State and local taxes and spending Elk River Star News: Elk River, Sherburne County local option sales taxes fail to pass in Legislature; County might turn to property tax increases…
Minnesotans are concerned about the cost of housing, and rightly so. With the median home price exceeding $400,000, the Twin Cities metro is the most expensive housing market in the…
A new survey has found that those who identify as MAGA supporters and as liberal/progressive have found common ground on school choice policy. Conducted by Morning Consult on behalf of…
Comer’s report demonstrates negligence in the Walz administration’s efforts to combat fraud. But did administration officials proactively enable fraud or hamper investigations to stop it?
Said Abdullahi Ereg, a former international fugitive, made his first appearance in federal court today to face eight (8) felony counts of fraud in relation to the Feeding Our Future…
Guilty plea Vance Boelter pled guilty in federal court today to murdering Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark in their Brooklyn Park home nearly a year…
The Minnesota Clemency Review Commission (CRC) was created by the DFL-led Minnesota Legislature in 2023. The Commission’s role is to review applications for clemency from convicted individuals and make recommendations to…
New social studies standards are coming to all Minnesota K-12 public schools this fall. According to the Minnesota Department of Education, the revised standards and benchmarks reflect a “shift away…
A new analysis by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) gave 93 percent of 15 elementary teacher preparation programs in Minnesota an “A” or “A+” for adequately covering the…
In just five years, Minnesota’s education system has fallen from #7 nationally to #21, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2026 Kids Count Report. The highly regarded nonprofit Annie…
New results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Long-Term Trend (LTT) assessments in reading and math tell different stories for 9- and 13-year-olds. Since the 1970s, NAEP has…
Said Abdullahi Ereg, an international fugitive wanted in the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal, has returned from Kenya to America to face justice. U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen announced Ereg’s arrest…
“Don’t follow Germany on energy policy.” That was American Experiment’s most recent of many, many warnings over the years to Minnesotans, about copying the German move towards 100 percent renewable or clean power. Germany by…
Fewer than half of illegal alien habeas corpus petitioners are being released from ICE custody, since an important 8th Circuit appeals court ruling in late March. Reportedly, during the height…
I have frequently highlighted Minnesota’s struggle to detain violent offenders, only to see them commit further preventable crimes after their release. The May 23, 2026, murder of 17-year-old Tyson Goodsell…
Should Minnesota students continue learning about D-Day?! Did you know Minnesota students are no longer required to learn about D-Day? Why is our state’s Medicaid spending going completely off the…
On average, it costs at least $20,000 a year to keep an infant at a licensed childcare center in Minnesota. Childcare for older children, while less expensive, still costs over…
An elementary school in the St. Paul district will be transitioning this fall from an International Baccalaureate (IB) program to an Afrocentric program. Benjamin E. Mays, a preK-5th grade school,…
Yesterday, I wrote about the looming crisis in federal government finances. This will have impacts at the state level, which policymakers should be preparing for. A federal government with less…
Prospective college students should know that there are simple, affordable tests available that can allow them to test out of many basic college courses. The College-Level Examination Program (CLEP exam) lets students…
You know that one of them had to be from Minnesota. From a U.S. Dept. of Justice press release, Justice Department Moves to Strip U.S. Citizenship from 17 Naturalized Sex…
In every year since 2001, the federal government has spent more money than it collects in taxes. As Figure 1 shows, while federal revenues have increased from $2.0 trillion in…
The U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee released a comprehensive report on fraud in Minnesota.
Last spring, teachers in Becker, Minn., did something that is almost unheard of in Minnesota public education labor relations. Frustrated with their longtime union representation, they formed an independent association…