As Gov. Tim Walz prepares to run for a rare third term, he would be wise to prepare an explanation for the fraud that occurred in state agencies under his…
State and local taxes and spending KTTC: Property taxes: Where do they go and who sets the amounts? Star Tribune: Opinion | Minnesota’s fiscal system is under serious pressure. Might…
Should foster-care decisions aim for a demographic balance? Or should they follow where the evidence of neglect and abuse actually is — even if that means some groups appear in…
Your government at work. From the Minnesota Star Tribune Minnesota can release records on Medicaid providers accused of fraud – but won’t First, let me sincerely praise the Star Tribune…
Happy Thanksgiving! Did your dessert table include the pie flavor that is most uniquely popular in your state? Each year, Instacart analyzes Thanksgiving-week orders (in this case from Nov. 22-28,…
From KARE-11, Hennepin County Judge tosses out jury’s guilty verdict in $7.2 million home healthcare fraud case. Jurors tell KARE 11 News their decision wasn’t difficult after seeing evidence of…
The winner of the 2025 Golden Turkey Award is Governor Walz’s $430,000 Whopper Legal Bill! The first Golden Turkey in 2020 “honored” Gov. Tim Walz’s purchase of an empty fruit…
Casual Minnesota consumers of the news or social media are being, not so subtly, influenced to believe that enforcement efforts by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are creating “chaos” and…
Democrats and local media (but I repeat myself) are in denial about the scale of fraud in Minnesota. The Minneapolis Star Tribune puts on a master class today in political propaganda. The…
Parents have always reached for easy tools to soothe young children. However, the advent of digital media and relatively cheap tablets have given parents a new choice. Will little Timmy…
On May 8, the Senate DFL announced: The Minnesota Senate passed bipartisan legislation creating an independent Office of the Inspector General Thursday, establishing a new state office to protect public money in…
More spending doesn’t clearly translate into better academic outcomes, according to research from the center-left Brookings Institution. For years, American Experiment has argued that there is a weak and often…
Welcome back to the American Experiment Podcast! This week, Grace and Kathryn take a behind-the-scenes look at the breaking news of the week: Minnesota taxpayers have been funding terrorism abroad.…
Have you watched this video yet? Three million others have (and counting). American Experiment released the video last month to promote our recent report titled Shattered Green Dreams: The Environmental…
This month, Xcel Energy asked state regulators in Colorado to extend the operating life of the coal-fired Comanche Unit 2 for another year. Xcel Energy seems to understand the importance…
Robin Jayderi (or Javier) Marroquin-Pineda of Guatemala, age 29, is our Minnesota Man of the Day for November 25. He’s one of our OGs in the Minnesota Man series, having…
Yesterday, I looked at why Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita growth in Minnesota has ranked 38th out of 50 states since 2014. Using the framework and data from our…
They are guilty of nothing more than getting a tough break and living with a disability that prevents the from working to support themselves, yet they are paying the price…
Abdimajid Nur was convicted at the first Feeding Our Future courtroom trial, held last year, along with four of his co-defendants.
Abdirashid Bixi Dool, age 36, became the 78th defendant charged in the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal. He was indicted on seven counts related to the Feeding Our Future fraud,…
Axios reported yesterday that the chair of the Democratic National Committee, Ken Martin, is mulling the use of ranked-choice voting (RCV) for the 2028 presidential primary. Interest in RCV has…
This summer, Congress passed The Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA) as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The ECCA allows every taxpayer nationwide to gain up to $1700…
In a national landscape where academic outcomes vary widely by region, an analysis of demographically-adjusted 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores shows that conservative-leaning or “red” states occupy…
Felipe David Cruz-Romero, age 38 of El Salvador, is our Minnesota Man of the Day for November 24. He is due in federal court in downtown Minneapolis this morning for…