It understandably hasn’t received much attention given the rampant shootings, car jackings, and general atmosphere of lawlessness that dominates media crime coverage. But there’s another indicator that illustrates how little…
Reporter Pafoua Yang at Alpha News has put together two video reports on the Feeding Our Future scandal. The first report features an overview of the scandal with an interview…
In March, I had an op-ed in the Star Tribune about the shortage of ‘affordable housing’ in the Twin Cities, in which I argued that: A price is not a…
A combination of unseasonably warm temperatures, plant maintenance, and a shortage of reliable power plant capacity on the electric grid could lead to a strain on the electricity system this…
The Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB) is considering a new standard called “Racial Consciousness and Reflection” — adding it to the list of seven “Standards of Effective…
Wind and solar advocates recently celebrated California reaching 100 percent “renewable” energy for an entire 15 minutes, marking the first time this has ever happened after decades of investing tens…
The Met Council would be required to pay potentially millions of dollars to condominium owners for damages, legal and other fees stemming from construction of the Southwest Light Rail line,…
Last week, I wrote about the closure of Tin Whiskers Brewing, one of my old haunts when I lived in Lowertown. Following the closure of Stacked Deck in October, there…
A recent MinnPost article claimed that “clean energy is not only affordable, with the prices continuing to decrease, but also reliable and will lead us to energy independence.” It all…
State and local taxes and spending KNSI: Minnesota Lawmakers Finish Deal on Unemployment, Bonuses Star Tribune: Minnesota lawmakers finish deal on unemployment, bonuses Duluth News Tribune: Minnesota lawmakers send multi-billion…
Yesterday, I detailed how the Biden administration’s EPA has recommended that the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers vote to not renew the Clean Water Act Section 400 permit for the…
Shortly after moving to Minnesota in 2017, my wife and I went to see a Saint Paul Saints game. Arriving early, we went for a walk around Lowertown. We loved…
Homeowners across Minnesota face significant double-digit increases in county government valuation of their properties. The huge hikes, which factor into next year’s property tax bills, came out of the blue…
American Experiment readers came through last week with a major win by completely overwhelming the Walz administration’s survey on its proposed Climate Action Framework. Policy Fellow Isaac Orr also submitted…
In January 2016, Center of the American Experiment filed an Amicus Brief supporting a legal challenge to the City of St. Paul’s right-of-way maintenance (ROW) fee on behalf of two…
The Biden administration has suffered another devastating blow from the Biden administration. President Biden’s latest setback occurred as President Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a recommendation to the Army…
The Minnesota Senate voting to prohibit planning for the Northern Lights Express, a resurrection of the old passenger rail service between the Twin Cities and Duluth, wasn’t the only consequential…
On this edition of Capitol Watch: DFL upset about Lincoln portrait in House chamber Cancel culture has now reached President Abraham Lincoln, the man who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation declaring…
MPR News reports: The Minnesota Senate voted Monday to prohibit planning for a new passenger rail service between the Twin Cities and Duluth, which is known as the Northern Lights…
An official survey from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has found that Minnesotans overwhelmingly oppose the energy agenda laid out by Governor Tim Walz regarding transportation and “clean…
State education officials frame the Minnesota Student Survey given to fifth, eighth, ninth and eleventh grade students every three years as a tool to identify trends and “gain insights into…
Minnesota’s own Rep. Ilhan Omar urged the Biden administration to cancel federal student loan debt last week. As the NAACP helpfully pointed out, one of the beneficiaries of such a…
Starting in 1990, nuclear generation in the United States grew by 260 million megawatt-hours (MWh) through 2020. Remarkably, it did this without any net capacity additions, as nuclear capacity actually…
NextEra Energy is proposing to build a new wind facility in southeastern Minnesota that will host 60 massive wind turbines measuring 551 feet tall, the size of 55-story buildings, according…