Last week, 75 conservative organizations signed a public letter to Congress opposing “any carbon tax” days after reports that Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney openly considered backing carbon tax bill,…
The argument that Minnesota performs well on rankings like those of U.S. News and World Report just is not supported by the evidence.
Sen. Mike Lee of Utah was on CNN the other morning and I mentioned to my wife Diane that I liked him for several reasons, one being he’s among the…
Those who advocate for Minnesota's "Green New Deal" are not the adults in the room. How can one credibly claim that global warming is an "existential crisis," yet refuse to…
The evidence shows that, when looking at 'quality of life' measures, low tax states do as well as high tax states.
The article below is from the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Today in Energy series. It was published in October of 2014, but it reinforces the points I made earlier this…
The Rochester Post Bulletin argues that high taxes are what makes Minnesota great. It makes this argument in contradiction of the facts and, even, to the studies it cites in…
Farmers across Minnesota are now cast into regulatory uncertainty as the U.S. District Court in South Carolina ruled against the Trump administration's attempt to block the Obama-era Waters of the…
Minnesota's rate of job growth in the twelve months to March 2018 ranked 37th out of the 50 states. Isn't this because unemployment in the state was already low? Well,…
There are an estimated 6,200 jobs in renewable energy in Minnesota. But these have come at the cost of higher energy prices for Minnesota's consumers. If they had that extra…
As we commented last week, January's job numbers contained good and bad news for Minnesota. Watchdog.org's Michael Carroll looks at some of the responses.
Minnesota has a long history of mining iron ore, which continues to this day. In fact, nearly 75 percent of the iron ore produced in the United States is mined…
GDP per person is what matters for the economic well-being of Minnesotans. An immigration policy focused on increasing that will have to prioritize skilled immigrants.
The latest federal government shutdown hardly registered a blip when it came to the effect on daily life for most folks. The inconsequential impact was partly due to the short–just…
If immigration is going to be used as a policy tool to boost Minnesotans per capita incomes, the focus will have to be on attracting skilled immigrants.
Minnesota is one of the top states in the nation for good jobs that don’t require a four-year degree. That’s the finding of a new report from Georgetown University’s Center…
Compared to its peers, the Twin Cities' economy is only middling
GDP per person is what matters for the economic well-being of Minnesotans. An immigration policy focused on increasing that will have to prioritize skilled immigrants
Labor demand is growing in Minnesota causing wages to rise. Apparently, this is a crisis.
The Federation of State Medical Boards released their latest biennial report on the number of doctors licensed to practice medicine in American in 2016. Assuming having more doctors is a…
The U.S. Census Bureau recently released a report that lists per pupil spending by each state for fiscal year 2015. Take New York for example: the state spent over $21,000…
Set aside the hype: Minnesota lags national averages in a wide range of economic indicators, exposing deep vulnerabilities for the future.
Liberals constantly try to advance the narrative that blue (liberal) states perform better economically than red (conservative) states. Today the relentlessly left-wing New York Times printed an op-ed that was intended…
There they go again. CNBC just ranked Minnesota as the nation’s fourth best state for business in the financial network’s 2016 annual rankings. In a state where being above average…