Minnesota’s workforce shortages are encouraging employers to reach out to a previously often-overlooked group—people with disabilities. A recent MinnPost article highlights the success of Minnesota Diversified Industries (MDI), a nonprofit…
The election of six outsiders to the Minneapolis Park Board last fall was supposed to change everything. MinnPost summed it up this way when the new commissioners took office this year.…
Minnesota beer retailers are taxed $0.15 per gallon and then an alcohol-specific sales tax of 9 percent.
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…
[Photo Source: TCH] Twin City Hardware (TCH) is one of many Minnesota companies that has struggled to find qualified workers. But in the last few years, the Oakdale-based manufacturer of…
Minnesota faces a looming shortage of skilled workers, and we look increasingly to our community and technical colleges to help solve it. But here’s a big problem: Many first-year students…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
On April 26, the Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR) announced that it has reached “collaborative agreements” with 10 school districts and charter schools which it claims discriminate against black…
Skilled trades are, for the most part, a predominantly male bastion. But community and technical colleges in Minneapolis and St. Paul are ramping up their efforts to get more women…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Minnesota Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius is the latest to weigh in with a Star Tribune counterpoint denouncing my recent op-ed, “Undisciplined: Chaos may be coming to Minnesota classrooms, by decree.”…
How do community and technical colleges decide what programs to offer to meet the labor market’s needs most effectively? Two college presidents recently offered their insights in MinnPost. Rich Wagner,…
A state agency aims to eliminate racial disparities in schools’ response to misbehavior. Its destabilizing course would only spread the disruption. This commentary originally appeared in the Star Tribune as…
American Experiment’s Katherine Kersten warns in today’s Star Tribune of a secret war on teachers and school discipline being funded by taxpayers and directed by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights. Brace…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota
Reasonable people can disagree about the wisdom of allowing public employees to legally strike, especially when union members are sitting on the school board. If strikes are illegal, as we…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota
Congratulations! It has been two years since child care providers around the state did something truly remarkable: they defeated a prolonged and well-financed attempt to convert their homes and businesses…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota
Minnesota's policymakers use high tax rates on cigarettes to discourage smoking. Won't the high tax rates they levy on labor discourage work?
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.