To less fanfare than usual, the Census Bureau has released its estimates of State-to-State Migration Flows for 2023. They show that, overall, Minnesota gained 100,277 residents from other parts of…
Tomorrow, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) is expected to consider for approval two unrelated major high-voltage transmission line projects which will nearly span the state at a cost of…
The Minnesota Reformer reports: The U.S. Census Bureau released new data last week showing that in 2023 the median household income rose significantly for the first time since 2019. In inflation-adjusted terms,…
A Canadian man whom customs officials say entered the United States illegally has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bismarck to attacking energy installations in North Dakota and South…
The controversial Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline aiming to send emissions from 57 ethanol plants in five states for storage underground in North Dakota faces yet another setback. The South Dakota…
Eight states, including North Dakota, have petitioned for the Supreme Court to hear a challenge to California’s zero-emissions vehicle mandate. Historically, California was granted an exception to nationwide emissions standards…
Last week, Walker Orenstein of the Star Tribune reported on a remarkable situation in Grand Meadow, Minnesota. He reports from a neighbor’s point of view: Trucks dropped off more than…
A childcare modernization project is underway at the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS). In 2021, legislators passed a law requiring the DHS to revise standards for licensed daycare centers.…
After submitting nearly twice as many signatures as the 17,500 needed for a referendum, opponents have succeeded in putting the fate of a controversial new law tied to a proposed…
According to ChildCare Aware, in 2022, Minnesota parents spent over $17,000 to send their infant to a daycare center. Daycare for infants took up 21 percent of median household income,…
Last week, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) announced that while “Real gross domestic product [GDP] increased in 39 states and the District of Columbia in the first quarter of 2024,”…
More than two and a half years after filing for a permit, Summit Carbon Solutions has finally gotten crucial approval from Iowa regulators for the first leg of a nearly…
Professors at two North Dakota institutions of higher education dodged a bullet last year when lawmakers fell just short of passing legislation to reduce protections for tenured faculty. At the…
There has been a steady stream of stories in Minnesota’s media relating that the state government’s revenues have been consistently coming in above forecast. This is true. As Minnesota Management…
The 2024 legislative session crashed to a conclusion late Sunday night amid scenes of chaos as the DFL rammed through a 2,800 page Omnibus Bill that nobody had read and…
That’s the extraordinary proposal made by the state’s largest electric utility, Xcel Energy, to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC). Last month, Xcel proposed a two-year pilot project to provide…
Photo: UND Athletics / Kerry Ring The North Dakota Legislature passed and Gov. Doug Burgum signed a bill into law last year that prohibits transgender athletes from participating on female…
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.…
Childcare providers are having a hard time recruiting workers in Minnesota. According to the Star Tribune, A March survey by the Minneapolis Fed and First Children’s Finance found even though…
Last week, the Star Tribune carried an article by Evan Ramstad which provided a decent tour d’horizon of the economic debate in Minnesota. It showed, once again, how American Experiment leads…
A recent article by Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) News states that Xcel Energy’s new Time-of-Use (TOU) rates are meant to “drive behavior changes and usage changes, and getting customers to…
Betting good money on light rail rather than investing in freight rail infrastructure is a losing gamble.
Last year, I wrote that: In 2015, Hennepin County seized Geraldine Tyler’s Minneapolis condo “over about $2,300 of unpaid property taxes, plus $12,700 in penalties, interest and fees.” The county…
It’s been a given since 1978. A reciprocity agreement between Minnesota and South Dakota meant that college students crossing the state border would get a break in tuition and fees.…