Of Minnesota’s many supposed “labor shortages,” one of the most pressing is the shortage of nurses. A recent op-ed in the Star Tribune argues: The reality is that Minnesota has…
A room full of farmers and other residents at a public meeting in Marshall this week let Xcel Energy know they want nothing to do with the utility’s latest proposed…
But the globe-trotting adventures of guilty plea No. 13 have been extended for another month. Earlier this week, a federal judge in Minneapolis denied the overseas travel request of Ahmed…
One of the strangest and most disturbing political trends in recent years has been the enthusiastic embrace by many on the “left” of the most putrid racial politics long associated…
American Experiment Policy Fellow Isaac Orr appeared on the Power Hungry Podcast with Robert Bryce to discuss the work he and Mitch Rolling are doing to calculate the cost of…
Last week Gov. Tim Walz announced that a record 146,445 people signed up to buy health insurance through MNsure during the annual open enrollment period that ended on January 15.…
On this weeks DC EKG podcast, Peter Nelson takes a deep dive into recent actions from the Biden administration on Medicaid and insurance Exchanges.
Charging Decision Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced today that her office had filed charges against Minnesota State Trooper Ryan Londregan who shot and killed Ricky Cobb II during an…
It’s National School Choice Week — the annual celebration of effective K-12 education options and the school choice policies that allow families the opportunity to access the learning environment that…
Isaac Orr was on the Jon Justice Show today to talk about Xcel Energy’s Time of Use Rates. Enjoy!
One of the first murders recorded in Minneapolis in 2024 featured a gruesome twist. You probably saw the headlines; a local realtor, preparing a vacant house for a showing, discovers…
To know what is going on in Minnesota it is sometimes as useful to look at what our state’s media doesn’t say as at what it does say. Number of…
Now that Gov. Doug Burgum has decided against seeking a third term, whoever follows him in office will be the first North Dakota governor to be restricted to no more…
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve written about how Minnesota and its neighbors have very different economic policies but very similar employment outcomes and how they do have similarly high…
It’s a sadly ironic cycle when tried and true crime suppression efforts are implemented with success only to be ignored, or worse yet rejected over time, leading to the next…
Digging into a recent alleged homicide in Minneapolis uncovers a remarkable paper trail. A headline from KSTP-TV 5 caught my eye last week: 2 men under ATF investigation charged in…
Parents are increasingly aware of school choice expansion across the country, and they want more — more education options and more information about those options, according to a recent survey…
Xcel Energy has been cashing in on Minnesota’s renewable energy mandates. Minnesota passed the Renewable Energy Objective (REO) in 2001, requiring utilities to make a “good faith effort” to reach…
Xcel Energy is seeking to use its new fleet of 500,000 “smart meters” to make “time-of-use” (TOU) pricing the default billing option for its customers. These TOU rates will double…
Of course, the headline in the UK Daily Mail is more spicy than any that local media could offer up. The headline from the New York Post is slightly less…
State and local taxes and spending MPR News: Minnesota leaders in St. Paul, Washington push to drop federal tax on rebate checks Mesabi Tribune: Stauber pushing to eliminate rebate taxation…
Entrepreneurship is the engine of growth in the economy. New businesses are not only responsible for creating the majority of new jobs, but they also have an outsized impact on…
If my hypothesis is correct, then the controversial voting method would finally be good for something. Readers will recall that I’ve been searching for evidence of voting fraud in recent…
Five North Dakota cities currently provide drug addicts and users free syringes with no questions asked over their usage of illegal substances — Fargo, Grand Forks, Mandan, Minot and Valley…