Good news, but Minnesotans should have access to the best healthcare practitioners who want to come here at any time. To realize that, our state should join the national Nurse Licensure Compact.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Gov. Walz targets of 5,000 Covid-19 tests a day and another 1,100 ICU beds give us something firm to aim for to reopen the state's economy.
Given the central place in state policy making of the University of Minnesota and Department of Health model, it is worth reflecting on what such a model is, how it…
Nearly $600 million a year ($551 million in fiscal year 2018) is sent directly to school districts, charter schools, and other educational organizations across Minnesota to pay for the educational…
The Metropolitan Council is on a crusade to “densify” the Twin Cities, and that means reorganizing our metro area around public transit. The Council’s guiding principle is “transit-oriented development." But…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that Metro Transit will limit the number of riders who can board buses during the COVID-19 outbreak. The new policy is an admission, if not an…
Today’s Star Tribune features an op-ed headlined, “The density craze is ruining urban life in Minneapolis.” It’s a reader’s response to my April 5 article entitled, “Density in a time…
At the national level the federal response to the coronavirus appears destined to make big government bigger. But the financial fallout at the local government level may serve as a…
Egg and I in Lyn-Lake, started 40 years ago by single mother Cathy Grotbeck, is closing for good.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
No, it’s not a misprint. It’s the same guy, DFL Sen. Erik Simonson, who raised conflict of interest questions and concerns in some quarters in his last public sector job…
On Tuesday, April 7, 2020, the Star Tribune ran a story entitled “New Suburban Solar Projects Part of a Wave of New Projects in Minnesota.” The article discusses businesses that…
Some might question how much of the government should in fact fall under the banner of “essential services” during the coronavirus shutdown. Yet government entities at every level continue to…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
A recent story in Politco entitled “Minnesota on the edge: ‘I’ve voted Democrat my whole life. It’s getting tougher,” details how the political leanings of Minnesotans on the Iron Range,…
The news that Costco was pulling out of a long-planned store in Duluth was disappointing enough in the midst of the economic fallout from Covid-19. But word that the sought-after…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
The economic cost of Minnesota's war against the coronavirus may be one we need to pay, but it is already very high indeed.
Aspirational Page-Kashkari constitutional amendment will fail.
Poor tax policy repels high wage earners.
After giving themselves a 250 percent pay raise, park commissioner no-shows force the board to cancel meetings.
American Experiment has battled PC for more than a quarter century.