The Saint Paul Federation of Educators has scheduled a strike for Tuesday over the lack of progress at the bargaining table between the teachers’ union and the Saint Paul Public…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Minnesota Secretary Steve Simon regularly lectures legislators over the online vulnerability of Minnesota’s election system, but it turns out the only threat so far has come from Simon himself. In…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
This testimony before the Minnesota Senate Education Committee was delivered on February 5, 2020. Madam Chair and Members of the Committee, my name is Mitch Pearlstein and it’s an honor…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
The huge costs of shuttering coal.
Brexit exemplifies what happens when electorates vote in ways the elite don’t like.
St. Paul’s Mayor proposes cutting future positions.
As Californians are finding out, the cost of extensive environmental regulations in building codes is unaffordable housing. Will Minnesotans be willing to pay that cost?
The study, compiled at the request of at the request of the City Council, recommends adding 78 sworn personnel, including 33 sergeants. It runs contrary to Mayor Carter's desire to…
When policymakers impose regulations in the name of something like fighting climate change, they are sacrificing affordable housing in pursuit of that goal. Too often, rather than admitting this, they…
With 2020 upon us, I’d like to reflect back on 2019 because it was a banner year for energy and environmental issues here at Center of the American Experiment. Here…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
The Twin Cities’ ‘affordable housing’ shortage was caused by their politicians and their taxes, fees, and regulations, not by mythical 'free enterprise'. It is optimistic at best to think that…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking to a local city council about the obstacles to the construction of affordable housing which state and local governments erect in terms of…
The maintenance of law and order is one of the core functions of government. How do you think Saint Paul’s government is doing?
One of the recurring themes from the Walz administration in the multiple scandals at the Department of Human Services is that no one individual can be blamed or should be…
Has St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter overplayed his hand? That’s the unspoken question behind Pioneer Press columnist Joe Soucheray’s breakdown of Carter’s manipulation of residents facing a referendum on the…