Private school, homeschool, and charter school parents are more satisfied with their children’s schooling experiences compared to public district school parents, according to EdChoice’s national 2021 Schooling in America survey…
England’s acceleration toward electric vehicles (EVs) is putting its electric grid at risk of blackouts. According to the Daily Mail, England will automatically shut off new electric vehicle charging stations…
Gov. Tim Walz has proclaimed this week as Small Business Week in Minnesota. The press release reads: From September 13 – 15th of this week, Commissioner Grove will be visiting…
Center of the American Experiment’s “Think About It” radio campaign won the State Policy Network’s Communication Excellence Award in the Bold Brand Boost Category last week at SPN’s annual meeting…
Three unions that always have DFL Gov. Tim Walz’s political back have left the governor out on a limb when it comes to rank-and-file support for his vaccine mandate for…
The following piece was written by Robert Bryce, and it originally appeared in Forbes. Back in December, after Congress passed the 5,593-page Covid relief and spending bill, the longest bill…
For students in school today, September 11, 2001 is history. But the day that forever changed America is not included in Minnesota’s K-12 social studies standards. It used to be…
The decline of the American college is undeniable. Once considered a way to grow and broaden your mind, higher education is now increasingly seen as ideologically one-sided, promoting a single…
The following article was written by Emmet Penney and it appeared in The Kernal: In April, the Department of Energy announced the availability of $8.25 billion in loans for electrical transmission projects.…
State and local taxes and spending KAAL TV: Gov. Walz announces allocation of $103 million of federal money Brainerd Dispatch: Area cities receive DEED grants Star Tribune: Minnesota keeps top…
On Thursday, President Joe Biden issued an executive order requiring all employers with 100 workers or more to “ensure their workforce is fully vaccinated.” This is yet the country’s most…
EdChoice’s “2021 Schooling in America” survey gives insight into parents’ reasons for choosing a school. The survey polled a national sample of parents from June 14-July 8, 2021 and asked…
There was a time back in 2014 when the idea of roads paved with solar panels was all the rage. An article in Interesting Engineering retells the history of the…
Even though both theory and evidence show that rent control is bad public policy, Minneapolis’ city council continues to pursue it as a solution to the city’s shortage of affordable…
As the new school year starts, schools are facing what has been a familiar issue to most businesses over the last couple of months — a worker shortage. School districts in…
Minnesotans who participated in the 2021 House of Representatives State Fair Poll support funding students over systems. Polltakers were asked: “Should a school voucher system be established whereby the state…
The Mankato school district already requires students and staff for grades K through 8 to wear protective masks on school grounds. The school board imposed the mandate on the basis…
The California grid operator, the California Independent Systems Operator (CAISO), has declared an electric grid reliability emergency and is asking the federal Department of Energy to suspend air-pollution rules for…
Back in December of 2016, American Experiment hosted an event with Heather Mac Donald titled “The War on Cops.” Since then, things have escalated. We’ve continued to stay on top…
During a press conference on Tuesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed what most people have been suspecting for a while — the COVID-19 virus might be here to stay. “I…
In a little-noticed development recently the Biden administration signaled it will not challenge one of Donald Trump’s signature environmental policies announced days before the 2020 election — the removal of…
Despite growing evidence over the years that a one-size-fits-all education system cannot — and does not — meet the needs of all students, Democratic leaders have largely opposed efforts to…
This morning, the Biden administration announced that it is seeking to have 45 percent of the nation’s electricity generated by solar panels by the year 2050. To put it kindly,…
In June, a bill passed in St. Paul waiving taxes owed on 2020 unemployment benefits and, something we argued for, payroll loans. Incredibly for a state government that is so…