Welcome back! This week on the American Experiment Podcast… Our hosts dig into why the Trump administration is halting $260 million in Medicaid payments to Minnesota. Is it really about stopping…
Wisconsin’s bold reforms under Gov. Scott Walker’s leadership that curtailed government union power reshaped the state’s education landscape, and students benefited. A cornerstone of Gov. Walker’s 2011 Budget Repair Bill…
Abdinajib Hassan Yussuf pled guilty yesterday in federal court to one count of wire fraud in connection with his operation of Star Autism Center of St. Cloud. Star Autism Canter…
Minnesota ranks as the #22 highest-priced state for electricity in America. That means most states have lower electricity prices than Minnesota. That’s one of the many facts on energy affordability…
As we reported in last week’s Capitol Watch, Democrats in St. Paul are attempting to make the 2026 session about Operation Metro Surge and ICE. The numbers from our recent Thinking…
What Minnesotans think about Operation Metro Surge Democrats in St. Paul are attempting to make the 2026 session about Operation Metro Surge and ICE. The numbers from our recent Thinking…
School discipline’s influence on academic outcomes In the unfolding story of American education recovery, one striking narrative has emerged: Several southern states have climbed the national rankings in academic performance…
How fraud distorts budget decisions There is no doubt that Minnesota has a fraud problem, which is disturbing in itself. However, in the backdrop of a persistent and widening structural…
When teachers’ unions turn schools into political stages Classrooms should be places where students are not pressured or guided to support one side of current political disputes, but teachers’ unions…
Operation Metro Surge has exposed a dangerous breakdown in coordination among law enforcement agencies A group of local law enforcement leaders gathered at the State Capitol for a press conference…
Behind the fraud deeply embedded in state welfare agencies The Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) released a shocking report that examines mostly ignored controls over taxpayer money handed…
Economic freedom and its (conservative) discontents Did the Industrial Revolution impoverish workers? Was Progressive-era regulation necessary to tame the extremes of capitalism? Was the Great Depression a failure of capitalism?…
The recent Thinking Minnesota Poll produced some surprising results as Minnesotans weighed in on immigration policy, ICE operations, and attitudes about protests and protesting. The most significant result was the number of…
Center events, initiatives, and policy work Initiative The $7k for Kids campaign enjoyed a big night at precinct caucuses as over 1,000 precincts debated and passed a resolution adding Education…
Mission creep of the administrative state When most people think of the ways government affects or controls them, taxes may be the first thing that comes to mind. We all…
Minnesota’s ‘trans sanctuary’ law puts funding and children’s health at risk Minnesota’s self-proclaimed role as a “trans refuge” or sanctuary state for pediatric sex-rejecting treatments — enshrined in 2023 law…
The new paid family and medical leave policy could drown school districts in paperwork As school districts across Minnesota continue to grapple with the logistical and financial challenges of the…
State of the state Unfortunately, our current Minneapolis and statewide dunderheads are incapable of acting responsibly and wisely for the citizens. Pres. Joe Biden’s open borders allowed some 17 million…
Leading the fight on the multimedia, policy, and social media battlefield In recent months, Minnesota has dominated the national news as rarely before, and American Experiment has been in the…
Midwest identity suffers from a dearth of education about its history and heritage Regionality has been a hallmark of American culture — as varied and textured as the people who…
The endless scandals plaguing the state demand change Minnesota’s fraud scandal is so massive and complicated that it is easy to lose sight of the big picture. I previously wrote…
In William Shakespeare’s play “Julius Caesar,” a group of prominent Roman citizens, worried that Caesar’s growing power and popularity presage the death of the republic and recreation of the hated…
The latest Minnesota budget forecast hints at progress in fighting fraud. The state Dept. of Management and Budget (MMB) issued its latest (February) forecast for the state budget yesterday (Friday).…
Walter Acuna-Cruz is a Guatemalan citizen, now aged 21, and is an illegal alien in Minnesota now on his fourth habeas corpus case seeking release from ICE detention. I attended (via Zoom) a…