Minneapolis has designated some 200 structures within the city as historic landmarks worthy of preservation and protection. But there’s about to be one fewer landmark on that list before long,…
Podcaster Joe Soucheray takes the Center’s John Hinderaker on a tour of Gumption County.
Want to know why we’re worried about public safety? Ask the judges and prosecutors who keep returning thugs to our streets.
The Fed’s lobbying for the Page Amendment undermines its independence.
Minnesota parents: In the midst of the Twin Cities’ ongoing crime surge, do you want your children taught that the sense of disorder in carjackings and “smash-and-grab” looting is merely…
The lame-duck chief prosecutor for Minnesota’s largest county continues to justify his unique approach to public safety. Citing statistics on caseload, prosecutions and convictions, Mike Freeman defended the work of…
No sooner had St. Cloud and three nearby cities declined to implement a six-week mask mandate last week than the health care provider behind the rejected request “doubled down,” as…
With COVID-19 cases rising yet again, schools in Minnesota are moving to remote learning. For example, Minneapolis Public Schools just announced that classes will be remote till month-end. Other school…
Minnesota’s Department of Health (MDH) removed race as a factor to ration monoclonal antibodies to treat COVID-19 this week. This decision came on the same day America First Legal sent…
Letter to Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell outlines illegal grass roots lobbying Center of the American Experiment sent a letter to the head of the Federal Reserve Board in…
Labor market Alexandria Echo Press: New year, new minimum-wage rates as of Jan. 1 Fergus Falls Daily Journal: Minimum wage increase Duluth News Tribune: ‘More of what workers want’: Wage…
As the latest variant of COVID hits home, the mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul have moved in lockstep to slap another open-ended mask mandate on citizens this week. The…
Labor market Pine Journal: Can this workforce be saved? Here’s why US workers are quitting in droves Morrison County Record: Letter: Walz to blame for worker shortage Bemidji Pioneer: Child…
Earlier today, the Star Tribune run an editorial encouraging Minnesotans to do their part to control COVID-19 so that kids can stay in school as Omicron surges. The editorial especially…
California may not be what it used to be, but it still looks tempting in the middle of a Minnesota winter. So tempting that two of Hennepin County’s highest paid…
State and local taxes and spending Minn Post: Online retail sales are way up. So are local sales tax collections in Minnesota Park Rapids Enterprise: Hubbard County’s first levy increase…
On Dec. 7, the Minnesota Management and Budget announced that Minnesota was expecting a $7.7 billion surplus for the 2022-2023 biennium. $3.1 billion of that is leftover money from the…
With trouble brewing in St. Paul over the city’s rent control ordinance, members of the Minneapolis City Council are taking notice and trying to avoid the neighboring city’s mistakes as…
As advocates debate a change in approach to homelessness in Minnesota, a lot is riding on the outcome. The Minneapolis Star Tribune recently reported on a new trend in Minnesota…
State and local taxes and spending The Globe: Nobles County works to reduce tax burden; eyes 4.988% property tax levy increase Duluth News Tribune: Feeding frenzy follows news of state…
After enacting one of the strictest measures of rent control in the nation, St. Paul is set to make a significant investment in affordable housing. As reported by the Star…
In the wake of George Floyd’s death in May 2020, Minneapolis became a center for the movement to ‘defund the police.’ Last week, Fox 9 reports: Minneapolis City Council mostly…
NBC News reports that rising demand for the nickel used in the batteries of electric vehicles (EVs) is prompting the expansion of a nickel mine located in a rainforest in…
Economic growth Star Tribune: Supply chain trouble takes big bite out of Minnesota’s small food producers Minn Post: Long-term thinking is they key to Minnesota’s economic prosperity KPVI: Minnesota is…