From 2020 to 2021, Iowa saw its State Business Tax Climate Index ranking rise from 45th to 40th. Policymakers in Saint Paul should take note.
It says a lot when a pet project backed by well-connected lobbyists fails to make the cut in the $1.9 billion bonding bill passed by the Minnesota Legislature filled with…
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If parents could grade Twin Cities public schools on their COVID-era teaching plans for kindergartners this fall, it’s safe to say teachers and administrators would recieve low marks indeed. The…
This is bad news for Minnesota.
The planning commission in Minnetrista was gung ho on the solar garden installation with 4,100 nine-foot high photovoltaic panels proposed for the rural western Twin Cities suburb. Just weeks ago,…
The Northstar commuter rail line never has lived up to ridership expectations. It’s always been a huge loser for taxpayers, who have heavily subsidized every ride taken on the train,…
A newly-released study from the University of Rhode Island (URI) has found that solar facilities reduce property values for nearby properties.
It’s common knowledge that Minneapolis and St. Paul rank among the most hostile cities to cars and fossil-fueled vehicles anywhere in the country. For years the number of public parking…
There are all too many horrific episodes in American history of white mobs attacking African-Americans or other ethnic minorities. But this summer, in the Twin Cities, might have been the…
Turns out one of the most popular campaign signs popping up suddenly across southeastern Minnesota has nothing to do with party politics or a candidate. Maybe that explains the popularity…
In our new report, we look at how state's economic policies impact their economic outcomes by focusing on border counties.
A year of extraordinary accomplishments, despite COVID-19.
Did Sinclair Lewis and F. Scott Fitzgerald dismiss the Midwest?
Liberals will not relinquish their taste of power.
For some restaurants, winter may mean closing down temporarily if they cannot return to 100% indoor dining capacity. It is time these restrictions are repealed.
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Those involved in the riots, looting and vandalism that followed the death of George Floyd in police custody had better watch their back. Federal, state and local authorities still combing…
Yesterday, I posted an article by California Assemblyman Jim Cooper, a Black Democrat in California, who said the state’s renewable energy mandates were punishing low income, minority communities. Today, I’m…
The U.S. Department of Education recognized eight Minnesota elementary schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for their work in closing achievement gaps between student groups and all students. No Minnesota…
There’s a new application for the law stating for every action there’s an equal and opposite reaction. Permits to carry and gun sales in the state were already up considerably…
Minnesota's sentencing guidelines might need a rethink.
Research shows that more cops mean less crime. As police numbers in Minneapolis and Saint Paul fall, not only relative to the population but in absolute terms, what will less…
The violent crime wave underway in Minneapolis includes numerous holdups and assaults involving guns and other weapons in the vicinity of the University of Minnesota campus. Over the weekend there…