Critics of charter schools often state that these schools hurt traditional school districts by “draining” and “funneling” money and resources away from them. But do they? A new report by…
Good News/Bad News in Budget Forecast The state released the February budget forecast Friday, setting the stage for negotiations on the next two-year budget. The good news? The forecast predicts…
Blackouts occurred in Texas and other parts of the country in February 2021. Why? It’s happening because of a complex, market-distorting (and ridiculous) system of having electricity producers bid to…
There is no other group in Minnesota that is more vulnerable than the elderly–people aged 65 and over account for about 15% of the total population in Minnesota, yet they…
(Golden Valley, MN) Center of the American Experiment today urged Gov. Tim Walz to immediately drop his proposals for tax increases totaling over $1.6 billion for the next biennium in…
Election judges perform a vital, if often overlooked, oversight role in ensuring the integrity of elections. But the League of Minnesota Cities (LMC), a powerful, left-leaning lobbying group, wants lawmakers…
Tax rates matter. They play a big role in how competitive a state economy is in relation to other states. Higher tax rates not only penalize hard working individuals, families…
The U.S. Department of Education announced on Monday that states will have to administer their annual standardized tests this school year. Paired with the testing requirement is additional flexibility though,…
A militant new secular student faith.
How Minneapolis voluntarily relinquished its streets to a mob of vandals, thieves and arsonists
A new bill introduced in the Minnesota Senate will allow a physician not licensed in Minnesota to provide telehealth services in Minnesota.
We’re still unraveling what happened in Texas to cause rolling blackouts for millions of people. One of the most interesting pieces I’ve seen on the power outages is from Dr.…
Rent control disincentivizes investing in the maintenance of existing housing units. It also discourages investment in the production of new housing. Ultimately, this hurts low-income individuals the most in the…
President Biden remarked in January that his administration is “letting science speak again.” But with Biden’s team recently walking back his pledge to reopen a “majority” of schools by the…
Residents in Texas are reporting enormous electric bills, some as high as $7,000 to $17,000, due to a surge in electricity demand for home heating during last week’s polar vortex.…
According to the CDC, COVID-19 deaths in the first half of 2020 as well as deaths from other causes that accompanied the pandemic, like overdoses, cut life expectancy by 1…
One of the most dramatic shifts in student enrollment occurred in Rochester, where parents have been particularly outspoken about their dissatisfaction with the district's reliance on distance learning over a…
On Feb. 18, 2021, Commissioner John Tuma of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) called out grid operators in Texas for failing to plan for winter weather. As reported by KTTC,…
“Think about it” statewide radio and digital ads will challenge Walz budget, COVID decisions Center of the American Experiment this week launched a statewide radio and digital ad campaign titled…
Hundreds of Minnesotans have called WCCO because they are worried that they may see skyrocketing electricity and natural gas bills like those experienced in Texas. Center of the American Experiment…
Minneapolis funding bill stalls in House A bill failed on the floor of the House this week. This shouldn’t be newsworthy, except for the fact that once a bill makes…
The following article was co-written by Jason Hayes and Isaac Orr. It originally appeared in The Hill: Rolling blackouts have hit millions of Texans and people across the Great Plains, including Missouri, Kansas and…
Numerous factors–like seasonality, herd immunity, less testing–can explain the trend for declining COVID-19 cases. What is, however, not a contender as a possible explanation for falling cases nationwide is COVID-19…
The Duluth Entertainment Convention Center already stands to collect a probable $500,000 in federal pandemic aid, as well as an undetermined amount of additional federal financial help under a catch-all…