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Minnesota legislators are not only considering shutting down the Northstar commuter train, they are raging at the Metropolitan Council, which is the Twin Cities’ regional planning agency which also runs its transit agency, for its light-rail cost overruns.  read more »

Never one to miss a reason to crow, Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, was out in front of the media at the weekend, bragging about how his state now boasts the world’s fourth largest GDP  read more »

Less than two years ago, climate activists in Spain celebrated after a utility announced it would close the country’s largest coal plant, the 1,468-megawatt As Pontes facility.  read more »

Can the movement we’ve come to know as the YIMBY (Yes-In-My-Back-Yard) movement level up to address our nation’s inability to get things done?  read more »

Florence. No city on earth is a more miraculous testament to what entrepreneurs can do, and how hard work and grit can build beauty that endures.  read more »

Kudos to Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson for pointing out that states and cities ruled by Democrats continue to demonstrate their failure to get anything built  read more »

Make no mistake, California Governor Gavin Newsom is running for the White House in 2028. In February, he launched a podcast  read more »

Throughout history, poverty, class and economic self-interest have driven radical political movements. The Bolsheviks harnessed the anger of impoverished workers and peasants  read more »

A systematic mapping of where the world’s global leading companies in deep tech are located shows that the US continues to have a significant advantage. However, Europe is catching up  read more »

I thought crack-smoking had lost its appeal, but perhaps it is still a regular pastime among journalists determined to take down Trump’s America. The Economist, for example, has suggested that “the land of the free” has moved across the Atlantic, from America to Europe.  read more »