Even with a forecast budget surplus of $1.6 billion for the 2022-2023 biennium and $4.6 billion coming from the federal government in the latest round of COVID-19 relief money, some…
On Tuesday, the CDC updated its mandate regarding masks. Gov. Tim Walz positively welcomed this update, which could result in more changes in our state. As reported by the Star…
The Education Savings Account language included in Senate File 960 has been inaccurately referred to by critics as “vouchers.” There are differences between the two. Despite key distinctions between school…
This op-ed appeared in the Star Tribune on April 28th, 2021 As Minnesota’s economy slowly begins to recover from COVID-19 and the measures taken by state government to fight it,…
According to a January 2021 article in GreenTech Media, transmission interconnection costs for new power plants are skyrocketing, and this is killing wind and solar projects that don’t want to…
In 2018, households in the lowest income decile paid an effective rate of 2.77% on tobacco taxes compared to the 0.05% paid by those in the top income decile.
It’s one thing to spend $30 annually on license plates to show your support for bees and evidently quite another to live next door to a colony of the pollinators.
Center of the American Experiment this week launched a campaign to push back on the Page Amendment and protect the voice of parents and taxpayers in education policy reform at…
Minnesota’s unemployment rate ticks down in March; Logging, mining shows strength – International Falls Journal Unemployment rates fall statewide for third month in a row – KAAL TV Unemployment rate…
Last week, Neal St. Anthony wrote a piece in the Star Tribune called “Zero-carbon electricity now provides most power in Minnesota,” where he describes Minnesota’s pursuit of wind and solar…
Earlier today, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) reported 1,197 new positive COVID-19 cases. This is one of the lowest numbers in recent weeks. Even better, MDH reported zero COVID-19…
Rochester is the latest Minnesota city to kick the tires on electric busses with the purchase of two 60-foot electric busses fueled largely by nearly $5.5 million in federal grants.
The second biennial Speaking Proudly oratory competition is scheduled for Saturday, October 23 at the State Capitol. The competition is open to all Minnesota high school girls who reside or…
Minnesotans remember Alan Page as one of the Purple People Eaters who helped lead the Vikings football team to four Super Bowls back in the 1970s. After his football career,…
Last week, I wrote about how increased unemployment benefits are preventing employers from hiring. This isn’t just a problem for Minnesota or for specific industries. As the Wall Street Journal reports:…
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency doesn’t want to tell you how much global warming would be averted by the California car mandates that are being driven by an executive order…
According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, wind turbines only last for twenty years. After that some wind facilities are decommissioned, the steel in the towers is recycled, and the…
State and local taxes and spending Duluth News Tribune: Minnesota film tax credit bills could bring movie, TV production boom to Northland Valley News Live: MN House Democrats Pass Omnibus…
On April 15, the Minnesota Department of Health released data suggesting that alcohol-related deaths rose in 2020. Generally, fully alcohol-attributed deaths, defined as “deaths that would not have happened if…
The Cloquet City Council has set the stage to stop using so-called project labor agreements that in effect guaranteed union participation in city construction projects.
Last month I noted that Minnesota’s state government was planning to tax federal government loans made to businesses under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP): The PPP loaned businesses money, a…
On April 14, 2021, the Minnesota State Senate debated legalizing new nuclear power plants in the state, something that has been illegal since 1994. Senate Republicans had included a bill…
Ban on elective surgeries and procedures reduced hospital and clinic volumes, costing the health care industry jobs as well as revenue.
WJON reports: After being forced to shut down for several months last year due to COVID-19 restrictions, the big challenge facing bars and restaurants now is finding enough workers to…