It is no secret that Minnesota is one of the most highly taxed states in the union. We are one of the 43 states to have its own income tax,…
Today sees the release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of its estimates of Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment. These can be a useful way to compare economic performance. Minnesota’s…
The Enbridge Line 3 replacement oil pipeline project continues to languish in the labyrinth of the State of Minnesota’s regulatory maze. So pipeline proponents have formed an advocacy group called…
In its new report, the Economic Policy Institute claims that Minnesota's performance in labor force participation rates since Gov. Dayton took office vindicates Big Government policies. It can only say…
Construction on the Enbridge 3 replacement oil pipeline should start this year, once state regulators get out of the way and give final approval. The vital project will generate hundreds of well-paying…
New data shows that, on jobs, Minnesota's metropolitan areas are losing ground relative to their neighbors.
There's good news and bad news. Gas prices this summer are forecast to be higher than they have been for the last four years, according to the U.S. Energy Information…
New data shows that, on jobs, Minnesota's metropolitan areas are losing ground relative to their neighbors.
Remember when the United States was seemingly about to run out of oil? In 2006, then-President George W. Bush declared the United States was "addicted to oil," and the impending…
"Incentives do make a difference". So said Governor Mark Dayton recently, discussing what state governments can do to attract investment. And that is particularly the case in the United States,…
Hard to believe that’s it’s already been about a year since the Dakota Access Pipeline protests petered out next door in North Dakota. Instead of coddling activists who trashed the…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota
Another state ranking gives Minnesota high marks, but no thanks to its Big Government economic policies.
Last week, I had the great pleasure of representing the Center at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) with President John Hinderaker. This was the first time American Experiment has…
Illinois has been dragged to the brink of ruin by rampant government spending and tax policies which have driven economic activity out of the state. Incredibly, there are still some…
The latest federal government shutdown hardly registered a blip when it came to the effect on daily life for most folks. The inconsequential impact was partly due to the short–just…
A long veteran of conservative causes, Twin Cities lawyer counsels young activists to read
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Minnesota's economy grew more slowly than 43 other states in the second quarter of 2017. Much depends on trends at the national level, but the variations suggest that local factors…
September data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics allows us to take a look at how Minnesota's urban areas are doing compared to those in other states.
A new report from Moody’s Analytics stress tested state budgets to assess how prepared states are for the inevitable next recession. Minnesota is one of sixteen states with enough reserves…
Fiscal policymakers have accepted for centuries that taxes act as a negative incentive on whatever is being taxed. That doesn’t always keep them from taxing.
Yesterday, the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis hosted its first Regional Economic Conditions Conference and state economist Laura Kalambokidis gave her view of Minnesota's economy.
More proof of Minnesota’s status as one of the highest taxed states in the country–not that we needed any. Minnesota comes in as the second least tax-friendly state in Kiplinger’s…