Minnesota is spending enormous sums of money on education programs for very young children, but the state’s mission is muddled and the results discouraging. Plus, the policy forces private child…
Nothing stands for government waste and green energy excess like the frozen 250 foot high wind turbine at the St. Cloud Veterans Administration Hospital. But alas, not for much longer.…
My favorite personal memory of Don Fraser, who died earlier this week at 95. Sometime in the mid-1980s, Don, who was then mayor of Minneapolis, said something about “unsupported women.” …
On Monday the Minnesota Court of Appeals stated an environmental review of Enbridge’s controversial Line 3 oil pipeline was “inadequate” because it did not consider the effects of an oil…
Minnesota taxpayers dodged another bullet with the collapse of a bonding bill at the state legislature this session. Among the pet projects thankfully left in limbo? The so-called Northern Lights…
It's the elasticities, stupid.
(St. Paul, MN) – Isaac Orr, Policy Fellow at Center of the American Experiment, released the following statement in response to the MN Court of Appeals reversal of the Minnesota PUC’s…
Four years prostrate to the higher mind isn’t right for everyone. Nod if you can hear me. Vigorously if you truly agree. This Sunday Cover op-ed originally ran in the…
Last weekend the Duluth News Tribune ran an editorial from Dean DeBeltz of Twin Metals which argued that anti-mining groups who say Twin Metals cannot operate responsibly are basing these…
Sam Rockwell, who is the President of the Minneapolis Planning Commission, recently wrote an oped in the Star Tribune entitled “To Save the Planet, We Have To Get Over Cars,”…
Before getting to the content, Donald talks about the future portrayed in the blockbuster movie Ready Player One. In this depiction of the future, trailers are stacked five or six…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Minnesota's exporters are doing well despite the trade war. Imagine how much better they could be doing without it.
The optics may be different than the case featuring a showdown between an inflatable Mario outside a Florida video store and local authorities determined to ban it. But the same…
This opinion editorial originally appeared in the Star Tribune: A news alert recently popped up on my phone: “Minn. lawmakers move hush-hush budget in rushed special session.” Another year, another…
Here at Center of the American Experiment, we advocate for free-market solutions. When free enterprise hasn’t developed a remedy to a tough problem facing society, government programs are too frequently…
McGregor-based FLOE International is partnering with Aitkin High School to introduce students to manufacturing through a well-equipped industrial arts shop at the school.
Senator David Osmek (R-Mound), who is the head of the Minnesota Senate energy committee, recently unloaded on the incredibly bad proposals brought forth by the DFL-led House of Representatives, and…
State tax revenues and spending show a steady relationship over time with state GDP. The lesson is clear: if you want to boost state government tax revenues, support policies which…
Given the seriousness of the allegations, especially the concerns expressed by federal investigators that welfare funds are supporting terror abroad, and the finding by the OLA that DHS did not…
Last week, Xcel Energy announced their desire to shutter the last of their coal-fired power plants a decade earlier than previously planned. If approved by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission…
I believe this is the first American Experiment post that could lead to immediate and direct savings to your family’s budget. I only ask that, if you do experience significant…
An increase in Minnesota’s per-student funding formula and additional dollars in safe schools revenue were key components of this legislative session’s E-12 education omnibus bill.
Too often government not only fails to look out for the “little guy” but makes life downright impossible. The latest case in point? The continuing fallout from the organized garbage…