Today saw the launch of Minnesota’s paid family and medical leave (PFML) program. Eligible workers will be able to take 20 weeks paid leave each year for family or medical…
On Monday, I wrote about the coming hikes to property taxes in Minnesota. What is causing this? Yesterday, I looked at the pressures coming from federal government action and what…
In their first paycheck of 2026, Minnesotans will see a new deduction. The 0.44 percent payroll tax, matched by another 0.44 percent paid by their employer — 0.88 percent in…
Photo Credit: MinnPost photo by Peter Callaghan. In May last year, I wrote about how: …the DFL, in scenes that would embarrass a banana republic, [rammed] through a 1,400 page Omnibus…
Economic development Star Tribune: Will tax credits bring more film and TV production to Minnesota? Northern News Now: ‘They’re very entrepreneurial groups:’ Immigration and Northeast Minnesota’s economy Regulation Bring Me…
Less than a year out from implementation of the paid family and medical leave program, the Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce warns many small businesses face economic turmoil unless lawmakers…
Minnesota’s paid family and medical leave (PFML) scheme is a study in irresponsible governance. When the legislation was introduced in 2023, I wrote “it will mean a new 0.7% payroll…
The 2024 legislative session crashed to a conclusion late Sunday night amid scenes of chaos as the DFL rammed through a 2,800 page Omnibus Bill that nobody had read and…
The best and the worst of Minnesota was on display on Sunday night. The best: In game seven on their series against the Denver Nuggets, the Timberwolves, who found themselves…
On Wednesday, I wrote that the payroll tax imposed to fund Minnesota’s new Paid Family and Medical leave (PFML) program will be 37% higher in 2027 than when it was…
In May last year, I wrote that nobody really knows how much Minnesota’s Paid Family and Medical leave (PFML) scheme is going to cost, with the estimated costs of the…
Back in April, I wrote that the cost of the DFL’s paid family and medical leave (PFML) scheme had risen by 30% in just one year, from an estimated $781…
The Minnesota Senate is set to debate a proposal to create a statewide paid family and medical leave (PFML) program today. The trouble is that nobody really knows how much…
In February, as the bill for a paid family and medical leave (PFML) scheme was sailing through committee hearings at the capitol without any estimate of what it would cost,…
When Minnesota’s state Senate passed a bipartisan bill last year to cut the lowest rate of state income tax, a DFL complaint was that it was “titled (sic) toward the…
One of the main problems with the paid family and medical leave scheme being pushed by the DFL in St. Paul is the extent to which it will force businesses…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's wish list includes many union giveaways that would cripple private employers who accept stimulus funding or loans.
Men and women, on average, make different choices. This leads, on average, to different outcomes. The 'pink tax' is as real as unicorns.
The “gender wage gap” is as real as unicorns and has been killed more times than Michael Myers.