Trash collection isn’t the sort of service that gets most folks worked up, unless there’s a problem. But the prospect of unexpectedly having twice as many trash haulers to choose…
Minnesota Public Radio reports that Minnesota’s environmental review process will now require developers of new highways, industrial plants, livestock feedlots, and significant housing developments to calculate their project’s greenhouse gas…
This post was originally emailed to subscribers of our Capitol Watch weekly email. To subscribe, click here. Elections have consequences. Minnesota Democrats ran the table in the 2022 election and…
As Tim Walz is sworn in for his second term as governor he will find himself at the helm of an economy in relatively poor shape. In our report “The Cost of…
In 1968, the biologist Paul Ehrlich wrote: In the April 1970 issue of The Progressive, Ehrlich forecast the existence in 1999 of a ‘United States of North America’ with a…
If you have a Spotify subscription, then I would highly recommend you listen to the Siddarth Kara episode of The Joe Rogan Experience. Kara is an author, researcher, and activist…
“The parent of a child is primarily responsible for assuring that the child acquires knowledge and skills that are essential for effective citizenship.” — Minnesota Statute 120A.22 If there is…
Babbitt, the 1922 novel by Minnesotan writer Sinclair Lewis, might be one of the most misunderstood books ever written. This comes from the back of my old copy: With his…
Judith A. Curry is a climatologist and former academic who is “appalled at the state of both the scientific and policy debates surrounding climate change.” In her second appearance on…
State and local taxes and spending Faribault Daily News: We need targeted tax relief Pioneer Press: Real World Economics: Property taxes are simple, and complex Park Rapids Enterprise: Nevis school…
Jon Sanders of the John Locke Foundation wrote a great piece for the American Institute for Economic Research discussing how liberals will eventually try to normalize the blackouts that their…
“The Quarry” homeless encampment has been operating illegally for over a year just east of the Johnson Street exit off I-35W in NE Minneapolis. The city recently developed a plan…
Thanks to your support, American Experiment spent 2022 shining a light on Minnesota education and fighting for ways to ensure all students in the state have the opportunity to access…
Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flannagan made a big deal out of getting the latest COVID booster shot back in September. They even included their spouses in the…
The teacher union landscape in Wisconsin changed dramatically following the passage of Gov. Scott Walker’s 2011 budget repair bill, more commonly known as Act 10. Union recertification elections restored workplace…
I taught in the lowest paying state for the average teacher salary when adjusted for wage and cost-of-living differences, so I can empathize with concern over teacher pay. There are…
Grand Forks has racked up some $235,000 in legal bills this year in the effort to win approval for a controversial $700 million Fufeng Chinese ag plant that remains in…
Mostly, the idea is to hire more bureaucrats. Hoping to avoid a repeat of the Feeding Our Future scandal, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has proposed a package of measures. Of…
Customer service at the post office has always had a bad rap. Yet at least citizens could look forward to and rely on their cards, letters and packages being in…
It’s become all too common — criminals under court and correctional control remaining free to commit horrendous crimes of violence. The latest example comes from Friday night’s murder at the Mall…
On Boxing Day, the Minneapolis Star Tribune published an article documenting concerns in the state’s nonprofit sector of a backlash arising from the Feeding Our Future scandal. The paper quotes…
Many residents of the eastern United States received an unwelcome Christmas gift this year: rolling blackouts during cold weather. I received this email on Christmas Eve from Appalachian Power Company,…
Merry Christmas! As you’re hopefully inside warm somewhere for the holiday, or maybe warm-ish outside (Florida, anyone?) I wanted to share my rendition of “All I Want For Christmas.” All…
State and local taxes and spending MPR News: Cities, counties head back to Capitol, sales tax wish lists in hand Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal: Minnesota’s corporate tax rate limiting economic…