• Governing with Accountability Report (March 2009)

Invest for Real Prosperity

• Invest for Real Prosperity Report (January 2007)
  
  
• A Citizens Guide to Invest for Real Prosperity (January 2007)

Rethinking Minnesota Taxes

• An Analysis of a Proposal to Add a Fourth Tier to Minnesota's Individual Income Tax (May 2009)
  
  
• Rethinking Minnesota Taxes (February 2005 updated September 2008)

Smart Economic Development for Minnesota

• Smart Economic Development for Minnesota: Getting it Right in Tough Times and Beyond (March 2009)
  
  
• Smart Economic Development Policy Brief (March 2009)

Smart Investments^SM in Minnesota's Students

• What we know about issues and policy for the transition to higher education (March 2010)
  
  
• What we know about issues and policy for high school students (March 2010)
  
  
• What we know about issues and policy for students in grades 4 through 8 (May 2010)
  
  
• What we know about issues and policy for children age 4 through grade 3 (May 2010)
  
  
• What we know about issues and policy for children from birth through age 3 (May 2010)
  
  
• Smart Investments^SM in Minnesota's Students Report
  (October 2008)
  
  
• How to make Smart Investments^SM in Minnesota's Students (October 2008)
  
  
• Achieving a High Return on Early Childhood Investment: Evidence, Proposal, and the Minnesota Pilot (November 2007)
  
  
• Cost-Effective Early Childhood Development Programs from Preschool to Third Grade (November 2007)
  
  
• Current Generation Youth Programs: Whate Works, What Doesn't, and at What Cost? (November 2007)
  
  
• Investments in K-12 Education for Minnesota: What Works? (November 2007)
  
  
• Improving the Transition from High School to College in Minnesota: Recommendations Based on a Review of Effective Programs (November 2007)
  

Smart Investments^SM in Transportation for Minnesota

• Freight Transportation: Improving Travel Time and Efficiency for Trucks and Intermodal Freight (November 2009)
  
  
• Freight Transportation Policy Brief (November 2009)
  
  
• Better Connections: Linking Minnesotans with Low Incomes and Limited Transportation Options to Jobs and Other Important Destinations (July 2009)
  
  
• Better Connections Policy Brief (July 2009)
  
  
• High-mileage Minnesota Could Benefit from Reductions in Roadway Travel (October 2008)
  
  
• 20 Years Behind: Highway Spending & Revenues by Minnesota's State Government (February 2008)

Workforce First

• Minnesota Families Meeting Basic Needs (March 2006)
  
  
• Workforce First Report (February 2004)
  
  
• Workforce First Policy Brief (February 2004)
  
  
• Growth & Justice Wage Project Briefing (May 2003)