Benjamin Franklin’s observation that “in this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes” may need to be updated to include another universal certainty — the Department of Vehicle Services.…
Yesterday, Robert Bryce wrote a great article highlighting the dangers of the Clean Electricity Performance Program (CEPP) to the reliability and affordability of the electric grid in the United States.…
What – and to whom – do we really owe?
In a press conference Wednesday, President Joe Biden threatened that he will call out businesses in the private sector if they do not move to address the supply chain issues…
A gunfight broke out in a bar on St. Paul’s popular West 7th Avenue in the early hours of Sunday morning leaving 14 people injured and 27-year-old Marquisha Wiley dead. So far, this…
Congressional Democrats are eager to spend $3.5 trillion on a budget reconciliation package that includes a policy known as the Clean Electricity Performance Program (CEPP), which would act as a…
Thinking Minnesota Gets a new Managing Editor.
At the beginning of 2021, Congress passed a $1.9 trillion stimulus package –– namely the American Rescue Plan Act –– which, among other things, expanded the maximum Child Tax Credit (CTC)…
The latest Thinking Minnesota Poll reveals that Minnesotans love renewable energy sources like wind turbines and solar panels. Unfortunately, the poll also demonstrated there is a wide gap between what…
A couple of weeks ago, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released its annual report on crime in the United States in 2020. What did the report say about Minnesota?…
Overwhelming local opposition to the requirement for students and faculty at Rock Ridge Public Schools to mask up has led more than 275 parents to sue the northern Minnesota school…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a new law banning the sale of small, off-road gasoline-powered engines in the Golden State beginning in January of 2024. Under the new regulations,…
In the early hours of Sunday morning, a gunfight broke out in a bar on St. Paul’s popular West 7th Avenue which left 14 people injured and 27-year-old Marquisha Wiley…
The following article was written by Noah Rothman at Commentary.org: New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman is concerned. Energy prices are spiking all over the globe, setting into motion a confluence…
The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal is joined by Isaac Orr (Center of the American Experiment) and Jason Hayes (Mackinac Center for Public Policy) for episode #315 of the In The…
Economic growth WCCO: Business Confidence In Economy Plummets, Midwest Report Says WCCO: Smaller Products, Rising Prices: Shrinkflation Hitting Grocery Store Shelves Star Tribune: Duluth tourism rebound ‘the recovery year we…
There is currently a comment period at the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for Xcel Energy’s plan to close their coal plants a decade before the end of their useful…
When I started studying for my economics degree in 2007, people’s eyes would glaze over when I told them what I studied. By the time I started my second year…
The city of St. Paul is set to enact one of the strictest tobacco policies in the nation. According to a report by MPR, St. Paul city council members will…
Xcel Energy’s current plans to shut down their coal-fired power plants a decade before the end of their useful lifetime and replacing them with a combination of natural gas, wind,…
Minnesota’s craft brewers have been an economic success story over the last decade. Brewer’s Association data shows 35 craft breweries operating statewide in 2011: in 2020, that number was up to 217,…
It’s like winning the lottery and tearing up the winning ticket. At least that’s how state officials must view the indifference of hundreds of local governments to the latest federally-funded…
Evidence is clear that tax hikes, especially those on income, are very harmful to economic growth since they are more distortionary to productive economic activity than other taxes. Income taxes…