A year and a half after unveiling a highly promoted 40-point safety and security plan, Met Council Chairman Charlie Zelle finally plans to get a first-hand look at the nation’s…
Yesterday American Experiment filed comments on the proposed 2025 Payment Notice—the annual federal rule that updates standards on health insurance and exchanges. This rule represents the latest proposals from the…
Sharon Ross, of St. Paul’s House of Refuge Outreach, entered a guilty plea yesterday in the free-food fraud case, in Federal court in Minneapolis. Ross’ case is notable in that…
As part of his attempt to build a national profile, Governor Walz has been appearing more regularly on national TV networks. Last month, he appeared on CNN where he said:…
On New Year’s Eve, 2023, Xcel Energy shut down Unit 2 at the coal-fired Sherburne County (Sherco) generating station. Unit 2 was a 680-megawatt (MW) facility capable of powering 25…
These days public libraries in urban areas often operate as drop-in centers for the homeless, vagrants and drug users, as much as anything else. To protect the public and employees,…
Center of the American Experiment has produced regular reports on Minnesota’s economy since 2016 and these have often included a chart showing the employment ratio (the share of the civilian…
Electricity prices in the United States are skyrocketing, with all-sectors electricity rates reaching new all-time highs in 2022 and 2023, but wind and solar advocates like to pretend that these…
Over 30 years ago, Minnesota passed a ground-breaking law enacting chartered public schools. But based on recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions, Minnesota’s restrictions on charter school authorizers appear constitutionally suspect, according to…
You may have missed the provocative headline that came out right before the recent holiday period. The Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports surveyed more than a thousand “likely” voters in…
The man accused of killing five young women in a horror Minneapolis car crash back in June of last year is now being held in federal custody. Derrick John Thompson,…
State and local taxes and spending Pioneer Press: John Reynolds: The DFL’s $20 billion spending spree put Minnesota on thin ice KNSI: New Surcharge, Higher Taxes On Tap For License…
Every year, thousands of young people from other countries come to the United States to participate in what is called the Exchange Visitor’s Program. These young people, commonly referred to…
KSTP-TV has observed an early-winter epidemic of stray bullets plaguing the state’s two largest cities. KSTP reports, Police in the Twin Cities are looking into multiple recent incidents that left…
An Associated Press article titled “State tax cutting trend faces headwinds from declining revenues and tighter budgets” has been carried widely in the last few days. It reports that: Income,…
The Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) recently fined Dakota County United Educators, a local chapter of the state teacher’s union, for failing to report campaign expenditures in a timely fashion.…
For years, wind and solar lobbyists told us these electricity generators would lower energy costs for Minnesota families, but now utility companies are finally admitting the opposite is true. This…
North Dakota home owners have until March 31 to apply for the state’s new $500 residential property tax credit that was approved in the 2023 legislative session. But thousands took…
In December 2023, sociology professors Christopher Ferguson and Sven Smith of Stetson University published a paper entitled “Race, class, and criminal adjudication: Is the US criminal justice system as biased…
We dig deep into the city’s crime numbers. A Twitter (X) commenter captured an image late last week of the city’s official Crime Dashboard. I draw your attention to the…
In 2023, we had an incredible 3 million views on AmericanExperiment.org — nearly 1 million more than last year. Our Policy Fellows work hard every day to give you the…
Minnesota now has the highest rate of corporate tax in the United States. As the National Federation of Independent Business explains: As of January 1, Minnesota’s corporate tax rate remains…
In many ways, 2023 feels like the eye of the hurricane threatening the reliability of the American electric grid. It was the first year since 2019 that rolling blackouts didn’t…
More than a decade after a fluke discovery of helium while drilling for other minerals in northern Minnesota, a mining company plans to start excavations next month to confirm what…