What Exactly Is Senator Al Franken Apologizing For?
Senator Al Franken, fresh off more allegations that he groped the rear ends of women he took pictures with, is...
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Leave It to the Government to Lose Money Selling Booze
The booze industry is pretty resilient. At one point our nation literally had a constitutional amendment outlawing the sale of...
Video: Anti-Oil Zealots Shut Down Public Hearing on Line Three Pipeline
The political extremists in the anti-oil movement have promised to make Enbridge's Line 3 replacement project into the next #NoDAPL...
Audio: Berkeley Scholar Calls Wind Energy Subsidies “Completely Perverse”
Steven Hayward, a Senior Resident Scholar at Berkeley's Institute of Governmental Studies, has produced a report for Minnesota's Center of the...
This Is What North Dakota Is Avoiding by Keeping Tobacco Taxes Low
A ballot initiative to implement a massive tax hike on tobacco products in North Dakota failed miserably last year. Nearly...
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton Calls Criticism Over #NoDAPL Protests Response “Inaccurate and Offensive”
Yesterday I wrote a post about the Minnesota Sheriff's Association ripping Governor Mark Dayton in a letter over his handling...
Judges: Minnesota's Anti-Coal Law Is Unconstitutional
It's somewhat ironic that Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem got a big victory from the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals the...
Minnesota Regulator Was Apparently Coordinating With Anti-Oil Activists To Oppose Sandpiper Pipeline
I think it's useful, when we talk about the debate over energy development, that we draw a distinction between people...
Judge To Minnesota: Yes You Are Trying To Regulate Interstate Commerce
In 2007 the State of Minnesota passed a law restricting imports of fossil-fuel electricity into their state. Ostensibly the law...
"Neanderthal" North Dakota Has Better Air Quality Than Minnesota
Over the weekend Governor Mark Dayton took a shot at North Dakota's political leadership, calling our state's approach to climate...
