Why are union bosses bashing California teacher Rebecca Friedrichs and the other plaintiffs in the Friedrichs vs. California Teachers Association case? In a word: money. In three words: heaps of money. Public…
While it is tempting just to beat up on the Obama labor department and their progressive friends in the Minnesota legislature, allow me to beat up on Congress and the…
Last week, I attended and testified at the hearings of the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement. I am reluctant to admit it, but everyone knows I am a pension…
The new Victoria City Hall and public works buildings are already built. But citizen watchdogs are only now wrapping up construction on their open government case — focused on the process…
Citizens suing to put garbage collection on the ballot in Bloomington finally got their day in Hennepin County District Court. The legal challenge follows a city council vote in June…
I’m very pro-police for a variety of reasons, the most important being that cops are our last line of defense against barbarism. I remember my doctoral adviser at the University…
The other week I brought two basic facts to bear on the debate over whether Dayton’s liberal, high tax policies are beating Scott Walker’s lower tax approach to the economy. First, Minnesota’s…
This is the first in a series of articles about Employee Freedom. The Center is re-engaging on the issue of employee freedom, often called “right-to-work,” because until the raw political…
Businesses create millions of good jobs means millions of men and women can live out their own dreams.
The Center begins a series of statewide meetings to help update and improves its Blueprint.
The Center's Young Leadership Council kicks off with impressive attendance.
The CEO of Risdall Marketing looks for a legislative "reset."
Blueprint helps frame the State's Major Policy debate.
There’s a border battle going on between Minnesota and Wisconsin, a battle between the policies advanced by Gov. Mark Dayton and Gov. Scott Walker. The two states have long shared…
Center of the American Experiment holds Met Council accountable.
Stars begins to align for real educational choice.
Do Minnesotans move to escape the estate tax? The weight of the evidence points to a strong yes.
It's the new religion, and it's the new home of the entire liberal agenda.
Minnesota is NOT keeping the Pension Promise.
I am attending a conference this week at State Policy Network (SPN) in the wonderful city of Grand Rapids, Michigan. During the Q&A on a panel about how to reach…
On Monday I took a short drive to Becker, Minnesota to testify before the House Job Growth and Energy Affordability Committee at a special session on the federal Clean Power Plan and…
Did you know there are almost 312,000 active public employees in Minnesota contributing to a public pension fund and over 202,000 retirees, survivors and disabled people relying on a pension check? That is…
We now have an idea of how three of the seventeen or so Republican candidates would move beyond Obamacare. Gov. Bobby Jindal, Sen. Marco Rubio and, most recently, Gov. Scott Walker have all outlined in…
The 'State of Prosperity' delivers a statewide survey.