The cost of everything is going through the roof, and the cost of staying warm this winter is no exception. The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that families in the…
Xcel Energy customers will soon see their electric bills go up by $222 per year to pay for more wind and solar. Unfortunately, this massive price increase is only the…
Generally, economic theory and evidence have no support for any kind of price control that seeks to limit individuals from engaging in mutually beneficial transactions. But going beyond the basics,…
Yesterday I wrote about how Minnesota is losing residents to other states. Many factors go into an individual’s decision as to where to live, work, and play. But, as we…
Tobacco taxes are becoming more and more popular as a way to curb smoking and tobacco use. In Minnesota, to be specific, numerous proposals have been brought up this year…
Yesterday, Xcel Energy announced it would be seeking a massive 21.2 percent price increase on electricity over the next three years, meaning Xcel residential electricity customers will pay an additional…
Minnesota police and public safety authorities might just as well have dialed 911 at a recent MN State Senate hearing focusing on the crime wave hitting not just the Twin…
Minnesota should learn from California’s failed rent control policies that exacerbated housing shortages Center of the American Experiment issued a timely report on the ineffectiveness of rent control policies as…
Why Minnesotans will be well-served to learn the true costs of their favorite energy sources before forming opinions on renewable energy.
Yesterday, I wrote about how Minnesota’s population has long lagged that of the United States. As we explain in our new report, ‘Taxes and Migration Minnesotans on the Move to…
Last week, Gov. Tim Walz announced the “Kids Deserve A Shot” incentive program. Under it, kids who get fully vaccinated for COVID-19 in the next month will get a $200…
U.S. Chamber sides with special interests against mainstreet business interests in suit to keep healthcare prices hidden.
Minnesota’s high tax burden is the top reason more people leave the state each year than choose to move here. It’s a costly problem.
Report from American Experiment details stubborn relationship between taxes and migration Building on previous American Experiment reports, Taxes and Migration: Minnesotans on the Move to Lower Tax States reviews the…
Rent control is a bad policy; economists agree. In 1992, when economists were polled on whether rent control reduces the supply of housing, 93 percent of them agreed. Similarly, in…
How a small cadre of political radicals is hijacking the mission of the Minnesota Historical Society.
The recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis of the cost and coverage impacts of the main health care provisions in the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion “Build Back Better” Act hides the…
It might not have been on the official agenda at the most recent meeting of the Rochester Public Schools Board. But the requirement for everyone in the room to wear…
Violent crime is exploding in Minneapolis. Figure 1 shows the percentage change in a range of crimes in Minneapolis for the period Jan. 1, 2021, to Oct. 25, 2021, compared…
In April, Minnesotans breathed a sigh of relief when numbers for the 2020 census showed that the state would not lose one of its eight congressional seats, as had been…
Why Minnesotans need to understand the costly impacts of Minnesota's Green New Deal.
A forthcoming study from American Experiment has found that complying with the proposed Clean Electricity Performance Program (CEPP) would cost the state of West Virginia $34.9 billion through 2052, which…
Legislators’ rush to revise deadly force law backfires.
On Friday, I wrote a piece about what Minnesota Senator Tina Smith’s laughably bad beer pour can teach us all about energy. That piece was inspired by a meme posted…