022-23. The DFL was quick to take the credit: But the argument that wise state…
One of the clearest lessons emerging from the reopening of K-12 schools this fall won’t be found in a textbook or the curriculum. It’s the outcome of the unprecedented experiment…
Nine healthcare providers took out full-page ads in newspapers across the state this week to once again shame Minnesotans into taking action to stop the COIVD-19 virus. We’re heartbroken, we’re…
S&P Global reports that about 20 percent of the coal-fired power plants in the regional power grid to which Minnesota belongs, the Midcontinent Independent Systems Operator, or MISO, are at…
After enacting one of the strictest measures of rent control in the nation, St. Paul is set to make a significant investment in affordable housing. As reported by the Star…
In the wake of George Floyd’s death in May 2020, Minneapolis became a center for the movement to ‘defund the police.’ Last week, Fox 9 reports: Minneapolis City Council mostly…
The University of North Dakota wasted no time in responding to a Georgia federal judge’s Dec. 7 ruling blocking President Biden’s vaccination mandate for federal contractors at the school. Within…
Gov. Tim Walz’s voice on the Sentencing Guidelines Commission is so out of the mainstream that she’s been kicked out of some of Minnesota’s most liberal organizations. Tonya Honsey describes…
If you needed another reason to dislike the third draft of social studies standards currently under review, take a look at how they treat police officers and the history of…
NBC News reports that rising demand for the nickel used in the batteries of electric vehicles (EVs) is prompting the expansion of a nickel mine located in a rainforest in…
Communist China is criticizing the Biden administration’s decision to enact a diplomatic boycott of the Olympics because of the way China is treating Uyghurs, its violent crackdown on dissent in…
The epidemic of carjackings in Minneapolis has now spilled over into the adjacent suburbs. As Minneapolis is approaching 500 carjackings for the calendar year, car thieves are looking for new…
Economic growth Star Tribune: Supply chain trouble takes big bite out of Minnesota’s small food producers Minn Post: Long-term thinking is they key to Minnesota’s economic prosperity KPVI: Minnesota is…
The article below originally appeared at the American Energy Alliance: On November 19, the House of Representatives passed a $2 trillion budget bill with a long list of increases in federal royalties…
Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that inflation rose by 6.9 percent in the year to November. This is the fastest annual rate of increase since June 1982. You’d…
Minnesota’s record-breaking budget surplus has induced mixed reactions from state leaders. But among those celebrating the surplus as a testament to our growing economy and effective handling of COVID-19 is…
The momentum keeps building among public employee unions opposed to St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter’s coerced vaccination of nearly 4,000 city employees. Three more St. Paul public employee unions have…
Consumer prices are up 6.8 percent this year, making it the highest rate of inflation since 1982. There are many reasons for the inflation, including a huge expansion of the…
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its inflation numbers for November this morning and they did not make for happy reading over breakfast. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose…
Weather forecasts indicate some parts of the state could get six to eight inches of snow between Friday night and Saturday morning, meaning that many Minnesotans will be firing up…
There’s a double whammy hitting Minnesota taxpayers. Gov. Tim Walz and many legislators are dreaming up new ways of burning through a record $7.7 billion state budget surplus, rather than…
At the beginning of his prepared remarks about the budget surplus this week, Gov. Tim Walz referenced a story in the press about past Minnesota governors putting together economic councils,…
On Dec. 7, the Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) announced that Minnesota is expecting a $7.75 billion surplus for the 2022-2023 biennium. According to MMB, “Strong growth in income, consumer…