The brand-new Free School Meals for Kids Program just started, and it’s already 20 percent over budget. The state’s governor and lt. governor were in Maplewood on Wednesday, serving “free”…
Minneapolis, the epicenter of chaos following the death of George Floyd and the self-imposed economic damage from COVID-19, has significant problems to address in 2024. Many would say that unless…
Isaac Orr joined the Jon Justice show on Tuesday morning to talk about the closure of Xcel Energy’s coal plants, rising electricity prices, and electric vehicles.
The man accused of a fatal, unprovoked Thanksgiving-eve stabbing at an Edina bus stop was back in court on Monday. The always-alert Lou Raguse of KARE-11 reports. Adam Garcia remains…
According to the Long Term Reliability Assessment, a report by the nonprofit organization, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), energy reliability is a growing issue on electricity grids across the…
Fox News recently ran a story outlining how The Energy Foundation, a San Francisco-based non-profit with a staff that boasts extensive ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is spending…
James William Turner, Jr. was charged in state court with the non-fatal shooting of a then 11-year-old girl in the first few minutes of New Years Day. Turner was allegedly…
Quite a variety of words have been used to describe what happened in the 2023 legislative session. But whether you think the session was “bonkers” or “transformational,” there is no…
A year and a half after unveiling a highly promoted 40-point safety and security plan, Met Council Chairman Charlie Zelle finally plans to get a first-hand look at the nation’s…
Yesterday American Experiment filed comments on the proposed 2025 Payment Notice—the annual federal rule that updates standards on health insurance and exchanges. This rule represents the latest proposals from the…
Sharon Ross, of St. Paul’s House of Refuge Outreach, entered a guilty plea yesterday in the free-food fraud case, in Federal court in Minneapolis. Ross’ case is notable in that…
As part of his attempt to build a national profile, Governor Walz has been appearing more regularly on national TV networks. Last month, he appeared on CNN where he said:…
On New Year’s Eve, 2023, Xcel Energy shut down Unit 2 at the coal-fired Sherburne County (Sherco) generating station. Unit 2 was a 680-megawatt (MW) facility capable of powering 25…
These days public libraries in urban areas often operate as drop-in centers for the homeless, vagrants and drug users, as much as anything else. To protect the public and employees,…
Center of the American Experiment has produced regular reports on Minnesota’s economy since 2016 and these have often included a chart showing the employment ratio (the share of the civilian…
Electricity prices in the United States are skyrocketing, with all-sectors electricity rates reaching new all-time highs in 2022 and 2023, but wind and solar advocates like to pretend that these…
Over 30 years ago, Minnesota passed a ground-breaking law enacting chartered public schools. But based on recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions, Minnesota’s restrictions on charter school authorizers appear constitutionally suspect, according to…
You may have missed the provocative headline that came out right before the recent holiday period. The Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports surveyed more than a thousand “likely” voters in…
The man accused of killing five young women in a horror Minneapolis car crash back in June of last year is now being held in federal custody. Derrick John Thompson,…
State and local taxes and spending Pioneer Press: John Reynolds: The DFL’s $20 billion spending spree put Minnesota on thin ice KNSI: New Surcharge, Higher Taxes On Tap For License…
Every year, thousands of young people from other countries come to the United States to participate in what is called the Exchange Visitor’s Program. These young people, commonly referred to…
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.…