Give Gov. Tim Walz credit for consistency. Each November when the budget forecast is announced, he preaches fiscal restraint. And each May when the legislative session ends, he signs budget…
Mitch and I have been promoting the idea that utility customers should only pay for the reliable portion of an asset for years. Now the John Locke Foundation (JLF) in…
Legal and legislative action backed by North Dakota elected officials has resulted in blocking a rogue Biden administration climate change rule on states in both the federal courts and Congress.…
Although neither the organization nor any of its staff have been charged with or accused of any wrongdoing, the nonprofit Somali Community Resettlement Services appears in a recently-filed Feeding Our…
Last week, the Star Tribune carried an article by Evan Ramstad which provided a decent tour d’horizon of the economic debate in Minnesota. It showed, once again, how American Experiment leads…
We recently wrote about hundreds of thousands of Xcel Energy customers in Colorado who lost power as high winds damaged power lines, and Xcel preemptively shut off the power to 55,000…
I was on the Jon Justice Show last Thursday to talk about why I think preemption is a bad idea and why inflation is running ‘hot’ again and why that’s…
Abdulahi Osman has NOT been charged with any crime. Nor does his name appear in any indictment or search warrant in the Feeding Our Future list. However, his name does…
A new study from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has found that replacing retiring coal plants with the same amount of nuclear capacity would increase the number of high-paying…
Regulation Minnesota Reformer: Uber and Lyft are the corporations that cry wolf WCCO: Will Uber and Lyft really leave the Twin Cities? Deadline nears for rideshare wage compromise Star Tribune:…
Determining a child’s academic progress is complicated. There are many different measures used to help determine how a student is doing academically — teacher observations, in-class assignments, quizzes and tests,…
After shutting down in 2020 due to the pandemic and the following year by concerns over crime and “civil unrest,” the Uptown Art Fair in south Minneapolis appeared to be…
Violence aimed at American Experiment is a failed endeavor.
If a new proposal moving through the legislature passes, Minnesota will require companies to pay for the recycling of packaging waste, among other things. HF 3577 and SF 3561 have…
One area where there is a good deal of bipartisan agreement in Minnesota is the need to expand broadband internet. The growth of remote work offers the opportunity to spread…
It’s open season on Minnesotans’ religious liberty under the Walz administration and the DFL-controlled state legislature.
The so-called North Star Act would prohibit cooperation on the part of local, county and state law enforcement agencies with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. American Experiment’s latest Thinking…
Support for school choice spans the political, demographic and geographic spectrums — polling shows us this, personal stories show us this — but can become more one-sided among policymakers, legislators,…
American Experiment pushes ahead with gratitude and determination.
Orenthal James “O.J.” Simpson, 76 years old, died yesterday after a battle with cancer. His death brings to mind the awful events of 1994 that included the brutal murders of…
Conflicting political positions on gun control and criminality make Minnesotans less safe.
A recent article by Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) News states that Xcel Energy’s new Time-of-Use (TOU) rates are meant to “drive behavior changes and usage changes, and getting customers to…
The most recent defendant charged in the case — Hoda Abdi (No. 70, in the official numbering) — was in federal court in Minneapolis this afternoon to file guilty plea…
The Biden administration continues to concoct new ways for American taxpayers to be held financially responsible for the student loans of untold thousands of fellow citizens who calculated a college…