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UMLC drills down on the governor’s authority to declare a state emergency.

On a bipartisan vote, the Minnesota Senate has protected an alternative pathway to teacher licensure and stopped a change to the state’s postsecondary enrollment options (PSEO) program that would have…

Coal may be a dirty word to climate zealots, but not in North Dakota. Not even in Washington, D.C., for those in the know, given the confirmation of significant reserves…

When the Senate DFL introduced a bill to expand the child and dependent care credit — SF 09, American Experiment provided written testimony opposing the bill. In the testimony, we argued…

Bob Dylan’s newest book speaks to the present through the songs of the past.

In 1983, a report by the United States National Commission on Excellence in Education sounded the alarm on the many failures in American education. Following the release of the report,…

Why Education Minnesota is the most systemically racist organization in the state.

Even in the face of a record-breaking budget surplus, Democrats continue to treat Minnesota businesses with contempt. The 2023 legislature will create new taxes, raise others and pile on job-crushing…

Catch up on the latest American Experiment events, initiatives, and policy work.

Teacher licensure exams take up the ‘equity’ cause.

Governor Walz needs to ban TikTok from state government devices. Governors across the country are taking steps to prevent TikTok from being used or downloaded on government-owned devices. TikTok poses…

They keep digging deeper. Bill Walsh posted his list of the top 10 bad things that happened at the state capitol last week. This week, he’s going to need a…

In an apparent attempt to confuse and mislead the public, Senate Democrat Leadership used last night’s floor debate on the omnibus education finance bill to vote both ways on language…

Dramatic declines in college admissions led the 2020 Minnesota Legislature to set a goal. The state looked to increase the number of financial aid applications (FAFSA) filed by high school…

The four-year graduation rate for Minnesota’s class of 2022 is up slightly from 2021, according to newly released data from the Minnesota Department of Education. At 83.55 percent, this is…

A line of credit has been added to the state parks’ budget bill to backstop initial construction costs at the proposed Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora. The Bismarck Tribune…

Minnesota’s new teacher licensing standards will require educators to ‘demonstrate’ ideological content.

Last week I noted that Minnesota is one of only 13 states not to have regained its pre-pandemic number of private sector jobs. This came after the state lost 5,700…

Tech giants from the left coast were big donors to state Democrats in this last election cycle. The names of some Silicon Valley heavyweights can be found among the big-dollar…

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about South Dakota’s relative economic success. What may have also struck you about that story is how badly the economy of North Dakota…

The Department of Human Services is the biggest consumer of the state’s budget — and it’s hungry for more.

American Experiment spurs stiffer restrictions against the Federal Reserve’s lobbying

The Minneapolis Police Department’s 3rd Precinct was overrun and set afire on Thursday, May 28, 2020, during the civil unrest that followed the death of George Floyd while in police…

There isn’t space in the newsletter to write about all the bad things that passed this week, so here are just ten things that happened this week in St. Paul…