American Experiment

Here is how its founders define it in one of its key texts.

June 16, 2021 by Bill Walsh

CRT tour has struck a nerve

BLM tries to shut down Moorhead stop, one arrested NAACP pressures venues in Duluth to cancel Over 100 have turned out at each stop of the Raise Our Standards tour…

June 16, 2021 by Bill Walsh

June 16, 2021 by Isaac Orr

Minnesota iron facilities forced to shut down due to electricity shortage

Last week, the regional electric grid operator, the Midcontinent Independent Systems Operator (MISO) declared an emergency, warning that the hot weather, unexpected power plant outages, and high demand was resulting…

June 16, 2021 by Isaac Orr

Public Safety

The problems facing Minnesota’s small businesses: higher crime

Violent crime is exploding in Minneapolis. Figure 1 shows the number of homicides in Minneapolis for the period from January 1 to June 8 in the current year and each…

June 15, 2021 by Martha Njolomole

A $15 minimum wage would also raise childcare prices

A new report by EPI is calling for a $15 minimum wage in order to help childcare workers, but that would also raise childcare costs for parents.

June 15, 2021 by Martha Njolomole

Education

Town wins battle to reopen school after district shut it down

June 15, 2021 by Tom Steward

Students in the southeastern Minnesota town of Rollingstone have already learned an invaluable lesson before their local school reopens next year. Never give up, even when the powers that be…

June 15, 2021 by Tom Steward

Spending & Taxes

Teacher’s union front group peddles lies about Minnesota’s taxes

June 15, 2021 by John Phelan

On Sunday, a post on Powerline shared the leaflet below, which advertises Education Minnesota’s “political initiative WeMakeMN.com“ It claims: …for decades, the richest Minnesotans – and the conservative politicians that choose…

June 15, 2021 by John Phelan

June 15, 2021 by Isaac Orr

Tribal contractors speak out against Line 3 vandalism

A group of tribal contractors who work on the Line 3 replacement project are speaking out against the destructive protests that have resulted in vandalized construction equipment, which you can…

June 15, 2021 by Isaac Orr

Spending & Taxes

Minnesota lines up at the trough as earmarks make a comeback

June 14, 2021 by Tom Steward

When the Democrat-controlled Congress resurrected earmarks earlier this year, the Grand Forks Herald reminded readers of why the poster child for wasteful government spending was abolished in a bipartisan effort…

June 14, 2021 by Tom Steward

Spending & Taxes

Minnesota’s growing surplus should open the door for future tax reform

June 14, 2021 by Martha Njolomole

Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) released the newest revenue report review. According to the numbers, Minnesota’s surplus for the fiscal year ending July is up by $1.8 billion. Net general…

June 14, 2021 by Martha Njolomole

June 14, 2021 by Isaac Orr

Statewide view: Biden (predictably) pulls bait-and-switch on mining, leaves Minnesota to suffer

The following article was written by Isaac Orr. It originally appeared in the Duluth News Tribune: Prior to the 2020 presidential election, an anonymous source from the Biden campaign told…

June 14, 2021 by Isaac Orr

June 14, 2021 by John Phelan

If higher wages mean higher prices, who is better off?

When you point out the phenomenon of lots of job openings coexisting with elevated numbers of people unemployed, a common response is, “Well, they should just pay them more.” Well,…

June 14, 2021 by John Phelan

June 12, 2021 by Isaac Orr

The Power Hungry Podcast: Dave Schryver

Dave Schryver is the CEO of the American Public Gas Association, which represents about 1,000 municipally and publicly-owned natural gas distribution systems. In this episode, Schryver tells Robert that the…

June 12, 2021 by Isaac Orr

June 12, 2021 by John Phelan

Minnesota’s Economic News – W/E 6/11/21

State and local taxes and spending Minn Post: Is a state government shutdown looming in Minnesota? Naaaaah. Minnesota Reformer: Lawmakers poised to miss self-imposed deadline on $52 billion budget Southernminn.com:…

June 12, 2021 by John Phelan

June 11, 2021 by Martha Njolomole

California employers cut hours and reduced benefits in response to the state’s minimum wage hike

The minimum wage in Minneapolis is set to increase beginning July 1st.

June 11, 2021 by Martha Njolomole

June 11, 2021 by Bill Walsh

Calculating the real cost of renewable energy

Center of the American Experiment released a new tool today to calculate the true cost of renewable energy sources. Renewables Blueprint, How to calculate the cost of renewable energy in your…

June 11, 2021 by Bill Walsh

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Unions

A Minnesota Effort at Teacher Union Decertification

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…

Education

Coming to a Classroom Near You: Removing geography, adding colonialism

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…