Back in 1994, the economist Paul Krugman wrote: Productivity isn’t everything, but in the long run it is almost everything. A country’s ability to improve its standard of living over…
With a looming $5 billion deficit, the Minnesota state budget is on an unsustainable path. Spending reform is essential in the 2025 legislative session. Unfortunately, the numerous proposals to increase…
D.C. is in a titter about permitting reform these days, but what is just as important to most businesses is achieving the permits needed to operate on the state level.…
A bill working its way through the state House of Representatives would ban government-funded nonprofit corporations from spending that cash on election campaign work. HF 72 is authored by 2nd-term…
It’s always something. We are two weeks into the 2nd Feeding Our Future trial at the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. The trial is taking place in a 13th-floor courtroom…
A recent report from the Center for Advanced Defense Studies (C4ADS), a global security nonprofit, found that Chinese firms control around 75 percent of Indonesian nickel production capacity. With Indonesia…
This week, the Minnesota House of Representatives’ Health Policy and Finance Committee passed legislation to roll back a new taxpayer-funded program to provide health insurance to illegal immigrants. Republican Rep.…
The courtroom trial for two Feeding Our Future defendants resumed this morning after a five-day break for the holiday weekend. In testimony today, the name of Minneapolis city council member…
In the 63rd episode of the American Experiment Podcast, Grace is joined by producer Isaac to discuss the latest uptick in the Scandal Tracker, as well as the 139 DEI…
Several people sent me the notice of the introduction of Senate File 1140, which provides a $15 million state grant to the nonprofit We Win Institute of Minneapolis. The bill…
Local law enforcement officials continue to wrestle with the quandary of how to handle illegal immigrants in custody and the legal questions raised by cooperation with federal Immigration and Customs…
News broke recently about a shooting in Minneapolis from this past fall being solved, and the suspects arrested. The good news is that Minneapolis police investigators were able to piece…
The next (and perhaps final) chapter in Minnesota’s journey to dramatically change how we teach children is about to begin. The journey began in December 2020 when the Minnesota Department…
State and local taxes and spending Star Tribune: Big tech will use Minnesota tax breaks for an influx of data centers. Nobody knows how much it will cost Star Tribune:…
Campaign finance reports for 2024 reveal layers upon layers of donors to the state Democratic cause. As an example, we look at the money brought in by the large Democratic-aligned…
Yesterday, the House Taxes Committee discussed HF170, which would reduce the rates imposed under the estate tax by 1.6 percentage points per year, over a 10-year period, until each rate is zero. In…
Amidst mounting frustration with the state and national teachers’ union, a small group of teachers in Becker, Minnesota decided to try something different. They successfully petitioned the state to call…
Starting fall 2026, public schools across the state will be required to implement new K-12 academic standards and benchmarks in social studies. Since there is no external approval process on…
The last few years will go down in history as a time when fraudsters brazenly stole billions of dollars from Minnesota and federal taxpayers while state regulators looked the other…
Gov. Tim Walz delivered his final State of the State address last Tuesday evening, using the speech to tout false education “successes,” claim he lowered taxes for Minnesotans, and take…