New data shows that, on jobs, Minnesota's metropolitan areas are losing ground relative to their neighbors.
Geologists have known about Minnesota's titanium ore deposits for a long time, but this new technology may make developing these resources profitable.
On April 24th Rep. Jason Lewis put forth a locally important amendment to H.R. 4, the bill re-authorizing the Federal Aviation Administration. It is a simple amendment that would finally…
In Fall 2017, the Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR) sent letters to 43 school districts and charter schools across the state, announcing that they are under investigation for racial…
All Minnesota lawmakers should be grateful to Rob Undersander for exposing a loophole in the system that allowed the millionaire to legally take food stamps for a year and a…
This is what happens when elected officials get into the business of micromanaging how companies compensate their employees through mandated paid leave time. The Duluth City Council’s amateurish attempt to…
New data shows that, on jobs, Minnesota's metropolitan areas are losing ground relative to their neighbors.
The Teachers Retirement Association (TRA) told legislators last month that it wanted to drop its assumed rate of return from 8.5% to 7.5%. TRA is the last fund in the…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota
How about Iron County? That’s the latest suggested name for the huge swath of St. Louis County that Commissioner Tom Rukavina would like to split off from the rest…
Duluth Public Schools’ decision to remove two classic American novels from the district’s curriculum has been ripped nationally. But now the de facto classroom censorship of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”…
The University of Minnesota Duluth Office of Diversity and Inclusion makes a big deal out of Banned Books Week each fall. In fact, the office goes so far as to…
The National Coalition Against Censorship may be a highly politicized, New York-based, group of artistic, educational, religious and labor organizations that skews far left. But give NCAC credit for taking…
Last night, the final public hearing on PolyMet’s permit application was held in Duluth. Local television reporter Jennifer Austin estimated that 800 attended. At the end of the hearing, St.…
Sad news reported by the Star Tribune: “Duluth schools remove ‘Huckleberry Finn’ and ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ from curriculum.” Why are Duluth’s students no longer going to be assigned the…
The high productivity jobs provided by mining are vital to Minnesota's economic future. A way can be found to square this in northern Minnesota without ruining the environment. With increased…
Hundreds of Iron Range residents of all ages flooded into the next-to-last public hearing to support the state’s first copper nickel mine. They didn’t use a teleprompter or focus group-tested…
Better late than never. That’s the takeaway from what should be the final stage of approval for the PolyMet copper mine in northeastern Minnesota. The Duluth News Tribune marks what…
The campaign to drive more cars off our streets by converting vehicle lanes to bike ways has taken off in Duluth. A community group has decided the parking on one…
Wasteful new passenger rail projects have hit a wall under the Trump administration. But a temporary timeout from power in Washington never stops the elites at the Met Council and…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
The deadly crash of the Amtrak Cascades line passenger train south of Seattle this week shines the spotlight on the government agency’s fatal ineptitude–again. Amtrak’s new CEO Richard Anderson, well…
Minnesota cities, counties and state agencies have spent more than $275,000 in taxpayer funds on a provocative racial equity program led by a national leftwing advocacy group that urges local…
Minnesota cities, counties and state agencies have spent more than $275,000 in taxpayer funds on a provocative racial equity program led by a national leftwing advocacy group that urges local…