Minnesota's hospital moratorium, which blocks the expansion of hospital beds in the state, serves no useful purpose and harms Minnesotans. It should go.
Gov. Tim Walz has ordered Minnesota schools to remain closed through May 4, with extended school closures possible in the future. Beginning tomorrow, most students will start distance learning.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
The clock on Gov. Tim Walz’s two-week stay-at-home order starts ticking at midnight tonight. But elected officials and law enforcement authorities in rural Minnesota say they’ve already been getting plenty…
Click on the map produced by Excel in Ed for state-by-state updates on actions education systems have taken in response to COVID-19.
The government is putting large swathes of the economy into 'sleep mode' to fight the Coronavirus. Here is what we need to do to make sure there is an economy…
Restaurants have been among the hardest hit businesses due to lockdowns and other pandemic-related restrictions. Some states have, however, taken steps to create more favorable conditions for restaurants to operate.…
During the Democrat debate between Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and former Vice-President Joe Biden on Sunday, March 15, 2020, Vice-President Biden stated that he would allow “no new fracking.” However,…
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.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
During the Democrat debate on Sunday, March 15, 2020, between Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and former Vice-President Joe Biden, Vice-President Biden stated that he would allow “no new fracking.” However,…
As the Coronavirus pandemic continues to force widespread school closures across the country, use this interactive map to see the status of individual states.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
This last weekend I appeared on the American’s for Prosperity radio show to talk about how renewable energy sources drive up the cost of electricity and talk about the Walz…
Proponents of Governor Walz’s California Car mandates have argued that electric vehicles are the wave of the future, and that mandates for electric cars are needed to supply the large…
Today the Minnesota Senate’s State Government Finance and Policy and Elections Committee passed S.F. 3496, which would prevent the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency from copying regulations enacted by the California Air…
Today was a step forward for the efforts of conservative lawmakers to prevent the Walz administration from imposing unpopular California car mandates on Minnesotans. Senate File 3496 passed out of…
Governor Walz wants to adopt California’s car mandates requiring that car manufacturers deliver electric vehicles for sale in Minnesota, but this video from the Clear Energy Alliance pours cold water…
The Minnesota Senate has introduced a bill that would expressly prohibit the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) from adopting California’s controversial car mandates and they have asked me to testify…
Last week, I testified before a joint hearing of the Senate Environment and Natural Resources Finance Committee about the Walz administration’s desire to force Minnesotans to comply with California’s car…
Hello! Tomorrow morning I’ll be in Moorhead, Minnesota to talk about American Experiment’s award-winning research, Doubling Down on Failure: How a 50 Percent by 2030 Renewable Energy Standard Would Cost Minnesota…
Today at 10:30, Center of the American Experiment’s Isaac Orr testified at a Joint Meeting of the Minnesota Senate Environment and Natural Resources Finance Committee for a discussion of the…
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…