This week, Robert Bryce produced an excellent episode of the Power Hungry Podcast featuring Joe Craft, the president of Alliance Resources. It is definitely worth a listen.
For those following at home, the links, key dates, and key events included below provide a road map to the story, as it has unfolded. Not one person has been…
American Experiment policy fellow Isaac Orr returns to the Nuclear Barbarians Podcast to discuss his latest feature story in Thinking Minnesota entitled “Below Zero Blackouts.” Isaac and Emmet also dive…
State and local taxes and spending Minn Post: A new Minnesota law is saving certain kinds of businesses a boatload in federal income taxes Star Tribune: Minnesota lawmakers face $7.7B…
I know who Neil Young is, but I had to Google Joe Rogan this last week or so to find out who he is. The BBC reports: Neil Young’s music…
Yesterday, American Experiment filed comments with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) urging them to not finalize several proposed regulations that would boost already unaffordable health insurance premiums…
The Minnesota legislative session starts next Monday. In anticipation, Governor Tim Walz has unveiled his full supplemental spending plan for the surplus. Here is the full breakdown of Walz’s spending…
These were some of the headlines in Minnesota’s media last week: Kare 11: Minnesota’s unemployment rate is lower than it was before the pandemic Pioneer Press: Minnesota unemployment drops to lowest level…
This year’s celebration of effective K-12 education options available to students across the country holds new meaning for many families who are for the first time able to access the…
Collections of a hospitality-specific city tax were down by 81 percent last spring. No doubt, hotels, bars, restaurants, and entertainment venues in the City of Minneapolis have suffered in the…
In 2020, American Experiment warned that a Biden administration would likely cancel the mineral leases for the proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota. Yesterday, President Biden did exactly…
It’s been nearly a week since the FBI raided the offices of the Minnesota nonprofit Feeding Our Future. Since then, there have been no further developments in the case. Could…
In 2020, American Experiment published a report urging Minnesota lawmakers to cut spending instead of raising taxes to solve what was then forecast to be a $4.7 billion deficit for…
Not one person has been arrested or charged in the scandal as of yet. But the seriousness of the allegations is complicating efforts to launch ambitious new spending programs in…
On Jan. 15, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced a mandate requiring proof of vaccinations or negative tests for entry into food or drink establishments in the city beginning Jan. 19.…
Yesterday, American Experiment policy fellow Isaac Orr appeared in front of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to testify on Xcel Energy’s plan to prematurely retire their coal fleet and build…
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…