Saint Paul

Poor public policies lead to some hard lessons.

In May, I wrote about Census Bureau data which showed that in 2021 Minneapolis lost 3,678 residents (a decline of 0.9% in its population): To put this in context, in…

The Walz administration is trying to conceal the outrageous costs of his California Fuel Standards proposal until after the election.

How local activists in White Bear Lake persuaded the Met Council to prevent 89 daily buses from cutting through their charming community.

On Friday evening the son of a former metro area police chief was violently assaulted and hospitalized during a robbery of his cell phone in downtown Minneapolis. The chief posted…

Center of the American Experiment Public Safety Policy Fellow David Zimmer will participate in a roundtable discussion tomorrow with criminal justice system stakeholders and legislators called by the Minnesota Sentencing…

Last week St. Paul Mayor Carter held a press conference with other officials including US Senators Klobuchar and Smith, to announce the city’s $10 million plan to address public safety.…

Local governments across Minnesota still hold out hope that state lawmakers will reverse course and call a special session to approve the tax deal the House DFL majority failed to…

It is rare to be on the road in the metro these days without witnessing someone driving aggressively, weaving in and out of lanes, passing others at 20 mph over…

Minnesota’s Big Government policies don’t solve our most pressing problems — they’re making them worse.

Up until 2019, New York City landlords in rent-stabilized apartments were allowed to reset rents once a tenant had moved out — also known as vacancy decontrol. But in 2019,…

St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter is going to the mat to enforce his sweeping order requiring police, fire fighters and other members of unions that challenged his authority for city…

Gas prices in Minnesota have set new all-time highs this summer, but Governor Tim Walz and other liberal lawmakers in St. Paul want to enact a California fuel standard (CFS)…

Gas prices in Minnesota have set new all-time highs this summer, but Governor Tim Walz and other liberal lawmakers in St. Paul want to enact a California fuel standard (CFS) that…

This just in: tenants in St. Paul are complaining that landlords are trying to get around St. Paul’s rent control ordinance by raising prices for utilities. What a shocker! Except…

Thankfully, the importance of leadership continues to gain momentum in discussions about crime and public safety in Minnesota. The Star Tribune Editorial Board hit on this theme today, though they oddly…

Earlier this year, St. Paul activists started a coalition to bring free preschool to St. Paul. The coalition, which is named SPARK — St. Paul All Ready for Kindergarten —…

On this July 3rd evening, I enjoyed the holiday fireworks display in my western Minneapolis suburb of Edina. A clip of tonight’s finale: Apologies for the poor video quality. From…

Anyone with basic knowledge of economics could have predicted that St. Paul’s rent control ordinance was going to be a disaster. That is one conclusion that numerous observers have made…

The Trump administration finalized regulations in 2019 requiring hospitals to publicly post prices by January 1, 2021. Health policy researchers have been hungry to gather and analyze this information but…

Across America, some 40% of the top-selling baby formula products were out of stock as of late April. The Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul are especially hard hit:…

Earlier this year, MinnPost reported that since the passage of rent control, housing permits in St. Paul were down considerably compared to Minneapolis. According to the US Department of Housing…

Leftist nonprofits in Minnesota can count on a steady funding stream from a Minneapolis-based foundation. Funded by the fortune earned by William McKnight, the long-time CEO and board chair of…

Minnesota, as is the case with much of the country, finds itself in the middle of a 1970’s-style energy crisis. Gasoline and diesel fuel prices are at record levels and…