A newly released study from economist Jeffrey Denning, published with the National Bureau of Economic Research, argues that a too-easy A in high school penalizes the student with a real economic cost. Grades have seen a strong and measurable upturn at both the...
Minnesotans who pay for their health insurance through the individual market will again see double-digit increases in premiums for 2027 if proposed hikes are green-lit. Rates are proposed in the summer and finalized in October by the Minnesota Department of...
Rents are falling in St. Paul, according to Zillow data — a welcome development for renters. While it might be tempting to attribute falling rents to the success of rent control, a similar trend is evident in Minneapolis and other Minnesota cities, showing that...
The Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) tracks assaults in the city using three categories: 1) Aggravated Assault defined as an assault involving substantial bodily harm, great bodily harm, or the use or threatened use of a dangerous weapon; 2) Simple Assault...
The United Kingdom has announced its plan to ban social media for children under 16. The ban, which is expected to take effect early next year, was recently announced by Prime Minister Keir Starmer and will affect platforms like Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube,...
I recently attended (not online, but in person no less) two public meetings at the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC). These were both all-day events on June 11 and 18, in the main conference room of the PUC’s headquarters in downtown St. Paul. The one...
Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act in a 358-32 vote, one day after the Senate approved the measure 85-5. The bill contains some good ideas. As economist Alex Tabarrok wrote in March: The bill would streamline...
Minneapolis is struggling while leaders focus on bathhouses and dog parks, the state’s Clemency Review Commission seems a little too eager to let convicted killers walk free, and the Social Security fund is finally about to run out of money (here’s how...
This November, Minnesota voters will weigh in on a constitutional amendment that would change how the state’s Permanent School Fund gets distributed to schools. Because the fund is not widely discussed, here is how it works and what the proposed amendment would...
Center of the American Experiment announced a summer tour of events featuring an hour-long program about Minnesota’s historic fraud scandal that made national headlines and continues to produce indictments and convictions to this day. The program is led by...