The show will go on at Pine Island High School in Pine Island, Minnesota. The home of the Panthers was one of fifty high schools—and the only one in Minnesota—to…
How is watching basketball on television like listening to a string quartet in rehearsal? In each instance, presuming you’re not a high-order expert in either basketball or string quartets, you…
New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that from February 2017 to February 2018 Minnesota's rate of wage growth ranked 45th in the United States. Given our below…
Electricity sales in 2017 were essentially the same as in 2006, despite the fact that the U.S. population has grown by about 9 percent since then, growing from 298.5 million…
There was a time when people in certain occupations were assumed to be educated, and educated people could be presumed to know certain things. There was, in other words, a…
Lawmakers are frustrated. They cannot get enough funding for roads. Why? MnDOT has been captured by the “multi-model” approach to mobility championed by the Metropolitan Council, our mega regional planning…
"Incentives do make a difference". So said Governor Mark Dayton recently, discussing what state governments can do to attract investment. And that is particularly the case in the United States,…
Minnesota is the 8th-largest sand producing state in the country, find out why it isn't higher on the list.
In case you haven’t heard, there are a couple big games on TV tonight. The semi-finals of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament are taking place in San Antonio beginning at…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota
We introduce our new focus on public opinion.
Millennial-focused movement to create ‘marriage champions.’
Blaine homeowners reject America’s ‘first certified green neighborhood.’
This is not your grandpa’s think tank.
American Experiment’s Newest Policy Fellow.
St. Paul educator spoke on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court to support Mark Janus.
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…