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A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.

What a difference a real public health crisis makes, as opposed to the manufactured imminent threat to our collective survival from climate change. Last fall Minneapolis elected officials banned new…

The Saint Paul Federation of Educators and its members have ended a three-day strike that kept 36,000 students out of the classroom. A tentative agreement on the new two-year collective…

Last week, the Star Tribune ran a story about how the Coronavirus has disrupted the global solar panel supply chain, potentially causing the delay of two large solar installations in…

Anti-mining activist Becky Rom was rebuked this week in Ely, Minnesota, when the city council unanimously passed a pro-mining resolution. According to the Star Tribune, more than 100 people packed…

A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.

A program pioneered by the countertop manufacturer Cambria to offer English language classes to help immigrant workers better succeed at work and in society has become a model for both…

One of the biggest issues for Minnesota’s electric grid is the topic of transmission lines. Transmission lines are expensive, and renewable energy sources, especially wind, require a lot more transmission…

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…

The University of Minnesota has hired the law firm at the center of the controversy over the discredited Trump dossier. Perkins Coie, a Seattle-based law firm, will be overseeing a…

A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.

Top Twins prospect Royce Lewis tells the Star Tribune why he moved from California to Texas. Taxes were a factor.

We’ve all heard about organizations “too big to fail.” But what about government agencies “too big to function?” That pretty well sums up the situation at the Minnesota Department of…

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board regularly makes news for all the wrong reasons. Awhile back the board’s chaotic public meetings routinely made headlines for being disrupted and even shut…

Early mentoring — and a job prospect — can help offenders re-enter society. This op-ed originally appeared in the Star Tribune on February 24, 2020.  [Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, Associated…

A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.

We’re constantly told that solar is the energy source of the future, and that we need not worry about rising electricity prices and the loss of jobs in the mining,…

A recent Star Tribune article highlighted the student-employer partnerships available in the Twin Cities that are helping young people build careers. These partnerships provide jobs for students—often from communities of color—and workers…

A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.

This article was originally published by the Star Tribune. Minnesota schools, like schools across the nation, have been striving for decades to shrink the stubborn racial learning gap. The frustration…

Good public policy will be based on the best facts and data we have, not just the facts and data we find politically convenient.

A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.

We all accept that Minnesota imposes high taxes. Some argue that that's a fair price to pay for all the absolutely necessary stuff the state government does for us in…

A response to our Monday op ed in the Star Tribune highlights the pitfalls of replying to things before reading them.