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A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.

In a press release the Center sent out earlier this morning, I called on Governor Walz to fulfill his legal obligation as governor by fully restoring public employees’ First Amendment…

Minnesota educators, don't miss your once-a-year-only opportunity to resign from union membership. If you had to guess what percent of every union dues dollar is going to the local chapter…

Alaska Governor Michael J. Dunleavy issued an executive order Thursday afternoon to bring the state into compliance with the 2018 United States Supreme Court’s ruling in Janus v. AFSCME. “A contract…

On Wednesday, Governor Walz announced that he would be using the bureaucratic rule making process to impose California’s rules for low and zero emissions vehicles (LEV and ZEV) on to…

According to Gov. Walz, the same Minnesota state government which spent $100 million on a driver's licensing system which failed to produce driver's licenses is going to successfully control the…

The head of Minnesota’s AFSCME Council 5—a large and overtly political labor union in the state—has resigned after weeks under investigation over unspecified allegations.

As part of American Experiment's new "Morning in Minnesota" breakfast series, I talked about the Center's "Great Jobs Without a Four-Year Degree" project in Alexandria Wednesday morning. Over 40 people…

Last week’s decision by the Minnesota Supreme Court to deny a round of appeals attempting to further delay the construction of the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline was a rare win…

Minnesota’s education rankings are generally a source of pride for the state. This new research suggests that we ought to think again.

While the climate strike and Greta Thunberg may have the limelight this week, the unwavering truth of climate and energy policy remains: people are unwilling to pay the costs associated…

Tomorrow morning, at 5:45am, on NBCSN, the USA will take on England in the rugby world cup. What's that?

An aging population and increased Social Security spending might mean that income from transfers will increase. But it is a source of concern that it is increasing so much faster…

Center of the American Experiment’s energy policy expert Isaac Orr has challenged Rep. Jamie Long to participate in a public debate on the impact of renewable energy mandates on Minnesota. Internal documents…

Earlier this summer American Experiment signed on to a coalition letter circulated by the American Energy Alliance supporting the Trump Administration’s efforts to prevent California from dictating fuel economy standards…

Wind generation through June of 2019 was actually 4 percent lower than through June of 2018, according to Energy Information Administration data. This decline in output comes even though there…

Columnist George Will, at the Minnesota Business Partnership’s Annual Dinner last Thursday (September 19), guaranteed that no presidential candidate between now and Election Day next year would say anything whatsoever…

Rent controls propose using government regulation to solve the symptom—high prices—of a problem—a shortage of housing—which government regulation created in the first place.

There’s more than a twinge of hypocrisy among liberal environmentalists that want to stop responsible mining for copper, nickel, and cobalt in Minnesota at all costs, yet demand that the…

Hello! Have you made your climate confessions yet? This week’s edition of the In the Tank podcast features Heartland’s Donny Kendal, Justin Haskins, Jim Lakely, and American Experiment’s Isaac Orr. The gang…

A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.

Who bears responsibility for enabling the violent crime wave in downtown Minneapolis? It’s evident much of the problem lies with elected officials who refuse to take ownership of the problem…

Private sector broadcasters like NBC have an incentive to provide programming the public likes. 'Public' sector broadcasters like TPT have an incentive to provide programming the government likes. That is…

Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan and other lawmakers recently traveled to Germany to supposedly learn about Germany’s “Energy Transition,” and bring home useful lessons that can be gleaned for Minnesota’s energy…