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Jason Riley to headline speakers’ series.

CAE town meeting shows how effective public policies don't have to include government.

Charlie Nickoloff, president of St. Paul-based Medical Equities Investments, is a new member of the board of directors at Center of the American Experiment.

A new study will provide a realistic look at how the state stacks up.

The 2016 legislature is poised to enact tuition relief for private school parents.

American Experiment plans aggressive innovative plan to promote free-market policies.

Plus, an opportunity to dig deeper and wider.

Five things to look for in the 2016 Legislative Session.

Would fewer tests worsen Minnesota's dismal achievement gap?

The case to watch in 2016 is Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association

The Star Tribune reports Minnesota spent $1.2 billion less than projected on public health care programs in 2014.  Lower spending is, of course, great news for Minnesota’s budget.  Lower spending…

Minnesota’s economy no victory for Dayton.

Do we really want to live like this?

Minnesota leaders say "yes" and propose how.

Mitch Pearlstein interviews John Hinderaker as he becomes the new president of Center of the American Experiment.

The November Budget and Economic Forecast projects a $1.871 billion surplus for the current FY 2016-17 budget, which is about $1 billion more than was projected last February. State law…

Rebecca Friedrichs is a dedicated public school teacher in California. Her passion for teaching children is frustrated by the public school system in general, and the labor union she is…

Why are union bosses bashing California teacher Rebecca Friedrichs and the other plaintiffs in the Friedrichs vs. California Teachers Association case? In a word: money. In three words: heaps of money. Public…

While it is tempting just to beat up on the Obama labor department and their progressive friends in the Minnesota legislature, allow me to beat up on Congress and the…

Last week, I attended and testified at the hearings of the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement. I am reluctant to admit it, but everyone knows I am a pension…

The new Victoria City Hall and public works buildings are already built. But citizen watchdogs are only now wrapping up construction on their open government case — focused on the process…

Citizens suing to put garbage collection on the ballot in Bloomington finally got their day in Hennepin County District Court. The legal challenge follows a city council vote in June…

I’m very pro-police for a variety of reasons, the most important being that cops are our last line of defense against barbarism. I remember my doctoral adviser at the University…

The other week I brought two basic facts to bear on the debate over whether Dayton’s liberal, high tax policies are beating Scott Walker’s lower tax approach to the economy.  First, Minnesota’s…