Judging by their actions, ‘tolerant’ is false advertising. The Minnesota House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee scheduled a meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 21, to kick off the 2025 legislative…
American Experiment Update: Center events, initiatives, and policy work. Staff updates Peter Nelson, senior policy fellow at Center of the American Experiment, has been named by Pres. Donald Trump to…
Legislation introduced in both the Minnesota House and Senate would bring flexibility and innovation to students’ K-12 education journeys. Under H.F. 19 and S.F. 244, Minnesota would establish an education…
Digging for the roots of the rich/poor divide. In October 2024, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel…
Shortly before Election Day last November, Gallup reported that “The economy ranks as the most important of 22 issues that U.S. registered voters say will influence their choice for president.” Crucially, given…
Gov. Walz was under the false impression that the rules don’t apply to him. Gov. Tim Walz added drama to the already-chaotic start of the 2025 legislative session when he…
We’ve got mail! Lowertown’s descent Sadly, I echo John Phelan’s sentiments on the demise of St. Paul’s Lowertown district (“Gone But Not Forgotten”). I lived in Lowertown, both times after…
Last week we wrote about Gov. Walz’s budget proposal to the legislature and how it remains unbalanced. If adopted, his budget would spend $1.838 billion more than it takes in…
Husayn Braveheart is just twenty-one. But he’s making quite a name for himself by repeatedly escaping consequences for his violent and destructive behavior — his most recent escape coming at…
Around the nation, Democrats are organizing “town hall” meetings in the districts of Republican Congressmen, in the hopes of regaining control of the chamber in the 2026 election. Nothing wrong…
For decades, students and faculty have been the ones questioning the status quo on college and university campuses. But a decline in enrollment, a rapidly changing workforce and uncertain funding…
This month’s dramatic court verdicts in the Feeding Our Future {FOF} case (“guilty on all counts”) don’t mark the end of the saga. In Churchillian terms, it’s more like “the…
State and local taxes and spending Star Tribune: Gov. Tim Walz proposes additional spending cuts in revised budget plan KAAL TV: Governor Walz releases revised Minnesota budget Grand Rapids Herald…
During President Trump’s joint address to Congress, he promised “historic action to dramatically expand production of critical minerals and rare earths here in the U.S.A.” Prioritizing domestic critical minerals exploration and development…
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz continued his national “town hall” tour yesterday in Houston, TX. Local affiliate Fox 26 reported beforehand: You may recall that Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke’s most recent…
The DFL deficit In February 2023, Minnesota Management & Budget (MMB) forecast a state government budget surplus of $17 billion for the 2024-2025 biennium. In that “historic” session, the DFL trifecta blew…
On Tuesday, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter and Minnesota Wild owner Craig Leopold addressed the Senate Capital Investment Committee, seeking state funding for renovations to the Xcel Energy Center. The project…
Suddenly, the “wrong” people are doing the “right” thing. The full quote from Nobel-prize-winning economist Milton Friedman goes as follows: I do not believe that the solution to our problem…
This month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) did some spring cleaning and took steps toward 31 significant deregulatory actions. Utilities and American electricity consumers will benefit from averted blackouts and billions of dollars of…
We at Center of the American Experiment have long warned of looming budget squeezes in Minneapolis and St. Paul as a result of collapsing commercial property values. Simply put, declining values means declining property tax valuations, which means declining…
Starting April 1, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) will hold a three-day series of hearings in St. Paul on the proposed acquisition of the electric utility Minnesota Power (MP).…
The CEO of the Minnesota-based free-food behemoth Second Harvest Heartland announced that she will be stepping down from her position. Allison O’Toole will be leaving the organization after leading it…
The upcoming municipal elections in Minneapolis will be a referendum on the city’s future. At the moment, the future is not bright. Yesterday, the city’s hometown newspaper, the Star Tribune,…
The ‘stop-arm’ law Last September, as kids across Minnesota prepared to start or return to school, Kare 11 ran an article titled “Back-to-school reminder: Minnesota’s stop-arm law means stopping for…