Minnesota has the fifth highest top rate of state personal income tax in the United States, our state’s lowest personal income tax rate is higher than the highest rate in 25…
Today we release our new report which explains why spending cuts, not tax hikes, should close Minnesota's budget deficit.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
With bars and restaurants linked to fewer than 2% of Covid-19 cases diagnosed since June 10th, it is not altogether surprising that a good number of Minnesotans have looked at…
Of the 163,184 new cases of Covid-19 diagnosed between September 17th and November 19th, we have no idea where 67% of them were exposed.
Minnesota bars and restaurants have been forced yet again to lose business to their counterparts in Wisconsin due to new restrictions.
These recommendations are unscientific and “bizarre,” said Ashleigh Tuite, an infectious disease modeler at the University of Toronto.
Since Gov. Walz launched his Five-Point Plan to protect Minnesota’s Long-Term Care residents and workers from Covid-19, care home residents have accounted for 69% of all the state’s Covid-19 deaths.
The number of ICU beds available in Minnesota at 72 hours notice has fallen by 22% since May 27th.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Admissions are surging so why is capacity falling?
Since Minnesota's second surge in cases began in mid-September, more cases have been traced to care homes than bars and restaurants. Gov. Walz has got his priorities wrong.
If workers do become more sensitive to state taxes as a result of Covid-19, it should give state policymakers pause for thought before hiking taxes further.
Our state faces a very serious problem with Covid-19: our care homes remain disaster areas and ICU occupancy continues to rise. State government and local media should not be trying…
Since Gov. Walz launched his Five-Point Plan to protect Minnesota’s Long-Term Care residents and workers from Covid-19, care home residents have accounted for 69% of all the state's Covid-19 deaths.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
If the goal is helping the neediest during a global pandemic, raising taxes is the last thing Minnesota legislators should try when they convene in January.
To prevent an abuse of emergency powers in future, we propose that any state of emergency declared by a governor under Chapter 12 of the Minnesota Statues will automatically expire…
The purpose of taxation is not to bash the rich but to raise revenue to pay for government functions. Minnesota's estate tax, by costing the state government revenue, actually makes…
Abolishing the AMT for individuals and eliminating the marriage tax penalty wouldn't send Minnesota rocketing up the rankings, but, again, they would be baby steps in the right direction.
Conforming to the federal schedule for depletion and abolishing the corporate AMT wouldn't send Minnesota rocketing up the rankings, but they would be baby steps in the right direction.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Now that Covid-19 has accelerated the adoption of remote work, nothing much will stop Minnesota high-income earners from moving to low tax states like Nevada.
Back in September, I wrote: For the time being at least, while COVID-19 is still with us, the data is clear: The emergency period of this pandemic is over. I…