They say “demography is destiny.” For Minnesota’s sake, let’s hope not. A headline about public education caught my eye the other day. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that: Minneapolis Public…
How indifference about the whopping budget surplus could permanently anchor Minnesota as a second-rate state. The solution: Give it back!
Minnesota Nice appears to have caught up with 340 individuals who didn’t realize they were looking for love in all the wrong places until their bank accounts told them so.…
Not one person has been arrested or charged in the scandal as of yet. But the seriousness of the allegations is complicating efforts to launch ambitious new spending programs in…
On Dec. 7, Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) released its budget forecast for Fiscal Year 2022-23 which foresaw a $7.746 billion projected surplus. This immediately sparked a debate about what should be…
Electricity prices in Minnesota have been growing at the 6th fastest rate in the country since 2015, according to data provided by the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Minnesota once had…
Minnesota’s rate returns to pre-pandemic level, but lags neighboring states. In data released for November, Nebraska again recorded the nation’s lowest unemployment rate since record-keeping began in 1976, at 1.8…
In data released for October, Nebraska records the nation’s lowest unemployment rate, at 1.9 percent. Last week, unemployment figures also were released for the state of Minnesota, showing an unemployment…
In April, Minnesotans breathed a sigh of relief when numbers for the 2020 census showed that our state would not lose one of its eight congressional seats after all. But…
Research shows that people leave and avoid high tax states. As we explain in our new report, ‘Taxes and Migration Minnesotans on the Move to Lower Tax States,’ looking at…
Yesterday I wrote about how Minnesota is losing residents to other states. Many factors go into an individual’s decision as to where to live, work, and play. But, as we…
Minnesota’s high tax burden is the top reason more people leave the state each year than choose to move here. It’s a costly problem.
Today, we release our new report, ‘Taxes and Migration Minnesotans on the Move to Lower Tax States.’ These are the key points: 1) Minnesota’s population growth is below average Since…
Today we launch the third of our new Policy Briefings: ‘Abolish Minnesota’s estate tax.’ Minnesota imposes heavy estate taxes. We are one of 12 states and the District of Columbia…
Yesterday, Gov. Tim Walz visited Phillips and Temro Industries — manufacturers of electric vehicle chargers — to sell his ‘clean car’ rules, which take effect in 2024 for the 2025…
The following article was originally written by Sonal Patel, and appeared in Power Magazine: The North American Electric Corp. (NERC) is warning that large swathes of the North American bulk…
Last week, American Experiment discussed how only two DFL Senators voted to legalize new nuclear power in Minnesota, even though nuclear power plants are far more reliable and productive than…
Last week, we released our new paper ‘The State of Minnesota’s Economy: 2020‘. In it, we argued that Minnesota’s economy is being held back by its excessively high taxes. Chief…
Yesterday, I testified in the House Committee on Taxes in opposition to HF 1689, a bill brought by Rep. Aisha Gomez (DFL) which would abolish the ‘stepped up’ basis of…
When Gov. Walz unveiled his proposed budget for the 2022-2023 biennium in January, I wrote that the proposals were “horrible.” Yesterday, he unveiled a revised two-year budget taking into account…
This week, it was announced that US News had ranked Minnesota the 2nd best state in America. State policymakers were quick to crow. Gov. Walz put out this press release:…
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2020, the minimum wage workforce was mostly made up of young, low-skilled workers with low levels of education. Additionally, most minimum wage workers…
Banning flavored tobacco did not decrease tobacco consumption in Massachusetts. It merely shifted sales to neighboring states.
The purpose of taxation is not to bash the rich but to raise revenue to pay for government functions. Minnesota's estate tax, by costing the state government revenue, actually makes…