Data upend liberal claims about Minnesota’s economic supremacy over Wisconsin.
Pipeline protesters gearing up to oppose the $2 billion Enbridge 3 replacement project have been put on notice by St. Louis County authorities. The county has issued a reminder to…
New data shows that, on jobs, Minnesota's metropolitan areas are losing ground relative to their neighbors
A series of public hearings started yesterday on whether there is a “need” to replace the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline that carries crude oil from Hardisty, Alberta to Superior, Wisconsin. …
New figures from the Bureau of Economic Analysis show that, in the second quarter of 2017, Minnesota performed poorly on wages, well on dividends, slightly worse than average on transfer…
The number of wolves in Minnesota soared last year, confirming the predator’s comeback as one of the Endangered Species List’s success stories. The wolf population leaped forward 25 percent thanks…
Compared to their neighbors and peers, Minnesota's urban areas are performing indifferently on economic growth.
Yesterday four Senators—Lindsey Graham, Bill Cassidy, Dean Heller, and Ron Johnson—released the latest bill to repeal and replace Obamacare. Like every other bill, it only partially repeals Obamacare because it…
A “politically incorrect” sign posted by an owner of a Dairy Queen franchise in Kewaskum, Wisconsin has generated a blizzard of attention on social media after an out-of-town customer complained…
New research shows that it isn't intra-state competition that has been driving capital taxes down, but changes in tax rates and input costs abroad, U.S. macroeconomic conditions, the capital income share,…
State’s system is losing ground fast, relative to others. Here’s why. This op-ed originally appeared in the Star Tribune on Sunday, September 10, 2017. Bloomberg Markets recently released a bombshell…
No more nice guy. Days after allowing 20 or so “water protectors” to stop work without consequences at the Enbridge 3 pipeline replacement project outside Superior, Wisconsin, Douglas County…
The “water protectors” have resurfaced in northwestern Wisconsin, targeting another strategic oil pipeline project. But this time they did it with the tacit acceptance of local law enforcement. The Duluth…
If government's take less money from individuals or businesses, that does not mean they are handing money out to them
Whichever party it is, subsidizing business is a bad idea. If 'progressives' have discovered that, the Foxconn money may have been well spent after all
Data on metropolitan areas shows Minnesota's economic performance is increasingly mediocre
In recent years, Wisconsin’s job growth has rapidly outpaced Minnesota’s. And that was before the announcement of one of the biggest development projects in years, Foxconn’s first-ever expansion into the…
Surly Brewing Company sends out periodic emails about product launches, etc. Today’s email included an entertaining rant about traffic congestion in the Twin Cities. First Surly’s email, then a few…
7 Things the legislature didn't do, but should.
Economists Thomas Piketty and Arthur Laffer agree that high tax rates do not bring high tax revenues.
People love comparing the economic performance of Scott Walker’s Wisconsin to Mark Dayton’s Minnesota. Both governors were elected in 2010 and took their states in dramatically different policy directions. Walker…
Gov. Mark Dayton said this week that resorts were so booked up–in spite of his administration’s meddling in the Lake Mille Lacs fishery–that he couldn’t get a reservation. “I tried…
Minnesotans see much to be proud of in their economy and rightly so. But this should not lead to complacency. Prosperity isn't a given and we need to be watchful…
Minnesota is a wonderful state with many advantages. But prosperity isn't a given. Rather than patting ourselves on the back over this or that bit of data, we need to…