We hit 1,000 habeas corpus cases in Minnesota (for 2026) back on February 25. In the almost three weeks since, we have managed to inch up to only 1,081 (to…
While there are myriad harms associated with allowing students to access their personal digital devices in the classroom, the use of digital learning technology in the classroom might be a…
On Wednesday evening March 11th, 2026, at about 9:30 pm, Rochester Police fatally shot a man who reportedly grabbed an officer’s gun while being detained for a mental health hold.…
The two parties in St. Paul have very different priorities this session. For Republicans, the focus is “affordability;” for the DFL, it is gun control and immigration. Part of the…
In the contest between tornados and solar power farms, tornados remain undefeated. From Indiana’s WSBT-22, Severe storms, suspected tornado damages solar farm, structures in Jasper County. The station reports from…
Governor Walz has responded by aggressively restricting the flow of money to these drivers, Minnesota Rep. Sydney Jordan is carrying a bill to increase the money paid per mile to…
The Minnesota House Education Finance Committee held a hearing Tuesday (March 10) on H.F. 3490, which would opt Minnesota into a new federal education tax-credit program that allows scholarship-granting organizations…
Approvals are 24% above the forecast rate A month ago, citing data over its first four weeks of operation, I noted that approvals for Minnesota’s Paid Family and Medical Leave…
It was a “strategic mistake” for Europe to “turn its back on a reliable, affordable source of low-emissions power.” That’s Bloomberg quoting the President of the European Commission, Ursula von…
Simply hiding the entire statewide Medicaid system under a governor-controlled bureau in Saint Paul, driven by a new website, will just make things worse.
Disregarding the 1 percent hike already enacted by the 2023 legislature, a new bill, SF 2621, and its House companion, HF 3279, will ask voters to amend the constitution and…
Welcome back! This week on the American Experiment Podcast… This week, Kathryn and Bill kick things off with the DFL’s new proposal to tax ICE agents who worked in Minnesota.…
The U.S. House of Representatives Oversight committee has done America a favor by issuing a 53-page staff report last week on fraud in Minnesota welfare programs. The full report can…
Center of the American Experiment delivered a petition today to the office of Gov. Tim Walz signed by 4,617 Minnesotans urging him to opt-in to the new federal tax credit…
Energy and education top American Experiment’s legislative priority list for the 2026 session. With the legislature so closely divided and Democrats enjoying a 101-100 majority in the combined House and…
On March 1st, the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) released its annual report on the permit to carry firearms program in Minnesota. The report shows that legal gun owners who…
On this day in 1776, Adam Smith published “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.” It was one of the most revolutionary products of a…
A Twin Cities charter school chain has until March 13 to prove financial solvency or face closure. Seven Hills Preparatory Academy, a K-8 classical charter with campuses in Burnsville and…
State and local taxes and spending Star Tribune: Minnesota’s looming budget deficit now is a surplus but uncertainty remains Minnesota Reformer: Minnesota’s budget outlook improves CBS News: Minnesota’s latest economic…
If all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail, as the old saying goes. As I wrote yesterday: The DFL has been casting around for an…
An incident yesterday morning in downtown Minneapolis illustrates the destructive results of allowing years of anti-police rhetoric to become normalized in much of the metro area. Hennepin County Sheriff’s deputies…
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, now aged 20, made his first appearance yesterday in federal court, charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. For now, Ibrahim is being held…
President Trump announced today that Homeland Security Secretary Krist Noem would be stepping down from her post at the end of March. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R – Oklahoma) was named…
Yesterday, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) introduced HF3415 in the Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee. The bill as originally introduced would have inappropriately restricted Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents…