Large businesses in Saint Paul are already paying their workers at least $15ph and raising the city's minimum wage has always been about raising costs for the city's small businesses.…
The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) reported this week on voter fraud, reminding us on the eve of the 2018 mid-term why American citizens, and legal immigrants waiting to become…
I’d say Happy Halloween, but the increasing cost of electricity is downright frightening. Minnesota’s electricity prices have been skyrocketing, largely because our state has squandered $15 billion on wind turbines…
This morning, I appeared on Kerri Miller's show on MPR and was asked how long businesses could get away with citing uncertainty as a reason for their lack of investment.…
Last night, Policy Fellow Isaac Orr appeared at the Theater of Public Policy held at Bryant Lake Bowl in Minneapolis. The Theater, run by Tane Danger, has a policy purpose…
A group that opposes the proposed Twin Metals copper nickel mine in northern Minnesota has released a new ad endorsing Tim Walz for Governor. This doesn't necessarily mean Walz opposes…
The Star Tribune’s Erin Golden, who covers the education and teachers’ union beat, wrote an article about how the union is aggressively asking teachers to vote and encourage their students…
It light of the darkness of Pittsburgh last Saturday, a hard question: How do Americans in the main really feel about Jews? A perhaps surprising but reassuring answer: Americans feel…
Negative political messaging has dominated the television ad space for the past several months, often evoking a visceral response of changing the channel whenever possible. So, why the pervasiveness of…
If we can keep a growing economy with rising demand for labor and increased wages, the 'labor shortage' might be a nice problem to have.
Environmental groups may pay lip service to "environmental justice" in low-income communities, but these communities are being hoodwinked by the environmentalists who will make it harder for low-income families to…
John Lundy of the Duluth News Tribune wrote a misleading article about American Experiment’s mining rally in Duluth on Monday, October 22nd at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center. In the…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
There may be hope for the Duluth City Council after all. Days after council members impotently stood by while a mob of masked and screaming protesters shut down a meeting…
Minnesota’s most vulnerable population has been exposed to a data breach at the state agency that is supposed to guard their privacy and well-being. According to a letter mailed to…
I can't say that a place with multicolored cleaning goo is more colorful than one where Richard Pryor hung out with George Carlin and The Pointer Sisters, but in an…
The Polymet mining project took one more step toward a final decision on whether the company will be able to begin developing some of Minnesota’s massive copper, nickel, platinum, and…
Minnesotans aren’t as liberal as many think.
How the Center fortifies a long-term defense against the winds of silliness.
Shannon Full, president/CEO at the TwinWest Chamber of Commerce, address the skills gap.
Rebekah Hagstrom responds to violence in our schools.
Unions try—and fail—to disrupt an event.
Architect of Britain’s Brexit movement will keynote annual dinner
How teachers can get a refund for their PAC ‘contributions.’