In June I highlighted our criminal justice system’s apparent apathy in connecting the dots and incapacitating a man responsible for the gruesome death of a man crushed by a train…
The Minnesota Legislature is about to build another new office building for themselves and once again, they’re doing it without ever taking a vote on the floor of the House…
There has been a fair amount of effort to characterize our crime problem as improving. These efforts typically cite a handful of crimes that have decreased slightly when compared to last…
All politics are global. Our story so far: Twin Cities’ native Tyeastia Green worked for a spell as the City of Burlington, VT’s Director of Racial Equity, Inclusion and Belonging.…
Newly released data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) show that new wind installations fell in 2022, relative to 2021 and 2020, for Minnesota and the United States as…
College enrollment continues to decline in most institutions of higher education on both sides of the Red River in the Fargo-Moorhead region. The steady erosion of enrollment on college campuses…
Intent Minnesotans frequently ask Center of the American Experiment how they can find information to help evaluate the performance of judges in their district. Unfortunately, information on judicial performance is traditionally…
Last Friday, the Star Tribune reported that the cost of Xcel Energy’s proposed transmission line from Becker, Minnesota, to Lyon County, has more than doubled, leaping from $528 million to…
The regional electric grid operator in Texas, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), sent a request to stakeholders earlier this year asking for more reserve generating capacity for the…
You may recall our February visit to these southwest Minneapolis icons of the early motoring age. These turn out to be two of six aging motels purchased by Hennepin County…
State and local taxes and spending Brainerd Dispatch: Beltrami County passes local sales tax to fund new jail by huge margin Pioneer Press: Progressives continue notching victories in St. Paul…
When we talk about taxes and regulations, and how they affect the economy, it is easy to get caught up in the numbers on things like GDP and overlook the…
Minnesota’s media is cock-a-hoop over the latest jobs numbers: WCCO: Minnesota reached record 3 million jobs in October Star Tribune: More than 3 million Minnesotans worked in October, the highest total ever…
Minnesotans are constantly told that their annual electricity bills are at or near the national average, but this is only the case because we use far less electricity than southern…
Last week, the Fraser Institute published its annual Economic Freedom of North America report. The new edition, which looks at data from 2021, ranked Minnesota among the least free states…
No doubt Winona residents were basking in the unseasonably warm weather enjoyed by Minnesotans yesterday across much of the state. With a high of 61 degrees in southeastern Minnesota, the…
At the pinnacle of her college swimming career, Riley Gaines was forced to compete with biological male swimmer Lia Thomas at the NCAA championships. After finishing with the same time,…
FULL TOUR LINEUP: www.americanexperiment.org/events/ You know the legislative session was bad, but just how bad was it? Over the next two months, American Experiment policy experts will visit nearly 20…
Bill Glahn and Bill Walsh take on the 2023 legislative session, covering everything from worst bills passed to the few pieces of good news.
“School choice evangelist” Corey DeAngelis has spoken out in favor of educational freedom all around the country. On May 10, 2023, he visited Minnesota to speak with legislators, the press,…