Lt. Gov. Tina Smith used Facebook to make Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek the bad guy for sending a contingent of 30 deputies to reinforce North Dakota authorities in the showdown…
New business benchmarks reveal signs of stress in business climate
The Met Council just approved a $118 million contract to design 27 new trains for the proposed Southwest Light Rail Transit (SWLRT) project. This hefty contract shows the Met Council…
Steep Affordable Care Act premium hikes and declining options through the MNsure state health insurance exchange have made headlines for days. Rate increases of 50 to 67 percent on the…
This piece originally appeared in the Star Tribune on October 21, 2016. He’s wrong on several points, and unhelpful. In “Don’t believe Republicans: MNsure isn’t the problem” (Oct. 19), Gov.…
Gov. Mark Dayton may regret his unusually blunt and candid assessment that “the reality is the Affordable Care Act is no longer affordable to increasing numbers of people.” It’s true,…
Dayton Vetoes pension bill that passed with overwhelmingly bipartisan support.
If Minnesota's PCAs are successful, labor experts say this will be the largest decertification in U.S. history.
By now most Minnesotans realize the Affordable Care Act has drastically increased the cost of healthcare coverage for many, while at the same time decreasing coverage choices. Governor Mark Dayton…
I do not disagree with all you (King Banaian) said about the power of trade to do great good. And I recognize that presidents and governors represent us, cutting trade and foreign policy…
Three years after a disastrous launch, the MNsure state health care exchange’s IT system (METS) remains so dysfunctional that county officials still struggling to implement it openly question whether the…
Three years after a disastrous launch, the MNsure state health care exchange’s IT system (METS) remains so dysfunctional that county officials still struggling to implement it openly question whether the…
We Minnesotans have a habit of patting ourselves on the back for performance that is, at best, average. Our local press, especially the Minneapolis Star Tribune, encourages this form of…
This year there was strong bipartisan support for a special session to do two things: pass a bonding bill, and correct tax legislation that contained an error that, according to…
We have been all over Minnesota’s newspapers and radio and television stations for the last couple of days, talking about Dr. Joseph Kennedy’s important new paper on Minnesota’s economy. We…
The Star Tribune editorial board continues to think ideological blinders are still in fashion. That’s my main takeaway from their recent editorial on Minnesota’s individual insurance market. The editorial highlights the…
Why is our secretary of state hiding the 2020 voter lists?
Are Education Minnesota’s union rules protecting incompetent classroom teachers a key factor in the state’s appalling achievement gap for poor and minority students? That’s the gist of a lawsuit being…
There they go again. CNBC just ranked Minnesota as the nation’s fourth best state for business in the financial network’s 2016 annual rankings. In a state where being above average…
Tonight the Minnesota Lynx played a home game. They took the opportunity to express solidarity with Black Lives Matter and to dramatize allegedly wrongful deaths at the hands of policemen.…
In Minnesota, there has been an outpouring of anger at Governor Mark Dayton, who within hours after the fatal shooting of Philando Castile by a St. Anthony police officer, alleged…
Governor Mark Dayton taught a master class yesterday in how not to respond to a tragedy. It started with the fatal shooting of Philando Castile by a St. Anthony police…
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton used to know when to call it quits. After giving himself an “F” and shutting down his Capitol Hill office in response to terrorism, Dayton walked…
Eliot Seide, the executive director for public union AFSCME 5, went on the counter-offensive (or maybe just offensive) this weekend in response to my recent Strib commentary on pensions (“The…