Gov. Walz is fond of touting the “fact” that Minnesota is one of the top five states for business. It isn’t. This alleged “fact” comes from a ranking complied by…
Recently, I wrote about how, contra an article — since retracted — in the Star Tribune, migration data show that Minnesota is losing retirees as it is losing everyone else.…
Legislation proposed in the 2024 session to make Minnesota a sanctuary state faces stiff opposition according to the March 2024 Thinking Minnesota poll. The proposal to prohibit any Minnesota entity…
Late last week, the U.S. Census Bureau released 2023 county-level population data. The bad news continued for Hennepin County. Hennepin County, which includes the state’s largest city of Minneapolis, has…
It’s National School Choice Week — the annual celebration of effective K-12 education options and the school choice policies that allow families the opportunity to access the learning environment that…
On Christmas Eve, 2022, millions of American families experienced rolling blackouts as frigid temperatures brought by Winter Storm Elliot caused fuel supply problems for natural gas power plants throughout the…
The Biden administration’s reckless EPA regulations endanger us all.
School choice is making waves across the country thanks to union boss Randi Weingarten.
Most Minnesotans disapprove of the Walz/DFL legislative agenda.
Despite a razor-thin majority, the DFL pushed through a radical agenda.
A strong majority (74 percent) of Minnesotans favor a school choice policy where parents can use tax dollars to send their child to a public or private school that best…
With Gov. Tim Walz and DFL legislators patting themselves on the back, taking selfies and firing up the marching band, most Minnesotans in the latest Thinking Minnesota poll were telling…
When entertainers, advertisers or politicians want to know if an idea will be well-received by mainstream America, they ask the question, “Will it play in Peoria?”
Gov. Tim Walz’s proposals to raise taxes on everyday activities such as driving a car or ordering from Amazon are wildly unpopular with Minnesotans, according to the latest Thinking Minnesota…
A new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) shows Mississippi beats Minnesota on post-COVID test score recovery. This adds to a trend of the Magnolia state…
It’s a sad day in Minnesota when we have to ask Minnesotans a question like this. According to the latest Thinking Minnesota poll (February 26-28), an overwhelming majority (67%) of…
Whenever I point out that Minnesota is losing residents, on net, to places like Florida, someone always offers an explanation for this fact the point of which is to exonerate…
As bills to dramatically change the way Minnesota conducts statewide elections using ranked choice voting begin to move through legislative committees, the latest Thinking Minnesota poll finds very tepid support…
In December, I noted that: New Census Bureau data show that…From mid-2021 to mid-2022, 19,400 Minnesota residents left for other states, by far the highest number in at least three decades. …until…
According to the latest Thinking Minnesota poll (February 26-28), an overwhelming majority (60%) of Minnesotans oppose restoring the right to vote for convicted felons. The poll results were released by…
Gauging the attitudes that drive Minnesota voters.
Many residents of the eastern United States received an unwelcome Christmas gift this year: rolling blackouts during cold weather. I received this email on Christmas Eve from Appalachian Power Company,…
The latest Thinking Minnesota poll was conducted last week, and the top choice for what to do with the budget surplus for Minnesotans was once again permanent tax cuts. Twenty-seven percent of respondents…
Minnesotans googling break-up advice peaks from October 16-23, according to a study of Google trends data from Oct. 24, 2021- Oct. 23, 2022 by HerNorm.com. The relationship website analyzed search…