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…
In a recent tweet, Gov. Walz references CNBC's notorious “America’s Top States for Business” rankings, where, in 2023, Minnesota did, indeed, beat Texas. But...
Don’t dismantle our democracy. The colonists issued the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, because, they argued, the British government had infringed “certain unalienable Rights.” After some turbulent years…
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Plans to revive a failed Twin Cities-to-Duluth train service ignore history.
The importance of common sense to a properly functioning society.
Our adversarial system of justice is under attack from within.
Debunking electric vehicle myths.
Matt Taibbi’s speech at American Experiment’s Fall Briefing warns about government censorship.
The never-ending (not so) merry-go-round.
An economist looks for the roots of prosperity in cultural norms and beliefs.
A new Mankato high school is teaching students skills for tomorrow through a scripturally-grounded curriculum.
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