We at Gopher State Politics attended the Center of the American Experiment – 2018 Fall Briefing at the Ordway in St. Paul, MN. This year’s Fall Briefing featured a keynote speech from Professor Alan Dershowitz. It was a great evening, visiting with friends and sharing insights!!!
Minnesota Senate District 65 Republican Caucus – 2018
Bob Smith was in attendance at the recent SD65 Caucus, when St. Paul Mayor, Melvin Carter dropped by for a visit. For more on the SD65 Caucus, See the Pioneer Press article. As candidates try to woo caucus-goers, St. Paul mayor drops in on GOP meeting By FREDERICK MELO | fmelo@pioneerpress.com and CALLIE SCHMIDT | cschmidt@pioneerpress.com Read More…
Edina Public School System in Freefall? The Politicization of Education.
Never a dull moment at which was once one of Minnesota’s premier educational systems – the Edina Public Schools. The system appears to be in the middle of a political firestorm moving to a leftist machine. The Edina School state rankings, national rankings, and student scores are dropping. The basic function of a public school Read More…
The Choice is Newt!
Gopher State Politics Institute will make another OOTLP (Out on the Limb Prediction). The Donald will select Newt Gingrich for the vice-presidency slot. Why? Mr. Trump says he has 25,000 employees. He obviously cannot manage that number by himself so he has to rely on various types of supervision from top to bottom to run Read More…
Time to Eliminate Minnesota’s Estate Tax
You gotta hand it to them…the Center of the American Experiment just continues to do amazing work. Please, if you haven’t already done so, contact the Center for a print copy of Peter Nelson’s Minnesotans on the Move to Lower Tax States 2016. This 20 page monograph, IRS data-based shows you how Minnesota is losing Read More…
Minnesota’s Great Wealth Migration, a Must Read!!!
If you have not read the April Issue of Twin Cities Business, you should! Dale Kurschner and his team have put together a great article based on in-depth research and surveys. The article, Minnesota’s Great Wealth Migration exposes the consequences of being a high tax state. The research also reinforces the findings of another study, Minnesotans on the Move to Lower Tax Read More…
