Senior Policy Fellow Peter Nelson talks about his work in the Trump administration.
Fresh off finalizing new rules that would force auto manufacturers to obey California’s car mandates, the Walz administration is once again seeking to enact new regulations without legislative oversight. This…
Childcare has been one of the most heavily affected industries by the COVID-19 pandemic. Fortunately, providers got a lifelinefrom United States Congress. In Minnesota, most of the funds from the…
State and Twin Cities leaders dither while vulnerable residents live in fear and increasing danger.
American Experiment kicks off anti-regulation campaign at Farmfest 2021 Center of the American Experiment will kick off their latest public engagement campaign at Farmfest this week urging Minnesotans to comment…
State leaders again ignore school choice advocates.
Red Wing residents fight to remove the entire city council.
Every American who is eligible to vote ought to be able to do so. That is a fundamental principle of this republic. And they have the right for those votes…
It took Gov. Tim Walz well over a week to see how Rep. John Thompson’s latest brush with the law played out with the press and public. But the governor…
There was no more vocal proponent for speeding up the public release of police body cam footage of interactions with police than St. Paul DFL Rep. John Thompson. The legislature’s…
Yesterday, news broke that the Coal Creek Station, a 1,150-megawatt power plant that is the largest electricity generator in the state of North Dakota, has found a new buyer, which…
When Chipotle raised its minimum wage to $15, it also hiked food prices by 4 percent. “It made sense in this scenario to invest in our employees and get these…
Last month, I wrote that ‘“If you build it, they will come” …might be sound advice when it comes to supernatural baseball fields, but [is] bad advice for government transit.’…
Violent crime is exploding in Minneapolis. Figure 1 shows the number of homicides in Minneapolis for the period from January 1 to June 8 in the current year and each…
State and local taxes and spending Minn Post: Is a state government shutdown looming in Minnesota? Naaaaah. Minnesota Reformer: Lawmakers poised to miss self-imposed deadline on $52 billion budget Southernminn.com:…
The last shutdown of state government was in 2011 with Republicans controlling both the House and Senate and Mark Dayton in the governor’s office. The major sticking point was whether…
As someone who grew up on a small family farm in Wisconsin where we raised pigs and beef cattle, even I had to concede that the proposal from People for…
The need for expanding education opportunities for Minnesota students could not be more obvious. And families are calling on state leaders to do something about it. Parents and education advocates,…
The 2021 regular legislative session ended Monday with a loose agreement between Gov. Tim Walz and the House and Senate over how much they would spend in each of the…
It could have been a teachable moment on personal responsibility for St. Paul students. Instead it's turned out to be a lesson in wasteful government spending gone wild.
Maybe St. Paul restaurant owner Brian Ingram has been burglarized so many times he figures he doesn't have much more to lose by reconsidering a run for city hall.
Legislative leaders and Gov. Walz all but admitted they can’t get the budget done without a real deadline, and apparently the constitutional deadline of May 17th isn’t enough. June 14th…
“If you build it, they will come.” This might be sound advice when it comes to supernatural baseball fields, but it is bad advice for government transit. Fox 9 reports:…
Between the pandemic and the giant riot fence, there haven’t been that many political rallies in St. Paul this year. Saturday over 100 people gathered at the Governor’s Residence to…