President Trump has signed off on a plan to fire FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, according to multiple reports. This marks the latest high-level shakeup under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy…
Happy Statehood Day, Minnesota! Minnesota officially became a state in 1858, making today Minnesota’s 168th birthday. The North Star State’s growth has been full of ups and downs, but one…
A spring teacher survey finds strong support for education savings accounts (ESAs) among K-12 educators, including 74 percent of public school teachers, which is consistent with last year’s results. Conducted…
Across the United States, people are fleeing “Blue States” with their high taxes, spending, and regulatory burdens, for “Red States” which offer greater economic freedom. Rather than heed this lesson, several…
With just seven days left in the 2026 session and no global agreement on budget targets, the House and Senate are stubbornly passing their own version of policy and spending…
Today is Minnesota Statehood Day, celebrating our state’s admittance to the union as the 32nd state 168 years ago. Over the last few years, I’ve written a number of articles…
You are not going to believe this one. Last Tuesday, March 5, the office of state Attorney General Keith Ellison put out a press release under the headline, Attorney General’s…
From a press release issued by the office of the state attorney general, Attorney General Ellison sues We Push for Peace and its two former leaders for misusing over $6.5…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced that she intends to opt the state into the new federal scholarship tax credit program, making her another Democratic state leader to do…
State and local taxes and spending KSTP: Senate Taxes Committee passes HCMC funding, social media tax KLGR: Senate Bill Aims to Lower Taxes KFGO: Minnesota Senate passes aid package for…
Continuing these risky, permanent, and potentially disfiguring procedures places Minnesota at increasing odds with federal policy and international medical trends.
Last week, I mentioned how, in his final State of the State speech, Gov. Walz touted as achievements a laundry list of spending increases which, in some cases, are blowing up…
Beginning in fall 2026, every K-12 public school in Minnesota will be required to align instruction with the state’s new social studies standards. School boards will have to decide how…
In 2018, the Center for American Progress studied high school graduation requirements in each state and compared them to basic entrance requirements to universities in that state. The verdict? Most…
Center of the American Experiment’s public safety policy fellow David Zimmer joined law enforcement leaders, legislators, and advocates today for a press conference at the State Capitol urging Minnesota lawmakers…
Today at the Federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis, two sentences are scheduled to be handed down in the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal. Judge Nancy Brasel is set to preside…
Last month, the Star Tribune‘s mascot Stribby the Gray Duck was at the Capitol “lobbying in support of local news.” I have not seen Stribby on the register of lobbyists,…
Even though high schoolers need at least 8 hours of sleep per night, over three in four high schoolers are classified as having insufficient sleep schedules. Unsurprisingly, students who sleep…
National Teacher Appreciation Week is a time to recognize the commitment and impact of educators across the country. But beyond the celebratory headlines (guilty!), new survey data points to a…
Last year, the Tax Committee in the Minnesota Senate, where the DFL holds a one seat majority, passed a bill that would have imposed the first “social media tax” in…
Shireen Gandhi is still in charge of the state Dept. of Human Services (DHS). Ignore the cynical games being played with job titles, the situation is unchanged. MPR News reports,…
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! This week, parents and students are hopefully flooding teachers’ desks with notes, gift cards, and kitschy mugs. But what are the policies that teachers would really…
“State of Hennepin” It is true that crime has decreased in recent years in Minnesota overall — and that’s a good thing. However, as this article illustrates, the statewide recovery…
A couple of weeks ago I noted how, in 2025, Minnesota had become a state with a below average level of per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the first…