Social Studies expert Professor Wilfred McClay says standards move Minnesota backwards A new report written by national social studies expert Wilfred McClay and released today from Center of the American…
Last week I submitted an op-ed to two of the state’s major opinion platforms correcting some of the egregiously false statements made recently about Minnesota’s economy. Both declined to run…
According to the Star Tribune, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Thursday filed a lawsuit alleging that Shipt, the grocery delivery business of Target Corp., cheats workers of benefits and rights by…
As we’ve mentioned many times, there were thousands of free-food distribution sites registered under the government programs caught up in the “Feeding Our Future” scandal. Each one tells a story.…
It’s our favorite time of year: Golden Turkey time! Minnesota’s government wastes a LOT of money on silly things. Each year, American Experiment gives out the Golden Turkey Award to…
Americans continue to purchase firearms by the millions, though not at the record-breaking pace of the last two years. NRA Shooting Illustrated has posted this update on where sales stand…
Surging natural gas prices mean many Minnesotans will be paying much more to keep their homes warm this winter. Center of the American Experiment estimates higher prices could force Minnesota…
Public schools are not successfully educating students to do grade-level reading and math and are not preparing them for future success, according to a national survey of African American voters…
The Rochester Education Association, also known as the teacher’s union, is pulling out all the stops to protect their preferred school board members in next Tuesday’s election. Action alert emails…
I submitted an op-ed to two of the state’s major opinion platforms last week correcting some of the egregiously false statements made recently about Minnesota’s economy. Both declined to run…
The Minnesota Reformer reports that a nonprofit operated by a prominent Bloomington entrepreneur ran free-food distribution sites under the sponsorship of both Feeding Our Future and Partners in Nutrition. Deena…
You know it’s time to consider going back to the drawing board when a project draws comparisons to the most infamous poster child for wasteful government spending — the Alaskan…
Proposals to remove the four Lower Snake River (LSR) dams: Ice Harbor, Little Goose, Lower Lower Granite, and Lower Monumental, to aid in salmon recovery efforts would transform Washington from…
On Friday, Gov. Walz tweeted: This is not true. In 2019, Gov. Walz proposed a 2% tax on the cost of every medical procedure performed in the state of Minnesota,…
Dane Smith, a progressive Senior Policy Fellow and President Emeritus of Growth & Justice, wrote a commentary that was recently published in the Star Tribune editorial pages. His commentary attempted…
Listen below to my Saturday discussion with economist King Banaian on the education costs of lockdowns and shutdowns, as detailed out in my report here. What started as a public…
The Star Tribune reported last week that the City of Minneapolis is planning to buy the site of the abandoned Speedway gas station at George Floyd Square with the intention…
In 2021, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz unilaterally instructed the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to adopt California’s Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) mandate, which will require automakers to stock around 14,000 electric…
Defendant No. 49 is formally charged in Federal court. Mohamed Muse Noor had been arrested at O’Hare airport late last month, en route to Turkey. Known professionally as Deeq Darajo,…
Minnesotans googling break-up advice peaks from October 16-23, according to a study of Google trends data from Oct. 24, 2021- Oct. 23, 2022 by HerNorm.com. The relationship website analyzed search…
State and local taxes and spending Duluth News Tribune: Our View / Endorsement: Timing terrible to ask for tax increase for parks Star Tribune: GOP’s Scott Jensen proposed ending Minnesota…
According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), in the third quarter of this year — July to September — the economy grew at a rate of 2.6 percent compared to…
In a scene out of a Hollywood movie, an unmarked package arrived at the offices of Center of the American Experiment without a return address and a St. Paul postmark.…
Yesterday, President Biden said: Each of these is misleading. I should preface this by saying that, to some extent, that depends on what period you are referring to. As Figure…