Asha Jama, part of the Brava Restaurant group of defendants from Rochester, was sentenced on Tuesday to six months in federal prison for her role in the Feeding Our Future…
This week, results from the Star Tribune/KARE 11/ Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication Minnesota Poll showed that Gov. Walz’s approval rating had hit a new low of just…
Economic woes News broke this week of continued dramatic decreases in downtown Minneapolis commercial building values. Council member Michael Rainville, one of the few reasonable members, reported to KSTP that…
Minnesota insurer UCare approved a $200,000 bonus for its roughly $1 million CEO even as the company became insolvent and was placed under administrative supervision for its “hazardous financial condition.”…
I switched schools a handful of times throughout my K-12 education, and each time my parents had a very specific reason for doing so. Looking back, those experiences have made…
Hidden away on pages 43 to 45 of a 58 page MN state bill about taxes and finances, is a section entitled “Nuclear Energy Study; Appropriation.” The section is number…
WHAT Walz and Ellison knew about the FRAUD and WHEN they knew it…. Check out the American Experiment Podcast! A damning report from the U.S. House says Walz and Ellison…
The U.S. Attorney for Minnesota, Daniel Rosen, announced felony charges against 15 individuals in an indictment unsealed this morning (Case No. 26-cr-115). Rosen then held a press conference to announce…
Last week, the Social Security Board of Trustees released its annual report on the financial status of the Social Security Trust Funds. It made for the usual grim reading. Social…
Najmo Ahmed was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison this afternoon. That’s months, not years. KSTP-5 reports, Feeding Our Future participant sentenced to 14 months after court finds that…
Education Minnesota has made clear that if a program helps private school students, the union doesn’t want it, even if it would also help students in public schools. Teacher union…
The 205-page U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee staff report on fraud in Minnesota includes this incredible detail on page 85, In 2017, DHS flagged concerns that the bank account…
Three, seemingly unconnected, events in recent weeks have served as an important reminder that, electricity inflation is, all too often, the forgotten burden on affordability. At least largely forgotten in…
We at Center of the American Experiment have been tracking the ever-increasing costs of the Blue Line Extension project since at least 2017. As recently as March 2024, the project…
One of the stories in our new book “Star of the North: Essays in Minnesota History,” is that of the 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment in the Civil War. These men…
Last week, the state Attorney General’s office reported, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) charged Jessica Jean Arneson with seven felony theft offenses for stealing more…
From a MN AG press release, Court awards State nearly $2.5 million in damages and penalties in False Claims Act case. Details, Hennepin County District Court has ordered that Emaldeldin…
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…