With the usual long list of caveats, I’ve updated the money flowing into Minnesota elections in this odd-year, off-year of 2025. The top 25 donors (or so): In total, I’ve…
Move over, Hawaii, Australia, and Southern California: The go-to destination for surfers will soon be Anoka, Minnesota. That’s the dream of Rep. Zack Stephenson (DFL-Coon Rapids) as he diverted $6.2…
Ghouls, gourds, and giggles will abound tonight — but whose idea was it to have a celebration on such a chilly night? What we now know as the celebration of…
As cellphone restrictions in U.S. schools — and globally — continue to grow popular and increasingly become go-to legislation in the education reform sphere, the obvious next question is whether…
Today is the last day Education Minnesota union members can request a refund of the political action committee (PAC) contribution that gets automatically charged to them each year. PAC money…
American Experiment is gearing up to participate in Minnesota’s annual Give to the Max celebration on Thursday, November 20. This annual tradition celebrates non-profits across the state, and each year…
The Minneapolis Federation of Educators (MFE) has voted to approve a strike, signaling escalating tensions between the union and the Minneapolis public school district over issues such as pay and…
Rent control is not on the ballot in Minneapolis, but the upcoming Tuesday election will decide its future. Incumbent Mayor Jacob Frey is strongly opposed to rent control. But his…
I’m digging into the campaign finance reports filed earlier this week and a new, big player has appeared on the scene: Working Peoples Project. The Project is a special purpose…
Civics 101 The government of the United States consists of three separate but co-equal branches: the legislative, the executive, and the judicial. Article I of the Constitution sets out the…
Gov. Tim Walz announced today, Governor Walz Orders Third-Party Audit of Medicaid Billing at DHS:Governor orders pause on all payments for 14 DHS Medicaid services until audit is complete. The…
It’s no secret that national politics, spilling like an endless tsunami through our screens, have made family Thanksgivings increasingly awkward over the last decade. Sometimes, one question is worth asking…
A new video released today by Center of the American Experiment exposes the real environmental costs of wind and solar energy. Wind and Solar: Too Good To Be True? is a short…
In July, Metro Transit announced that it would “enhance service on more than 20 routes starting Saturday, Aug. 16, as access to transit continues to expand across the region.” But expanding…
With 76 defendants, and counting, the wheels of justice continue to grind on in the Feeding Our Future scandal. A preview of November: November 5: Defendant No. 38, Khadar Adan,…
Welcome back to the American Experiment Podcast! This week, Grace and Kathryn are back to dive into the latest Minnesota news, starting with Kristi Noem and ICE visiting Minneapolis. Next,…
From a press release issued today, Attorney General Ellison sues Trump administration for illegally suspending SNAP benefits Officially, the federal government is shut down, deprived of any authority to spend…
The National Center for Energy Analytics released a report this month that evaluates each state’s financial assurances required for decommissioning wind and solar facilities. Given the short lifespans of wind…
One of the consequences of the collapse of downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul is the rise of “suburban downtowns” elsewhere. The Star Tribune reports: The concept of a “suburban downtown”…
Marlon Irias-Duarte is our Minnesota Man of the Day. On Friday, Irias made a first appearance in federal court having been indicted back in May on a felony count of…
In an October 14 Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) school board meeting, the board voted to pass a resolution that formally requested Superintendent Dr. Lisa Sayles-Adams to provide recommendations regarding, in…
Minnesota’s oldest ju-jitsu school World of Self Defense is a ju-jitsu “dojo” located a few blocks west of the Veterans Administration Hospital in South Minneapolis. It’s a second-generation martial arts school…
The federal government shutdown has had an air of unreality about it for most people up until now, but that could be about to change. Today, the Department of Agriculture…
BREAKIING NEWS: From the New York Post, 29-year-old anarchist arrested for alleged $45K hit on Pam Bondi: FBI. It looks like I’m going to need to launch an “Area Man” series alongside…