Intent Minnesotans frequently ask Center of the American Experiment how they can find information to help evaluate the performance of judges in their district. Unfortunately, information on judicial performance is traditionally…
Last Friday, the Star Tribune reported that the cost of Xcel Energy’s proposed transmission line from Becker, Minnesota, to Lyon County, has more than doubled, leaping from $528 million to…
The regional electric grid operator in Texas, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), sent a request to stakeholders earlier this year asking for more reserve generating capacity for the…
You may recall our February visit to these southwest Minneapolis icons of the early motoring age. These turn out to be two of six aging motels purchased by Hennepin County…
State and local taxes and spending Brainerd Dispatch: Beltrami County passes local sales tax to fund new jail by huge margin Pioneer Press: Progressives continue notching victories in St. Paul…
When we talk about taxes and regulations, and how they affect the economy, it is easy to get caught up in the numbers on things like GDP and overlook the…
Minnesota’s media is cock-a-hoop over the latest jobs numbers: WCCO: Minnesota reached record 3 million jobs in October Star Tribune: More than 3 million Minnesotans worked in October, the highest total ever…
Minnesotans are constantly told that their annual electricity bills are at or near the national average, but this is only the case because we use far less electricity than southern…
Last week, the Fraser Institute published its annual Economic Freedom of North America report. The new edition, which looks at data from 2021, ranked Minnesota among the least free states…
No doubt Winona residents were basking in the unseasonably warm weather enjoyed by Minnesotans yesterday across much of the state. With a high of 61 degrees in southeastern Minnesota, the…
In the last legislative session, the Minnesota state government, led by the DFL trifecta, voted to give $225 million taxpayer dollars direct to nonprofits. We don't get a penny of…
Today is Give to the Max Day, an annual event for Minnesotans to support nonprofit organizations through donations. Thanks to our supporters, any donation we receive today will be doubled!…
The number stands at 7,094, according to the official City of Minneapolis crime dashboard. The city blew by the annual record back in September. True, the pace has slowed in…
Tomorrow is Give to the Max Day, an annual event designed to raise money for Minnesota non-profits. I’m writing today because I would appreciate any donation you can make to…
When state and local governments propose transit projects they have to generate estimates of ridership. In 2017, Metro Transit used a “Regional Travel Demand Model” to generate an estimate of…
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seemingly at war with Amazon. In September, the FTC, along with 17 state attorney generals, filed a lawsuit alleging that Amazon engages in actions…
Capitol insiders claim that the Kremlin-style reviewing platform was a last-minute addition to the plan. The road to the $730 million state office building (SOB) project for the state House…
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its numbers for inflation in October today and they showed inflation slowing from September’s rate of 0.4% to 0.0%, or no change in the Consumer…
American Experiment Public Safety Policy Fellow David Zimmer recently appeared on “The Bail Post” podcast with host Ken Good to discuss Zimmer’s report, “Dispelling the Myth of Unwarranted Racial Disparities…
In August 2023, Cecil Wayman, a man with a violent criminal history dating back to the early 1990s who is appropriately prohibited from possessing firearms, was stopped in downtown Minneapolis…
Minnesota has slid down to #45 for its overall education freedom ranking, according to the second edition of the Education Freedom Report Card published by The Heritage Foundation. (Florida, for…
The 2023 legislature set up a 13-member commission to redesign the Minnesota state flag and seal based on the false narrative that the design depicts a Native American on horseback…
The demand for electric vehicles continues to crater, leading Tesla, Ford, GM and VW to dramatically cut back production lines. Ford alone estimates a loss of $4.5 billion on electric…
For several years now, the City of Minneapolis has more and more taken a “public health approach” to fighting crime, relying less on police and law enforcement and more on…