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Blueprint helps frame the State's Major Policy debate.

There’s a border battle going on between Minnesota and Wisconsin, a battle between the policies advanced by Gov. Mark Dayton and Gov. Scott Walker. The two states have long shared…

Center of the American Experiment holds Met Council accountable.

Stars begins to align for real educational choice.

Do Minnesotans move to escape the estate tax? The weight of the evidence points to a strong yes.

It's the new religion, and it's the new home of the entire liberal agenda.

Minnesota is NOT keeping the Pension Promise.

I am attending a conference this week at State Policy Network (SPN) in the wonderful city of Grand Rapids, Michigan.  During the Q&A on a panel about how to reach…

On Monday I took a short drive to Becker, Minnesota to testify before the House Job Growth and Energy Affordability Committee at a special session on the federal Clean Power Plan and…

Did you know there are almost 312,000 active public employees in Minnesota contributing to a public pension fund and over 202,000 retirees, survivors and disabled people relying on a pension check? That is…

We now have an idea of how three of the seventeen or so Republican candidates would move beyond Obamacare.  Gov. Bobby Jindal, Sen. Marco Rubio and, most recently, Gov. Scott Walker have all outlined in…

The 'State of Prosperity' delivers a statewide survey.

Bigger government = smaller citizens. Just look at Minnesota.

The Minnesota Policy Blueprints exerts wide and deep influence in the deliberations of the 2015 legislature.

The Young Leaders Council develops the next generation of Minnesota’s conservative leaders.

The Center's founder recalls the Center's earliest days, its ongoing triumphs, its occasional challenges, then looks to the future.

Over 25 years, Center of the American Experiment has evolved into a creative architect of market-based policy ideas. And the best is yet to come.

Good news from the Supreme Court today: If you like your health care subsidies, you can keep them. If you like limited government and the separation of powers, you are…

Today the Supreme Court held federal tax credits to fund health insurance coverage will continue to flow through thefederal health insurance exchange.  The holding cements the ACA as the law…

As lawmakers reopen and reconsider the three bills Governor Dayton vetoed last week, a seemingly innocuous energy provision in the Jobs and Energy bill needs to be removed.  Leaving it…

Over the summer and into the fall of 2014, American Experiment released a wide ranging set of policy recommendations for state lawmakers.  We call it the Minnesota Policy Blueprint: Prescription for…

House GOP plan would redesign Minnesota’s energy-efficiency program to save jobs, money. Electricity used to be cheaper in Minnesota than elsewhere, which gave energy-hungry Minnesota businesses a much-needed competitive advantage.…

The Minnesota House passed their omnibus tax bill yesterday and the Senate revealed their tax bill in committee on Tuesday.  So, the positions for all sides in the negotiations over taxes are…

The February Budget and Economic Forecast delivered the final budget projections lawmakers need to set their budget targets.  The forecast shows Minnesota will spend $39.300 billion in the current 2014-15…