State and local taxes and spending Star Tribune: Budget battle brewing between mayor and outgoing Minneapolis City Council Duluth News Tribune: Local View: Minnesota has to stop treating taxpayers like…
In 2021, St. Paul residents voted to adopt what was yet the strictest rent control policy in the nation. The ordinance capped annual rent increases at 3 percent, had no…
A consensus is developing in St. Paul that rent control has been disastrous for housing construction. Unfortunately, no one wants to repeal the policy. Instead, City Council members are suggesting…
St. Paul has no money for childcare. A ballot measure creating a childcare subsidy program for all low-income children in St. Paul failed to pass in the 2024 election, preventing…
State and local taxes and spending Star Tribune: Minneapolis council, Mayor Frey seek lower property tax hike as budget talks begin MPR News: Minneapolis City Council’s budget committee reduces proposed…
State and local taxes and spending Pioneer Press: St. Paul ‘Truth in Taxation’ hearing scheduled Monday, but Carter and council still $6 million apart Pine and Lakes Echo Journal: Letter…
The battle over St. Paul’s budget is coming to a climax. KSTP reports: Nearly 200 people filled St. Paul City Council chambers on Monday night to express concern and some…
Back in May, I wrote an article titled “Property tax battles could be coming to St. Paul.” Simply put, tanking commercial property values have lowered commercial property tax payments and…
Everyone knows St. Paul businesses face a tough time these days, from an implosion of workers downtown to ever-higher property taxes and fees. But that reality apparently pales in comparison…
A battle is brewing up in the St. Paul City Council over a free to low-cost childcare proposal. After failing to garner enough verified signatures in 2022, St. Paul’s universal…
When St. Paul proposed a 3 percent rent control in 2021, American Experiment warned that such a policy would be disastrous. Specifically, ACE compiled a report on existing evidence on…
The first thing to know is that pretty much no one currently gets where they’re going via bicycle on Concordia/Rondo Avenue in the area set to be resurfaced this fall…
The role of the far-left advocacy group gets noticed. We’ve written frequently of the St. Paul-based far-left advocacy group TakeAction Minnesota‘s efforts to move the state’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) party ever…
On October 18, the St. Paul City Council approved a major overhaul of the city’s zoning code, effectively ending single-family zoning in St. Paul. Specifically, zoning changes will consolidate the…
The local chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (TC DSA) makes a play in the race for St. Paul City Council. You will recall that earlier this week TC…
The idea that our state should spend, or as politicians like to say, “invest,” more of our tax dollars on childcare was not only prevalent in this year’s legislative session,…
According to the Pioneer Press, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter on Thursday vetoed a city council measure to put funding of early childhood initiatives on the 2024 ballot. One really interesting…
It must be a tough sales job trying to talk employees accustomed to working remotely in their sweats to return to their downtown St. Paul offices for at least a…
State and local taxes and spending KROC: Minnesota Fiscal Year Revenues Beat Forecast by a Half Billion $ KSTP: St. Paul voters to mull property, sales tax increases over next…
A year ago, I wrote about twin examples offered by one of Minnesota’s Twin Cities, St. Paul, of the principles of Econ 101 in action. The Saint Paul City Council passed a minimum…
St. Paul needs to fix its roads. However, the city does not have the money for that. So in January of this year, the St. Paul City Council and Mayor…
In December of last year, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter proposed raising the city’s sales tax rate by one percent in order to pay for street maintenance and parks. The…
State and local taxes and spending Duluth News Tribune: State Senator’s View: With so many challenges, now is the time to invest in one another Grand Forks Herald: Surplus, Social…
Last week, the St. Paul City Council voted to amend the city’s strict rent control ordinance. While the law still caps rent hikes at 3 percent, it will exempt new…