State and local taxes and spending KNSI: IRS gives Minnesota a final ‘no’ on exempting state tax rebates from federal taxes Axios: “No new taxes”: Minnesota Senate tax chair vows…
The 2024 Minnesota legislative session is about to start next week, and there is likely going to be a debate on raising the minimum wage for Uber and Lyft drivers.…
Yesterday, legislative Democrats in Minnesota held a press conference (viewable here) to formally announce the initiative to make Minnesota a sanctuary state for illegal immigrants. Democrats are marketing the bill…
In his book The Euro, Nobel Prize winning — and decidedly non-conservative — economist Joseph E. Stiglitz writes: Countries compete to attract firms, capital, and highly skilled workers, and one…
There is no doubt that the 2023 legislative session was “transformational.” I have written here about the numerous new education mandates that the DFL-controlled legislature passed and what they mean…
Some CTS proponents claim that it will help farmers by stimulating demand for Minnesota-grown biofuels like corn-based ethanol and renewable diesel made from soybean oil, which have lower CI scores…
Center of the American Experiment announced today the offer of a $15,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the individual or individuals who started the…
The failed Minneapolis city council candidate is trying again in a race for a suburban state House of Representatives seat. The folks behind the trademarked Twitter (X) account WedgeLive! noticed…
A variety of words have been used to describe the 2023 Minnesota legislative session. Depending on which side of the political aisle you place yourself, the session was either “bonkers”…
Many people have asked me to comment on the civil litigation in state court between the state Department of Education (MDE) and the now-defunct free-food charity Feeding Our Future and…
Minnesota and its neighbors operate a range of different economic policies. Our state imposes some of the highest income taxes in the United States, ranking 43rd on the Tax Foundation’s…
Yesterday, we discussed the negative consequences of the Walz administration’s proposed California Transportation Standard (CTS). Today, we will discuss how it works. How the California Transportation Standard works The CTS…
Value of Incapacitation As conservatives, we strongly believe that a lack of accountability for crime only begets more crime. We put value in a swift, sure, and stern response to crime,…
With news that the St. Paul Federation of Educators has authorized a strike vote, I wanted to write (again) about how salary increases work under the union’s salary schedule within…
Thinking Minnesota magazine conducted our very first poll back in August 2018, asking national polling firm Meeting Street Insights to survey 500 Minnesotans with 25 questions about education, crime, and…
Governor Tim Walz and his liberal allies in the legislature are proposing a new stealth gas tax that will be worse than California’s crazy low-carbon fuel standards. The Walz administration…
In part 2 of my video series, I dig into the Minnesota political contributions of George Soros, his network, and his extended family. The five-minute video covers the period through…
At a time when legitimate concerns exist regarding whether Minnesota is doing enough to hold criminal offenders accountable...
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about a new study which found that working from home is here to stay. I concluded by noting that: If this holds for…
Last week, I was invited to testify on grid reliability in front of a joint panel of Ohio and Pennsylvania legislators in Columbus, Ohio. This panel was a big deal,…
Despite the record amount of money that lawmakers poured into child care last legislative session to make it more affordable, signs are appearing that it wasn’t enough to make a…
The outlook was bleak for the Republicans arriving at St. Cloud State University in November 1975 for their state party convention. The DFL governor, Wendell Anderson, had been elected five…
Last week, KSTP released the results of its KSTP-TV/SurveyUSA poll conducted in late January. In the area of fiscal policy, its main findings relating to the last session were: Source: KSTP-TV/SurveyUSA So,…
The Minnesota Legislature is about to build another new office building for themselves, and the Golden Turkey committee is here for it. Without a single vote on the floor of…