Despite a $19 billion budget surplus, House Democrats are pushing a transportation bill that raises sales taxes in the metro area and adds a new fee for home deliveries from…
We all accept that Minnesota imposes high taxes. Some argue that that's a fair price to pay for all the absolutely necessary stuff the state government does for us in…
The 2019 figures for total state spending - $42.6 billion - and per capita state spending - $7,548 - are the highest in Minnesota's history. Before state government takes more of…
Data show that Minnesota's state tax revenues are at near record highs. So why are lawmakers trying to raise your taxes?
"If you drive a car, I'll tax the street", as The Beatles sang. Minnesotans are already some of most heavily taxed people in America. With state revenues at near record…
The evidence shows that, when looking at 'quality of life' measures, low tax states do as well as high tax states.
Minnesota has high taxes and lousy roads. It has high taxes and good educational outcomes, but other states have better outcomes with much lower taxes. The idea that Minnesotans get…
If, with historically high revenues, they have failed to perform key tasks such as road maintenance, it isn't clear that a lack of money is the problem.
A surplus of $1.0 billion poses the same questions as a surplus of $1.5 billion does. Should lawmakers spend it? Leave it with the state's citizens? Hold fire until the…
The shape of our roads.
Minnesota’s beleaguered road system received the lowest grade of all — a D-plus. Roads across the state are in poor condition, and congestion in the Twin Cities means motorists spend…