Minnesota’s Economic News – W/E 7/30/21
State and local taxes and spending Minn Post: Let’s not rush to judgment on Minnesota’s new film and TV production tax credits KROC: Dear Rochester, Aren’t ‘Revenue Enhancements” Just Taxes?…
State and local taxes and spending Minn Post: Let’s not rush to judgment on Minnesota’s new film and TV production tax credits KROC: Dear Rochester, Aren’t ‘Revenue Enhancements” Just Taxes?…
Kite and Key Media has done another excellent video, this time on nuclear power and why it is likely the future of energy. Enjoy!
Cities get ‘creative’ in a rush to spend federal COVID relief largess.
‘Raise Our Standards’ tour draws substantial crowds, support.
One of the things that has struck me most clearly since I came to live in the United States four years ago is how terrible the news media here generally…
In an effort to address the housing crisis, the Minneapolis City Council made it legal to build rooming houses. According to the Star Tribune, The City Council last week approved…
The long-awaited second draft of Minnesota’s K-12 academic standards in social studies has been published by the Minnesota Department of Education. American Experiment is currently reviewing the 168-page document and…
Isaac Orr, Policy Fellow for Energy and the Environment at Center of the American Experiment issued the following statement regarding the sale: “Center of the American Experiment applauds the news…
California is learning the hard way that people will grow impatient with unreliable energy sources, and this could lead to rolling blackouts this summer in the Golden State. The problem…
Minnesota didn’t raise taxes. But why not lower them?
In June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced that inflation rose 5.4 percent in the last 12 months. Despite the claim that inflation was transitory, prices have continued to…
Tara Gustilo says: “I shouldn’t be demoted or retaliated against because I don’t agree with the racially divisive and demeaning CRT ideology.” Is she wrong? Our clients believe we are…
Minnesota state officials have recommended CDC school COVID-19 guidance for this fall, which includes all students, teachers, staff and visitors in school buildings wearing masks indoors regardless of vaccination status.…
This evening (July 29) from 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. on AM 1280, The Patriot will air a radio special called The CRT Report Card to help its audience understand…
Center of the American Experiment is currently encouraging our readers to sign our petition today, supporting the sale of the Coal Creek power plant so it can continue to provide…
Triumphs vs the state bring hope for small businesses.
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…