Serious crimes soar even higher on Metro Transit in 2023
It’s hard to believe the threat to passenger safety on Twin Cities light rail and bus lines could get any worse than the 50 percent increase in crime on Metro…
It’s hard to believe the threat to passenger safety on Twin Cities light rail and bus lines could get any worse than the 50 percent increase in crime on Metro…
There is no question that the national push for educational freedom is really turning into a school choice revolution. As states across the country enact school choice programs for the…
Teachers’ unions have destroyed public schools; we can’t allow agriculture to follow the same fate.
Oliver Stone’s latest movie is about nuclear power and why it is probably the future of energy. The film will be airing in Minnesota in four different locations, including Minneapolis…
Walz doubles down on failure at the Met Council.
Wind and solar advocates frequently misquote Lazard’s Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) analysis to make two incorrect statements. The first incorrect claim is that wind and solar facilities generate electricity…
Criminal trials have been postponed to 2024. Two unrelated civil lawsuits are now closed. The Feeding Our Future scandal has spawned a cottage industry in courtroom activities, at the state…
Eighth graders across the country are struggling with U.S. history knowledge, as newly released 2022 assessment scores are back at the levels they were in the 1990s. Student performance on…
This week the state House of Representatives passed a new employer mandate for paid family and medical leave. HF 2 will impose a new tax on employers to fund paid…
Back in 2018, Finance & Commerce wrote: A concrete fortress of a parking ramp appeared to be the former Macy’s future after its 2013 exit from downtown St. Paul. What…
It’s been four years since Rochester went in the direction of expanding the city’s network of dedicated bike lanes downtown. The Post-Bulletin’s coverage at the time reflected considerable enthusiasm for…
The Institute for Energy Research (IER) has an excellent article detailing the recent regulations drafted in California to limit the sale and use of diesel-powered trucks in the Golden State.…
…After avoiding an early brush with the Feeding Our Future scandal. In some rare good news for the economy of Minneapolis and St. Paul, local entrepreneur Abdirahman Kahin won the…
Minnesota’s media is doing its dutiful best to sell the various tax packages swirling around the Capitol as “tax cuts.” WCCO, for example, reports: “Minnesota Senate passes tax bill featuring…
Since the Minnesota Management and Budget announced a historic surplus in November 2021, American Experiment has called on legislators to give that money back to Minnesotans through permanent income tax…
Discussing his new book and upcoming event next Wednesday in St. Paul, national school choice expert Corey DeAngelis joined the Jon Justice show Monday morning to discuss how government schools…
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…