The rent control ordinance passed in St. Paul last November has been a disaster. One of the strictest rent control measures in the United States, it capped annual rent increases at 3%…
Did you know that the Democratic state senators in Minnesota who are often the loudest in declaring that climate change is an existential threat are also the ones who refuse…
Regulation has far-reaching consequences on our everyday lives. From rent control and minimum wage laws to occupational licensing, research is brimming with evidence showing how all of these policies have…
Legalizing the construction of new nuclear power plants in Minnesota received strong bipartisan support last week in the State Senate, with a growing number of Democratic Senators joining their Republican…
On Sunday, Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill to reform Minnesota’s liquor laws. Nicknamed the “Free the Growler” bill, the measure raises the annual cap on craft beer production from…
Minnesotans are paying the highest prices at the pump since 2013. According to AAA, the average price of gasoline in our state is above $4 per gallon, and diesel prices are even worse…
I appeared on King Banian’s show on Business 1440 KYCR last week to discuss baby formula shortage. The Twin Cities is one of the worst affected metros, with an out-of-stock…
On May 24, 2022, Dairyland Power will hold an informational luncheon at the Sheraton Hotel on John Nolen Drive in Madison to discuss the Dairyland small modular nuclear reactor project and…
Last week, Forbes reported: The Walton heirs have lost a staggering $33.7 billion in the last two days as shares of their family’s retailing giant, Walmart, continue to be pummeled.…
Just south of the once-bustling Uptown neighborhood is this nondescript office building: It was Feeding Our Future’s Abdikerm Eidleh’s business address on Hennepin Avenue, which was searched by the FBI…
It’s been more than four months since the FBI raids on Feeding Our Future and related organizations. To date only a single person involved has been arrested, and that was…
Vaclav Smil is a polymath who has written more than 40 books and some 500 papers on numerous topics including energy, power, population, food production, and the history of innovation.…
It’s worth noting that Minnesota received a disproportionate share of the money donated by Mark Zuckerberg to local election offices in 2020. Especially given that the largest recipient appears to…
Dustin Mulvaney is the author of “Solar Power: Innovation, Sustainability, and Environmental Justice” and is an associate professor of environmental studies at San Jose State University. In this episode, Mulvaney…
State and local taxes and spending KEYC: Agency error means richest Minnesotans owe more in taxes Star Tribune: State error means wealthy Minnesotans owe more taxes KELO: Minnesota’s costly mistake…
Heading into the summer months, both Minneapolis and St. Paul are well above the record paces set just last year.
A progressive movement to install activist prosecutors across the country, and here in Minnesota, undermines a critical balance in our criminal justice system and threatens our collective safety. The…
It saved a congressional seat, but what does it say about the accuracy of the state’s statistics? The U.S. Census Bureau recently published a survey on the accuracy of the…
But 85,000 workers are still missing from the state’s labor pool. Unemployment data were released this week for April. State officials were touting the lowest headline number for unemployment since…
Gas prices in Minnesota have reached $4.12 per gallon, according to AAA, making them the highest since 2013, when prices hit $4.27 per gallon. Diesel prices, on the other hand,…
Wednesday evening a dangerous and chaotic set of events ended when four teenage males, aged 12-14, were arrested outside the State Capitol. The incident caused a lockdown of the Capitol…
One nonprofit went from earning $200,000 per year in revenue to pulling in more than $700,000 per month from distributing free food, serving up to 10,000 meals per day.
The pandemic may be behind us, but its ripple effects will be felt for years in public schools. Like most states, Minnesota’s public schools experienced a sizable loss of students…
One of the most powerful political organizations in Minnesota is not a political party or branch of the government but the state teachers’ union, Education Minnesota. The state teachers’ union…