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North Dakota coal heads for the exit if the EPA has its way.

Approximately 150,000 Xcel Energy customers across Colorado lost power over the weekend as high winds damaged power lines. As a safety measure to prevent wildfires, Xcel Energy preemptively shut off…

Public pressure to reconsider the protected status of the gray wolf has only intensified over the winter. Standing-room-only crowds filled local meeting halls across northern Minnesota in support of the…

Last month I outlined why I think the current proposal from Republicans in St. Paul to bail the voters of Minneapolis out of the consequences of their decisions with a…

Minnesota’s Department of Education greenlights decolonization and ideological extremism.

Are all the children in Lake Wobegon still above average? If Democrats in the legislature have their way, we’ll never know. The Minnesota Senate passed an education bill this week…

One of my favorite Substack accounts in Penguin Empire Reports. Last weekend, they wrote this fantastic piece about the blackouts that occurred in Alberta, Canada, on Friday, April 5, 2024.…

Many supporters of renewable energy are urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to overrule state objections to transmission projects for renewable energy deployments and force them to pay for…

Growth in public school administration continues despite declining student enrollment, according to Minnesota data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) compiled by American Experiment. In January 2023, I…

How relaxing school accountability has hurt academic achievement.

A few additional points on HF 2666 and the use of “nonprofits” to distribute taxpayer cash. Elsewhere, the Center’s John Phelan discusses this proposal, which is moving forward in the…

Last week, a House bill — HF 2666 — was referred to the Ways and Means Committee. The bill, authored by Reps Hollins (DFL), Gomez (DFL), Agbaje (DFL), Keeler (DFL), Xiong…

A new book examines the history and present impact of the Marxist ‘Revolution.’

Wind advocates are prone to dismissing concerns about the intermittency of their preferred generation source by claiming, without evidence, that the wind is “always blowing somewhere,” and building more transmission…

On Oct. 7, 2023, the world witnessed Hamas’ brutal invasion of Israel — the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. In the days that followed, loud voices attempted to…

Microschools are catching on as more Minnesota families look for public school alternatives. 

News of note in Minnesota: Center events, initiatives, and policy work.

Regulation Star Tribune: Can Minnesota find a path forward for Uber and Lyft drivers? Star Tribune: Here’s how Uber and Lyft are trying to get their way in Minnesota Star…

On ‘Death Wish’ and its current cultural relevance.

The latest development in Mankato’s “No Mow May” campaign has got to sting those who signed up for the trendy effort to save bees. After two years of encouraging residents…

A Minnesota farmer fights state-sanctioned discrimination.

Days ago, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources convened a hearing considering three of President Biden’s nominations to lead the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission — a key agency…

I recently appeared on the Let the People Prosper podcast hosted by economist Vance Ginn from the American Institute for Economic Research to discuss my report “The X-Factor? Social capital…

April 22 is set as the start date for a federal trial involving eight (8) defendants associated with the Empire Cuisine group. The defendants are Nos. 15 to 22 (out…