Tomorrow the United States House of Representatives is expected to vote on the PRO Act (H.R. 2474), a bill that would eliminate workers’ rights to choose to join a union. Catrin…
It may not exactly be an open checkbook of public funding for the arts in Rochester, but close enough. Last year the city doled out more than $850,000 in taxpayer…
The link between wages and productivity is currently one of the most hotly contested issues in political economy. The evidence shows, in fact, that the link holds. To raise wages,…
This testimony before the Minnesota Senate Education Committee was delivered on February 5, 2020. Madam Chair and Members of the Committee, my name is Mitch Pearlstein and it’s an honor…
On Monday, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) voted in favor of three key approvals for the Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project, a revised environmental review, a certificate of…
Public criticism and concern continues to mount over the dangers of riding the Twin Cities’ light rail system and lax enforcement by local authorities. Serious crime has shot up by…
Tomorrow, the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a hearing on a bill that would permanently ban mining for precious metals in more than 200,000 acres in Northeastern Minnesota. The…
In response to National School Choice Week, the #ILovePublicSchools Twitter hashtag was scheduled to evoke support for public schools, according to Choice Media. But the top tweets under the #ILovePublicSchools…
IRS stats show that Minnesota has a net inflow of lower income residents. We reported these publicly available numbers. Bob Collins, formerly of MPR, said that was racist.
Former Democratic US Senator Heidi Heitkamp was soundly booted from office by her North Dakota constituents back in 2018. But she still has some $4.5 million in campaign contributions left…
The Star Tribune published a bombshell story last Thursday entitled “Xcel Quarterly Profits up 35 Percent, Buoyed by Rate Increases,” which reported Xcel Energy’s quarterly profits for the last quarter…
And it's not just the rich and elderly moving to lower-tax states.
Another double-standard by a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate regarding school choice has been reported.
Sometimes the Sunday funnies are simply reporting the news. Today is such a day. According to the New York Post: “Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg said on Instagram on Wednesday…
The New York Times’ reframing of American history—launched as “The 1619 Project”—will now be taught in K-12 schools around the country.
National School Choice Week 2020 is drawing to a close, so to conclude I wanted to highlight a recently published book that helps families navigate through all the different options…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
A recent NBER research paper has added to the research showing that occupational licensing plays no role in consumer satisfaction.
Government unions aren’t happy their grip on public employees’ paychecks has been loosened. So, they hide behind bureaucratic minutiae to prevent dissatisfied members from leaving and have even resorted to…
Today is Brexit Day in Britain, the day on which, more than three years after voting to leave the European Union the country actually does so. How did the UK reach…
Every year for the last several years, Minnesota lawmakers have piled onto a plane to visit Germany, which is supposedly a renewable energy utopia. It is amazing that so many…
When people claim that minimum wage hikes "put the needs of working people above the profit margins of big business" it shows that they are living in fantasyland.
Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of the Polar Vortex, which enveloped the state in an arctic cold that pushed our energy system to the max. You’ll remember that our…
Q) Is it time to consider whether Minnesota's government should dictate what we get paid? A) No.