Yesterday I wrote about the the surge of the ‘Delta variant’ of COVID-19 in Minnesota. What might our state be facing in this situation? The recent experience of the United…
Today is the day! Nationally renowned energy journalist appears in Minnesota to discuss the findings of his new report Not in Our Backyard, published by Center of the American Experiment.…
Lack of access to affordable housing is a big issue in Minnesota, especially in the Twin Cities. While most of the effort geared towards alleviating this issue has centered around…
Minnesotans oppose the Walz administration’s attempt to impose more red tape on businesses, according to the administration’s own survey. The new regulations would force project proposers to spend $13,000 to…
‘As delta variant causes surge in cases, officials closely watching new mutation.’ So KSTP reported at the weekend. ‘Minnesota Officials Urge Shots as Delta Variant Surges,’ U.S. News reported. “‘I’m…
Earlier today, the Senate passed a $1.2 trillion spending bill to fund infrastructure projects for the next five years. Of the $1.2 trillion, $550 billion adds to previously projected federal…
A recent national poll by Rasmussen Reports shows that American voters oppose Critical Race Theory by large margins. According to the survey, 73 percent of American adults are following the…
On Thursday, August 12, 2021, Center of the American Experiment will be hosting two events with nationally renowned energy journalist Robert Bryce, and American Experiment policy fellow Isaac Orr. The…
A tale of two Starbucks Downtown Minneapolis has been a strange place to go for more than a year now. First, COVID-19 hit in March last year. Businesses were closed…
Last Friday, the Minneapolis city council voted on two rent control proposals. The first proposal gives the city council legal authority to enact a rent control policy. Minneapolis residents will…
After American Experiment launched its campaign to improve the second draft of Minnesota’s K-12 Social Studies Standards, a Minnesota school superintendent posed a good question: Which parts are CRT specifically?…
As violent crime has soared in Minneapolis in 2020 and still further in 2021, a point we have made persistently is that the victims are disproportionately from the city’s black…
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is mad about the massive upcharge in natural gas bills resulting from supply shortages in February’s polar vortex, which will cost the average Minnesota…
Misattributing fires to climate change is a sign of apocalyptic environmentalism The following article was written by Michael Shellenberger on Substack: After a dramatic video of a fire on the…
Minnesota’s Walter Mondale famously failed to resurrect Hubert Humphrey’s liberal coalition, but also took the first, faltering steps toward a new progressive politics that appealed to younger, educated, middle-class voters.
Economic growth Minn Post: How federal tax hikes would hurt Minnesota businesses Brainerd Dispatch: Reader Opinion: Helping our businesses Minnesota Reformer: Minnesota’s economic recovery in 8 charts Labor market KROC:…
The California car mandates enacted by Governor Tim Walz were deeply unpopular at Farmfest this last week, which is exactly what Center of the American Experiment found last summer when…
Senior Policy Fellow Peter Nelson talks about his work in the Trump administration.
Minnesotans trust the police, avoid Minneapolis, and increasingly blame Gov. Tim Walz for rising crime.
Who should be held accountable for the hiring and abrupt firing of Equity Alliance Minnesota, whose outlandish racial equity survey put the Sartell school district in the media spotlight for…
The ‘surge’ in cases of the ‘Delta Variant’ of COVID-19 is prompting a clamor for the return of so-called ‘Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions’ (NPIs) — mask mandates, shutdowns and the like —…
Education Minnesota — the state teachers’ union — has a series of resources for educators and school leadership on how to defend Critical Race Theory. The documents, first reported on…
New research led by the University of Chicago shows huge promise to defeating global hunger by using genetic modification of crops to increase food production by 50 percent and make…
Tobacco taxes hurt low-income Minnesotans, small businesses.