A new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that replacing salary scales based on experience and educational attainment with those based on evaluation scores resulted in…
Hundreds of Minnesotans joined American Experiment at the Freedom Rally on Tuesday April 4, 2023. Watch the entire rally here.
On March 21, Governor Tim Walz and DFL legislators announced that they had reached an agreement on spending targets for the next biennium. With their agreement, Minnesotans will see the…
Hundreds of Minnesotans converged on the State Capitol today to rally for freedom at our Stop the Madness event. American Experiment President John Hinderaker led the crowd in chants of…
To celebrate April Fools’ Week, we present three strange things that happened at the Capitol last week.
You still see a few folks wearing medical masks here and there, but they stand out like sore thumbs. Most people ditched the pandemic relics long ago. But there’s a…
We document more than $30 million flowing into Minnesota last year to support Democrats. If you’ve wondered why state Democrats are pursuing such a radical policy agenda, more befitting California…
In January, I had an op ed in the Star Tribune titled ‘For second Walz term, state’s economy is fragile.’ In it, I noted that, since COVID-19: Minnesota’s subsequent recovery…
Does the academic achievement of students increase when they have teachers of the same race and ethnicity? Not that much. Access to school choice delivers far larger student achievement gains.…
In this fourth edition of our Minnesota For Sale series, we dive into the dark money supporting Democratic candidates in Minnesota. Democrats in Minnesota and elsewhere are famously opposed to…
Employees at Center of the American Experiment, a conservative think tank in Golden Valley, Minnesota, have unanimously voted to unionize for better wages, health insurance, and for greater influence in…
Regulation CBS News: Push at State Capitol to end subminimum wage for people with disabilities Star Tribune: Counterpoint: Real equality recognizes differences InForum: Letter: By eliminating wages for the disabled,…
In a case currently on trial, Minnesota’s Attorney General Keith Ellison is seeking $100 million in damages from Juul for unlawfully targeting young people to get a new generation addicted to nicotine…
Earlier this week, the Biden Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it plans to deny a permit for a liner for the Rainbow Energy Center, formerly known as the…
Yesterday the MN Senate held a hearing on their omnibus commerce finance bill. This bill starts to show a clearer picture of where the DFL wants to take Minnesota’s health…
Census Bureau data released late last year showed that: From mid-2021 to mid-2022, 19,400 Minnesota residents left for other states, by far the highest number in at least three decades.…
While in Target the other day, I happened to notice the baby formula section was once again sparse. Noticing this didn’t give me the same nervous and panicky feelings it…
St. Paul needs to fix its roads. However, the city does not have the money for that. So in January of this year, the St. Paul City Council and Mayor…
The Upper Sioux Agency State Park draws more than 30,000 visitors annually to Yellow Medicine County in southwestern Minnesota. But probably not for much longer, given the Walz administration’s plan…
A new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) entitled Energy Technology Perspectives 2023 shows that China is the largest producer of wind and solar components, and it isn’t close.…
Thousands of special education teachers, career-technical instructors, and educators of color would be negatively impacted by a DFL bill introduced in both the Minnesota House and Senate. Nearly five years…
Yesterday, Gov. Walz announced the appointment of Dr. Stephanie Burrage as Minnesota’s first Chief Equity Officer. She will: “…use her expertise to advance equity and opportunity in communities across the…
I have written frequently this past year on the role the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission (MSGC) plays in our overall public safety. Current legislative efforts to stack the MSGC (including adding…
It’s surprisingly cheap to purchase the politics of a mid-sized state in flyover country. Now that all the campaign finance reports are in for 2022, we can add up the…