Last week, Christopher Ingraham of the Minnesota Reformer emailed me to say that he was working on an article on net domestic migration into and out of Minnesota and asked…
Back in December 2021, I wrote about newly released Census Bureau data that showed that Minnesota lost a net 13,453 residents to other states in 2020-2021, the most in more…
The Department of Human Services is the biggest consumer of the state’s budget — and it’s hungry for more.
On Monday, House Democrats unveiled their Omnibus tax bill — HF 1938. Among the numerous provisions in the bill, a couple of things that we have written about at the…
Whenever I point out that Minnesota is losing residents, on net, to places like Florida, one of the standard responses is that they’re only moving for the weather. But, if…
Census Bureau data released late last year showed that: From mid-2021 to mid-2022, 19,400 Minnesota residents left for other states, by far the highest number in at least three decades.…
Governor Tim Walz wants to end childhood poverty. Citing the significant impact that expanding the federal child tax credit has had on child poverty in the country, Walz touted his…
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there were 5,717,184 people in Minnesota as of July 2022. So, if the state’s historic $17.455 billion surplus was divided among all residents equally,…
Whenever I point out that Minnesota is losing residents, on net, to places like Florida, someone always offers an explanation for this fact the point of which is to exonerate…
A new player has entered the game of the Democratic Party’s search for an alternative to President Biden for 2024’s presidential election: none other than our own Governor, Tim Walz:…
In December, I noted that: New Census Bureau data show that…From mid-2021 to mid-2022, 19,400 Minnesota residents left for other states, by far the highest number in at least three decades. …until…
As I explained in an earlier post, the DHS takes quite a huge chunk of the state budget already, so giving the agency more money puts pressure on other government…
In 2020-’21, Census Bureau data showed that 13,453 Minnesota residents left for other states, our state’s biggest net loss of domestic migrants in at least 30 years. That record stood for only…
My colleague Bill Walsh writes about the coming collision of two bills at the legislature, both dealing with driver’s licenses, in this week’s Capitol Watch. HF 4, if passed, would…
It's not just Golden Girls or Grumpy Old Men who are fleeing the state. In fact, we've seen a net loss of residents across these age groups over the last…
The teacher union landscape in Wisconsin changed dramatically following the passage of Gov. Scott Walker’s 2011 budget repair bill, more commonly known as Act 10. Union recertification elections restored workplace…
The Star Tribune reports on new Minnesota population estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau this month. The Bureau reports that in the 12 months ending June 2022, the state…
A year ago yesterday, I wrote that: New Census Bureau population data show that Minnesota’s population grew by just 225 people in 2021. One particularly alarming aspect of this was a loss of…
Earlier today, the Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) announced that the Minnesota government will have an extra $17.6 billion to work with in the 2024-2025 biennium. This is up from…
A plurality of parents think $8,000 or less is what should be annually spent per student in their state’s public schools, according to a 2022 national survey conducted by EdChoice.…
Minnesota per pupil spending is now at $14,378, according to preliminary data for FY 2021 released by the U.S. Census Bureau. This continues at least a 10-year upward trend of…
Last week’s jobs report estimated that Nonfarm payrolls increased 263,000 for the month, compared with the Dow Jones estimate of 275,000. This prompted the usual round of celebrations from people…
This week I’ve looked at how the seven states without state income taxes – Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming – were responsible for a disproportionate share…
Last week, at the unveiling of his official White House portrait, President Obama said to President Biden: Thanks to your decency and strength, maybe most of all, thanks to your…