The pandemic may be behind us, but its ripple effects will be felt for years in public schools. Like most states, Minnesota’s public schools experienced a sizable loss of students…
One of the most powerful political organizations in Minnesota is not a political party or branch of the government but the state teachers’ union, Education Minnesota. The state teachers’ union…
Small businesses are still reeling from the civil unrest and destruction that followed in the wake of George Floyd’s murder nearly two years ago. Where is the public funding? Imagine…
Saturday, May 14, 2022, was likely the first time many Minnesotans were told that our electric grid could suffer from rolling blackouts in the near future. Our readers have known…
The conventional wisdom has it that school board meetings have become so contentious, even dangerous, that new candidates will be scared off, afraid to run for the position. The media…
A little-known Minnesota nonprofit made national headlines in the wake of the Geoge Floyd riots of late spring 2020. The Minnesota Freedom Fund received a flood of donations after offering…
The suspended nonprofit Partners in Nutrition wins a round in its appeal against the state Dept. of Education. One of three free-food nonprofits suspended in the wake of the Feeding…
I was on Justice and Drew yesterday to discuss the possibility of rolling blackouts in Minnesota. We also briefly chat about annexing parts of Canada. My segment starts around 30…
The Star Tribune has finally said the “b-word:” blackouts. Several of our readers reached out to me over the weekend to share this article from the Star Tribune, entitled “Midwest,…
Corporations are prohibited from donating money directly to a political candidate. An exception to the rule involves the candidate-adjacent inaugural committees. We are just eight months away from the next…
What is President Biden’s plan to beat inflation? He tweeted out last week: This was the first time I have encountered the idea that high rates of inflation can be…
The outcry from Minnesota Democrats over abortion rights is about more than just the upcoming mid-term elections. The abortion-industrial complex is a significant source of money for the state’s Democratic…
The Minnesota House of Representatives passed a bill last Wednesday that would relax state liquor laws by lifting restrictions on growler sales by major craft breweries and allowing small distilleries…
Gov. Walz and legislative leaders in the state House and Senate announced the outline of a budget deal Monday morning. Fox 9 reports: The agreement calls for $4 billion in…
The headline says it all: “Records show meals program was ripe for fraud in Minnesota.” In the first article published by any local media outlet on the Feeding Our Future…
Freshman state Senator Omar Fateh (DFL-Minneapolis) has been generating more than his share of headlines lately. Tracking his various scandals requires a scorecard, if not an entire program. The latest…
It’s alive and well with controversial state Representative John Thompson. Alpha News reported last week that Thompson and his company, Fight For Justice Enterprises LLC, combined received more than $43,000…
American Experiment’s wind energy billboards were prominently featured in a recent CNN story about the growing local opposition to wind turbine projects in rural Minnesota. I was pleasantly surprised by…
A recent Rasmussen poll found a majority of voters are concerned about rising energy costs and favor increased drilling for oil and gas, although most Democratic voters consider reducing climate…
State and local taxes and spending The Center Square: Minnesota lawmakers set to haggle over tax cuts Duluth News Tribune: Minnesota House passes property tax cuts, family tax rebates West…
Each year in May, we set aside time to honor fallen peace officers as part of National Peace Officers Memorial Week. Today elected officials, law enforcement leaders and the public…
There’s been a sharp increase in the number of children with emotional or behavioral health issues being dropped off at M Health Fairview Masonic Children’s Hospital. Due to a shortage…
The Biden administration is currently considering a student loan cancellation package that could range from $10,000 to $50,000, but doing so would ignore this one weird trick guaranteed to eliminate…
The U.S. Energy Information Administration recently released some of the findings of their 2020 Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS), which asks respondents a series of questions about their households and…