The Star Tribune ran a story Friday (February 22) headlined, “St. Paul Students Push Ethnic Studies as Core Classwork.” Featured terms included “culturally relevant curriculum that teaches history through the…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
The impact of Janus v. AFSCME on union membership losses in Minnesota is not fully known yet. In states that passed right-to-work laws prior to Janus, it took several years for…
A few weeks ago, I wrote an opinion editorial to the Star Tribune about how the Polar Vortex reemphasized the need for reliable forms of electricity in our state. My…
If policymakers are going to jack up housing costs with ever more onerous environmental regulations, they should stop bleating about a lack of 'affordable housing'.
Business columnist Lee Schafer wrote in Saturday’s Star Tribune that Minnesota “needs to take a look at its income tax.” Schafer began with the fact that Minnesota’s personal income tax…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
The cons of the West 7th streetcar are that it will be expensive, disrupt the neighborhood for three years while it is built, serve fewer people, lengthen the journey, and…
British journalist and politician Daniel Hannan recently wrote a smart defense of high CEO pay in the Washington Examiner. His are arguments rarely heard among the leftist shouts to “abolish…
To make housing affordable, policymakers need to remove the things that are making it unaffordable now: excessive regulations.
A new report finds that the 'affordable housing' crisis in the Twin Cities is a creation of state and local government here. Regulations, passed by lawmakers here, have driven costs…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
The cold snap continues to be the gift that keeps on giving by exposing the weaknesses and dangerous implications of over-reliance on renewable energy sources. American Experiment policy fellow Isaac…
All that’s needed is a bit of spending restraint to put the budget on a glide path to balance.
And it's a spending problem, not a revenue problem — making proposals like "Medicare for All" or a "Green New Deal" even more worrisome.
The Star Tribune recently ran an opinion piece by James Lenfestey, who advocated for an increase in the gas tax to finance infrastructure improvements and to reduce carbon dioxide emissions,…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
The Star Tribune has published an opinion piece I wrote on how Minnesota's bitter cold should be a wake-up call for energy policy in our state. Instead of mandating the…
This article originally appeared in the Winter 2019 Issue of Thinking Minnesota, now the second largest magazine in Minnesota. To receive a free trial issue send your name and address to [email protected]. On July…
Customers in central Minnesota were asked to turn heat down to 60 or lower to prevent widespread natural gas outages due to extreme cold. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports: Xcel…
This post originally appeared at katana community on January 24, 2019. This last Friday you may have seen a story on KARE11 or KSTP about how a Metro Transit Light Rail Transit (LRT) driver…
Jacob Frey’s tent city policy must be judged on results.
An anti-mining group is wrong about Minnesota’s mineral wealth.
Governor Tim Walz capped off his first week in office with an inaugural party in Minneapolis on Saturday, treating thousands of Minnesotans to a night of food and performances meant to…