A bill working its way through the state House of Representatives would ban government-funded nonprofit corporations from spending that cash on election campaign work. HF 72 is authored by 2nd-term…
It’s always something. We are two weeks into the 2nd Feeding Our Future trial at the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. The trial is taking place in a 13th-floor courtroom…
A recent report from the Center for Advanced Defense Studies (C4ADS), a global security nonprofit, found that Chinese firms control around 75 percent of Indonesian nickel production capacity. With Indonesia…
This week, the Minnesota House of Representatives’ Health Policy and Finance Committee passed legislation to roll back a new taxpayer-funded program to provide health insurance to illegal immigrants. Republican Rep.…
The courtroom trial for two Feeding Our Future defendants resumed this morning after a five-day break for the holiday weekend. In testimony today, the name of Minneapolis city council member…
In the 63rd episode of the American Experiment Podcast, Grace is joined by producer Isaac to discuss the latest uptick in the Scandal Tracker, as well as the 139 DEI…
Several people sent me the notice of the introduction of Senate File 1140, which provides a $15 million state grant to the nonprofit We Win Institute of Minneapolis. The bill…
Local law enforcement officials continue to wrestle with the quandary of how to handle illegal immigrants in custody and the legal questions raised by cooperation with federal Immigration and Customs…
News broke recently about a shooting in Minneapolis from this past fall being solved, and the suspects arrested. The good news is that Minneapolis police investigators were able to piece…
The next (and perhaps final) chapter in Minnesota’s journey to dramatically change how we teach children is about to begin. The journey began in December 2020 when the Minnesota Department…
State and local taxes and spending Star Tribune: Big tech will use Minnesota tax breaks for an influx of data centers. Nobody knows how much it will cost Star Tribune:…
Campaign finance reports for 2024 reveal layers upon layers of donors to the state Democratic cause. As an example, we look at the money brought in by the large Democratic-aligned…
Yesterday, the House Taxes Committee discussed HF170, which would reduce the rates imposed under the estate tax by 1.6 percentage points per year, over a 10-year period, until each rate is zero. In…
The U.S. Energy Department, under the leadership of Secretary Chris Wright, announced its priorities last week in a Secretarial order. The order reads, in part: 1. Advance Energy Addition, Not…
With the nationwide push to eliminate Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs from higher education, we thought it would be good to survey Minnesota state colleges and universities to find…
As the first week of Feeding Our Future Trial #2 comes to a close, we appear to have two guilty pleas in another, unrelated scandal. This scandal features some celebrity…
A series of violent incidents played out in Minneapolis in recent days that represent just how poorly our public safety and justice systems are serving to deter crime. As a…
It was a far cry from the sweeping raids targeting illegal immigrants in some cities, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were spotted in action Wednesday in Rochester, Minnesota’s…
A recent commentary in The Wall Street Journal, “California’s Plan: Make the Poor Sweat in the Dark,” precisely explains the issue with electrifying everything: “Forcing consumers to rely almost entirely…
Center of the American Experiment has long warned of the economic consequences of our state’s constant loss of residents to other parts of the United States. A common response from…
Center of the American Experiment announced today that former Minnesota House Majority Leader Matt Dean has been hired as a Policy Fellow covering state health care policy. Dean will replace…
It was a bizarre scene yesterday in the state House of Representatives’ Education Policy committee. The Commissioner of the state Dept. of Education (MDE), Willie Jett, time and again deferred…
Groundhog Day was officially last week, but it continues at the state capitol, day after day, as the House of Representatives conducts its “do-over” session. You will recall that back…
On the campaign trail, President Trump talked a lot about getting prices down. If you take this to mean getting inflation back to the Fed’s target of 2% annual growth,…