State and local taxes and spending KSTP: Stearns County officials explain how their 5.2% property tax hike will work Alexandria Echo Press: Alexandria’s lodging tax yields big impact Marshall Independent:…
Kevin Contreras-Contreras of Mexico is our Minnesota Man of the Week. He wins the Weekly honors on account of the utterly mundane nature of his case. It shows the system…
The West Central Tribune reported today that an administrative law judge recommends the approval of a proposed 200-MW capacity solar installation in Renville county. The project, Gopher State Solar, would…
The West Central Tribune reported last week that a large solar farm proposed in Renville County is expected to be permitted by the end of the summer. The project, Gopher…
What do you do with 290,000 solar panels spread out over 1,000 acres when it comes time to tear them down? The developer’s plan for the proposed $245 million Birch…
Southwestern Minnesota farmers and residents left no doubt about their objections to Xcel Energy’s proposed billion dollar power line for renewable energy at a recent hearing before an administrative law…
Any hopes Xcel Energy may have had of Renville County commissioners changing their minds on the utility’s proposed high-voltage power line were all but eliminated at a recent board meeting.…
The so-called North Star Act would prohibit cooperation on the part of local, county and state law enforcement agencies with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. American Experiment’s latest Thinking…
They may be virtually powerless to stop Xcel Energy from forcing another high-voltage transmission line through their area, but that hasn’t stopped landowners from Marshall to Becker from trying to…
Apparently the doubling in cost of a proposed 175-mile long high voltage power line in southwestern Minnesota to more than $1 billion hasn’t slowed down Xcel’s determination to connect more…
The chronic housing shortage that’s so often in the news isn’t confined to the Twin Cities metro area. Residents in rural Minnesota can run into the same problem, prompting one…
“Back to school” means just that for authorities in one southwestern Minnesota county who plan to crack down on students who skip school, fall behind and often get into trouble.…
While facing a huge docket of backed up cases, Renville County’s new prosecutor is showing defendants that crime won’t pay.
State and local taxes and spending The Center Square: Minnesota lawmakers set to haggle over tax cuts Duluth News Tribune: Minnesota House passes property tax cuts, family tax rebates West…
The Environmental Protection Agency’s latest overreach in enforcing the Endangered Species Act in six Minnesota counties “kinda makes you scratch your knot a little bit,” the Minnesota Soybean Research and…
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
Town meetings extend CAE’s reach throughout Minnesota
You no doubt have noticed that our website says Center of the American Experiment is “Minnesota’s Think Tank.” We use that phrase a lot–on t-shirts, on the radio, and elsewhere.…