In 1970, Minnesota was among the states with the least income inequality. Black household median income was competitive with white households, and Hispanic incomes were nearly identical to white households. Since…
Bans on plastic have become all the rage. Minneapolis wanted to ban plastic bags last year, and cities on the Left Coast are banning plastic straws. Despite the inconvenience and…
The Minneapolis School District can’t seem to get their act together. The district overspent by $21.6 million last year, now the school district is seeking to raise property taxes by…
Education Minnesota President Denise Specht uses her column in the union's publication, Minnesota Educator to call out the Center’s EducatedTeachersMN project and its electronic billboards that welcomed union officials and…
Yesterday I wrote about how Minneapolis’ renewable energy targets are just expensive virtue signalling. A closer look at the City advisory board helps explain why the state’s largest city could…
Minneapolis seems determined to rush toward 100 percent renewable energy by 2023, but perhaps its time for the City to pump the brakes on environmental virtue signalling and consider whether…
It long has been a political fact of life in Minneapolis that conservatives and Republicans are nowhere to be found on the city council, school board, or among the city’s…
Economic policies in the Gopher State have yielded better results? Data suggest otherwise.
Fritz Corrigan on the message behind Mosaic’s departure.
Advocates of minimum wage hikes all too often live in a fantasy world where employers are vast corporations whose owners and managers are swimming in piles of cash while paying…
Minneapolis’ bogus renewable energy pledge.
Scott Peterson rallies business to address the labor shortage.
Candace Owens explains what happens when you threaten the liberals’ lock on African American voters.
While the City Council and the Mayor may attempt to deflect on this issue, the same residents who can get a Minnesota State ID card would be able to obtain…
For your summer reading: The Met Council's pet project SWLRT, now largely shifted onto the back of Hennepin County taxpayers, has been delayed again. And yet the Council is spending…
Thanks to Janus, government unions have an opportunity to reboot for the better, but they are faced with a choice: Will they continue prioritizing political objectives unrelated to meeting the…
School may be out but the recent Supreme Court ruling that public employees cannot be forced to pay union fees has cut the teachers unions’ summer vacation short. Kate Walsh…
Frustration over MnDOT’s clumsy management of the I-35W construction project in Minneapolis has driven some motorists over the line. The Star Tribune’s coverage of drivers’ misdeeds amounts to the equivalent…
The National Education Association, the country’s largest teachers’ union, held its annual convention in Minneapolis this year, beginning in late June and ending in early July. The convention was attended…
The U.S. Supreme Court says public employees must affirmatively consent to the deduction of union fees.
Conservative speaker Ben Shapiro just might get the last word in against the University of Minnesota after all–in a federal courtroom. The U of M refused to let the popular…
Tucker Carlson tells John Hinderaker how insiders should respond to Trump.
We are constantly treated to disinformation claiming that wind or solar is competitive with fossil fuels. How is it competitive when it can’t replace fossil fuels, but only serves as…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.