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Several factors affect the levels of police brutality.

Which ‘science’ should policymakers believe?

Another MPCA maneuver; another Line 3 delay.

8.6% is still quite a gloomy number compared to 3.2% from the pre-corona virus period. The decline in unemployment is however a big sign of how destructive the shutdowns were…

The Met Council and the next pandemic.

The state hasn't issued its guidance yet on public schools reopening this fall, but many private religious schools are intending to bring their students back for in-person classes.

On Tuesday, July 14, 2020, presumptive Democratic candidate Joe Biden released his updated plan for energy, which calls for expanding renewable energy mandates to meet a 100 percent carbon-free electric…

Minnesota's graduates face a bleak economic outlook through no fault of theirs. What they need is as strong an economic recovery as possible.

As Baby Boomers continue to retire and a labor shortage continues to impact industries such as trades and manufacturing, employers are in need of new, young recruits (Gen Zers) to…

Considering the fact that educational attainment has a positive effect on earnings, school closings are bound to have a significant negative impact on the future earnings of today's students.

The debate over in-person school this fall continues on in Minnesota. Returning all students to the classroom is one of three possible scenarios being considered by the Minnesota Department of…

That reduced policing leads to more crime is another manifestation of the consistent research finding that more cops means less crime. What will happen to crime in Minneapolis if the…

Presumptive Democratic Presidential candidate, Joe Biden, recently released his Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force Recommendations, a document spanning 110 pages and covering issues like “combating the climate crisis and pursuing environmental justice.” To…

There are currently no estimates for the economic cost of lack of access to affordable childcare on the whole state of Minnesota. But the high cost on employers due to…

Pre-COVID, the supply of and demand for middle-skill workers created a mismatch in our labor market. The “skills gap” pushed employers to come up with solutions that would combat the…

Covid-19 deaths and hospitalizations are down in Minnesota, not that you'd know it from some of the state's leading media outlets.

A recent document called the Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force Recommendations calls for transitioning the entire fleet of 500,000 school buses in the United States, to American-made, zero-emission alternatives within five…

Thomas Sowell, a renowned economist, theorist and writer, published his latest book Charter Schools and Their Enemies on June 30, his 90th birthday. The book defends charter schools against those who…

'One Minnesota' is a smart slogan. That is all it is. 

Keith Ellison’s latest lawsuit against American energy produces seems to have run aground due to concerns that the Attorney General’s office is using two attorneys, privately financed by a group…

The following article originally appeared in The Babylon Bee U.S.—Governors across the country have reinstated lockdowns mere weeks after slowly starting to lift them, citing a “concerning spike” in jobs and…

Heartland’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Justin Haskins are joined by Isaac Orr in episode 251 of the In The Tank Podcast. With each passing week, we hear about another…

The riots in photos.

A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.