Thinking Minnesota Summer 2023

50 years after its TIME cover story, does Minnesota still work?

The 2023 legislative session was a study of pushing through an ideological agenda.

Impulsive expansion of health regulations will harm patients.

Most Minnesotans disapprove of the Walz/DFL legislative agenda.

The truth about racial disparities in Minnesota’s criminal justice system.

American Experiment’s John Hinderaker interviews Riley Gaines about what’s at stake for the future of women’s sports.

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Heatwaves could test the nation’s electric grid as blackouts loom.

The Minnesota Supreme Court pulls back the absentee ballot reins.

Nearly 1 in 5 teachers would carry a gun to school if allowed.

Center events, initiatives, and policy work.

Where did the $18 billion surplus go?

A revealing book about government schools details the desperate need for change.

Three reasons why this conservative is not leaving Minnesota.

Minneapolis votes to restrict heavy industries, inevitably hurting those they’re claiming to help.

Growing the economy is the best way to end poverty.

Minnesota’s criminal justice system is unable or unwilling to connect the dots.

DOC settlement with transgender inmate risks the safety of female inmates.

DFL legislators pushed through ‘historic investments’ in education, so the system is bound to improve, right?

The path to undoing the radical output of the 2023 legislature begins with the fact that most Minnesotans disapprove of them.

Time to pull the plug on the Northstar Commuter Rail.

Despite a razor-thin majority, the DFL pushed through a radical agenda.