Nowadays, private companies like Zillow produce data which can help inform policymakers as much as data produced by more traditional, mostly government, sources. LinkedIn is an example. The social network…
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It’s the sort of standard atta-boy endorsement of a leftwing cause or group that usually sails through the Duluth City Council. Three city councilors introduced a resolution in support of…
State and local taxes and spending Duluth News Tribune: Minnesota lawmakers back waiving taxes on student loan forgiveness West Central Tribune: Kandiyohi County 2023 tax levy set to increase, but…
On Monday, the Minnesota Reformer reported: The largest private-sector nurses strike in U.S. history began on Monday with some 15,000 nurses launching a three-day strike at 15 hospitals across the…
State and local taxes and spending Star Tribune: Minnesota legislators are considering lifting taxes on federal student debt relief KFGO: Minnesota Democrats say no state income tax on student loan…
The Biden Administration is undermining the reliability of the grid again. This time, he has sought to delay the construction of a new natural gas plant in Superior, Wisconsin, that…
Center of the American Experiment will hold a press conference in Duluth on Wednesday, August 24 to announce our new report, Energy Leadership: How American Energy Production Can Make the World Safer. We…
Local governments across Minnesota still hold out hope that state lawmakers will reverse course and call a special session to approve the tax deal the House DFL majority failed to…
In case you missed it... and what to watch for.
The hundreds of protesters out in Duluth to oppose overturning Roe v. Wade were supposedly there to support women. But try telling that to the mother who was terrorized by…
In January 2016, Center of the American Experiment filed an Amicus Brief supporting a legal challenge to the City of St. Paul’s right-of-way maintenance (ROW) fee on behalf of two…
The Minnesota Senate voting to prohibit planning for the Northern Lights Express, a resurrection of the old passenger rail service between the Twin Cities and Duluth, wasn’t the only consequential…
MPR News reports: The Minnesota Senate voted Monday to prohibit planning for a new passenger rail service between the Twin Cities and Duluth, which is known as the Northern Lights…
In 1985, Amtrak ended all passenger rail service to Duluth. It did so because hardly anyone was using the service anymore. Now, nearly 40 years on, there are proposals to…
It’s probably a miracle the ban on Congressional earmarks ushered in by the GOP in 2011 lasted as long as it did. From the looks of it, members of Congress…
In 2021, Minnesota’s population grew by just 225 people, losing 13,453 residents to other states. This was Minnesota’s biggest net loss of domestic migrants to other states in at least…
Days after launching a new app for citizens to report complaints with city services, Duluth has already logged some 265 responses and counting on the city’s Resident Problem Reporter. The…
To be sure, it’s not official until next month. But after two years of keeping their distance from the public like so many other elected officials, the Duluth City Council…
Two Chinese companies stand to benefit from millions of dollars in local tax breaks being offered to locate or expand their operations in Grand Forks and Duluth. No one evidently…
What is it about swimming and wokeness lately? First, we have a biological man competing (and breaking records) in women’s college swimming events. Now, a 12-year-old Duluth swimmer shows up…
In October, White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain endorsed a tweet claiming that inflation and supply chain issues affecting the United States were “high class problems.” They are not. As I pointed out in December,…
In 1985, Amtrak ended all passenger rail service to Duluth. It did so because hardly anyone was using the service anymore. Now, nearly 40 years on, there are proposals to…
Minnesotans vote for the worst examples of government spending.