Minneapolis Sometime between 2017 and 2020, I was walking north up Hennepin Avenue at about 5:00 PM. I had just navigated the cluster of citizens who spread out across the…
Center of the American Experiment (CAE) joined the Minnesota Justice Research Center (MJRC) for a presentation to the Minneapolis City Council’s Public Health and Safety Committee on October 1. The joint…
In the 2026 fiscal year, 37 percent of all government revenue in Minnesota will come from Washington, D.C. Despite heavy panic, the federal government shutdown currently underway is unlikely to…
This article is part of a series that examines Minnesota’s recent early literacy education reforms and compares them to successful early literacy education reforms throughout the country. Today’s focus is…
Mississippi’s rise in reading literacy has drawn national attention — not as a one-off success, but as evidence of sustained, systemic change that other states are now studying closely. Over…
Federal prosecutors filed a motion yesterday to revoke the pre-trial release of Abdiwahab Ahmed Mohamud. He is Defendant No. 25, overall, in the sprawling free-food scandal. Mohamud, now aged 35,…
German Tinoco-Perez, age 35, is scheduled to appear in federal court in downtown St. Paul this afternoon. He is charged with a felony count of illegal re-entry of a previously…
Housing and zoning “Overly restrictive local zoning is the fundamental cause of America’s housing shortage,” according to the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. “Cities and counties have employed their…
For data center developers, Minnesota piles on the red tape Data centers, the factories of the computing age and enablers of artificial intelligence (AI), are dominating panic-stricken headlines about growing…
How the One Big Beautiful Bill Act forces the state to confront spending Like every state, Minnesota relies on the federal government for a substantial portion of its funding. According…
American AI needs affordable, reliable energy, not wishful thinking The U.S. Energy Information Administration warned last month that U.S. commercial electricity consumption will reach record highs in the next two…
Minneapolis resurrects camera-based traffic citations On July 15, the City of Minneapolis announced the implementation of a new $12 million camera-based traffic citation system near five intersections this fall, with…
Minnesota schools adopt a radical ‘liberated’ Ethnic Studies learning regime Minnesota’s controversial new K-12 Social Studies standards will hit our state’s classrooms in Fall 2026. Here’s what students at your…
Examining the roots of party politics realignment In 2001, when Tim Pawlenty told the Minnesota State Republican Convention, “We are the party of Sam’s Club, not just the country club,”…
Criminal justice officials in Hennepin County are failing to use the new state statute and enhanced penalty specifically designed to help reduce violent carjackings. Given that 81 percent of all…
At 4:00 a.m. on Dec. 7, 1941, the USS Ward, crewed by men of the 47th Naval Reserve Division of the 11th Battalion, 9th Naval District from St. Paul, was…
Untwisting the falsehoods about religion and government Should people of faith have any influence on our state and nation? Is their influence dangerous? These are increasingly frequent questions, sometimes being…
American Experiment Update: Center events, initiatives, and policy work Summer tour American Experiment’s summer tour returned this year in June and July. The “Minnesota DOGE: Cut the waste, save the…
In our report “The State of Minnesota’s Economy: 2020: A focus on economic growth,” we wrote that: Per capita economic growth comes from three sources: an increase in the amount…
Eden Prairie High School hailed a beloved teacher as the winner of a national contest this Tuesday. Sheila Stalberger, who teaches Intro to Woodcrafting, Intermediate Wood Custom Design, and Advanced…
People are voting for the same policies that caused New York City to declare bankruptcy 50 years ago — why? On one level, the story of New York City’s bankruptcy…
The (not-so-shocking) truth about Minnesota’s agriculture. A while back, some soul searching was done at the Star Tribune, pondering why, outside the Twin Cities metro, so few Minnesotans use the…
Tom’s work at American Experiment frequently focused on local government, where mismanagement, malfeasance, and the imposition of political agendas too often escape public scrutiny. Sometime in the fall of 1989,…
Good history I don’t live in Minnesota, but I appreciate good political reporting and history. Your article [“How the Range was Lost”] was excellent. Mark Pulliam Teacher pay I just…