This is the first in a series of articles about Employee Freedom. The Center is re-engaging on the issue of employee freedom, often called “right-to-work,” because until the raw political…
Blueprint helps frame the State's Major Policy debate.
Center of the American Experiment holds Met Council accountable.
Minnesota is NOT keeping the Pension Promise.
I am attending a conference this week at State Policy Network (SPN) in the wonderful city of Grand Rapids, Michigan. During the Q&A on a panel about how to reach…
Did you know there are almost 312,000 active public employees in Minnesota contributing to a public pension fund and over 202,000 retirees, survivors and disabled people relying on a pension check? That is…
Bigger government = smaller citizens. Just look at Minnesota.
The Minnesota Policy Blueprints exerts wide and deep influence in the deliberations of the 2015 legislature.
Over the summer and into the fall of 2014, American Experiment released a wide ranging set of policy recommendations for state lawmakers. We call it the Minnesota Policy Blueprint: Prescription for…
If you had asked us which of the many proposals in the Minnesota Policy Blueprint would be taken up by bipartisan leadership in both the House and the Senate, we…
In Rhode Island, Gina Raimondo was elected governor. Who’s she? The state treasurer who became the architect of the Rhode Island’s pension fix. It isn’t the ideal plan, but in…
The Metropolitan Council (“Met Council”) is an appointed body created by the Minnesota legislature to plan for the growth and delivery of regional services...
Minnesota voters might have the opportunity to vote on a constitutional amendment next fall that would dedicate a portion of state sales tax revenue for environmental and conservation programs, as…
Gov. Tim Pawlenty's decision in 2009 to balance the state budget through unallotment made for a yearlong political drama. Folks divided along ideological and partisan lines, making hay out of…
Last week, the Minnesota Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the legal challenge to Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s allotment reductions. After finally finding time to listen to the arguments, I heard…
Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s use of the ‘unallotment’ statute to balance the budget stirred up more acrimony than possibly anything else in his tenure. State law allows the governor to reduce…
A quick quiz: Which of the following took place in Minnesota during the 2004 election cycle?