You know how your radio goes out when you drive through the Lowry Hill tunnel? Imagine another tunnel twice as long a few miles down I-94 in St. Paul. That’s…
Good news: Minneapolis residents on Tuesday voted no on the proposal to defund its Police Department. Unfortunately, both Minneapolis and St. Paul residents voted yes on the proposals to enact…
On Election Day 2021, the voters of Minneapolis rejected a proposed charter amendment which would have eliminated the city’s police department and replaced it with a public safety agency. Fox 9 reports:…
Yesterday, Minnesota Power announced it would be increasing the price of electricity on its system by 18 percent to pay for its voluntary pursuit of more renewable energy sources, resulting…
Northstar Commuter Rail never did hit the rosy ridership projections officials promised at the line’s inception in 2009. But even Northstar’s most ardent critics must find it hard to believe…
If you live around the Twin Cities area, chances are you have seen the ad with a rich corporate landlord urging you to vote no on the rent control ballot…
Generally, economic theory and evidence have no support for any kind of price control that seeks to limit individuals from engaging in mutually beneficial transactions. But going beyond the basics,…
Minnesota should learn from California’s failed rent control policies that exacerbated housing shortages Center of the American Experiment issued a timely report on the ineffectiveness of rent control policies as…
Rent control is a bad policy; economists agree. In 1992, when economists were polled on whether rent control reduces the supply of housing, 93 percent of them agreed. Similarly, in…
How a small cadre of political radicals is hijacking the mission of the Minnesota Historical Society.
Violent crime is exploding in Minneapolis. Figure 1 shows the percentage change in a range of crimes in Minneapolis for the period Jan. 1, 2021, to Oct. 25, 2021, compared…
Legislators’ rush to revise deadly force law backfires.
Walz vigorously avoids talk about public safety.
Consequences eclipse good intentions or favorable PR.
On Nov. 1, residents of St. Paul and Minneapolis will decide whether to give local bureaucrats the power to limit the rates by which landlords can raise their rents. Advocates…
As taxes skyrocket, quality of life plummets.
In August, St. Paul wasn’t seeing a surge in homicides in 2021 over 2020’s already-high numbers comparable to that seen in Minneapolis. At the time, St. Paul had just recorded…
On Sept. 14, in an article titled ‘Violent crime up 19% in Minneapolis,’ I wrote: “There have been 67 homicides in Minneapolis so far this year.” That number is now…
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In the early hours of Sunday morning, a gunfight broke out in a bar on St. Paul’s popular West 7th Avenue which left 14 people injured and 27-year-old Marquisha Wiley…
State and local taxes and spending Minnesota Reformer: Wave of workers’ comp claims, settlements worsen Minneapolis budget outlook Stillwater Gazette: Minnesota’s Main Street COVID relief grant application open Austin Daily…
A couple of years ago I asked if Gov. Tim Walz was a Canute. This was a reference to the 11th century king of England, Denmark and Norway, Cnut the…
University of Nebraska Omaha criminologist Justin Nix said: “The evidence that proactive policing works is pretty solid.” A new article for Vox by German Lopez sets out some of that evidence.…
Minnesota’s entrepreneurs are getting creative in the face of the state’s ‘labor shortage.’ WCCO reports: The workforce shortage continues to be one of the biggest challenges facing the hospitality industry.…