The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed some state policies in urgent need of reform. In the field of healthcare, two stand out. First, Minnesota should join the national Nurse Licensure Compact.…
Every year American Experiment produces a report on Minnesota’s economy. The report analyzes how Minnesota’s economy is doing both in historical terms and compared with other states. In recent years,…
The largest electric grid operator in the United States is scrambling to ensure it has enough coal for the winter in an attempt to prevent a repeat of the devastating…
Campaign features high cost of bacon, gasoline and home heating Center of the American Experiment today launched a public awareness campaign about the rising costs of everyday items like gasoline,…
Lack of high-quality affordable childcare is one of the biggest issues facing Minnesotans and the country as a whole. Parents in Minnesota pay some of the country’s highest costs for…
Minneapolis has now had four ranked-choice voting (RCV) elections and some patterns are emerging. The Nov. 2 general election was the fourth since 2009 to use the method, also known…
The press is bending over backward today to provide context to the number of people dying from COVID who are fully vaccinated. They provided no such context last year when…
In April, Minnesotans breathed a sigh of relief when numbers for the 2020 census showed that our state would not lose one of its eight congressional seats after all. But…
London-area shoppers received an unpleasant surprise after a Tesla ran out of battery in a parking ramp and trapped cars for three hours. Frustrated drivers took to social media to…
Last week, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm was asked if the United States could boost oil production to help keep gasoline prices in check. Prices have risen to $3.50…
A popular narrative around the state Capitol is that Gov. Tim Walz is politically vulnerable on the crime issue because of his weak response to the riots last year, but…
Emmet Penney, the Nuclear Barbarian wrote a great piece at his Substack this week. I’ve reproduced it below. Click here to subscribe to his newsletter. It occurred to me, as…
Labor market KNSI: How Will the Vaccine Mandate Impact an Already Tight Labor Market? KSTP: DEED reports highest number of job openings in at least 20 years Star Tribune: Study…
Todd Royal is the co-author (with Ron Stein) of the book Clean Energy Exploitations: Helping Citizens Understand the Environmental and Humanity Abuses that Support “Clean” Energy. In this episode, Todd…
Just about everyone would consider registering a vehicle and obtaining a driver’s license from the Department of Vehicle Services an essential service. That explains why a few weeks after shutting…
Prior to the passing of rent control in the Twin Cities, American Experiment published a report detailing the harmful effects of rent control and why it should not be passed.…
Over the last few years, I have written a fair bit about the minimum wage hikes in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Simply put, all a minimum…
One of the most visible responses to the dramatic increase in violent crime in Minneapolis has been the city’s attempt to “interrupt” crime by hiring citizen groups to patrol the…
The state legislature is looking at spending $500 million on a “land bridge” over I-94 from Lexington Ave to the Capitol. $6.2 million has been tucked into the 2021 Tax Bill…
In the aftermath of the election last week, several drive-by news outlets ran stories about the poor performance of conservative “slates” of candidates in suburban school board races. As the…
Earlier today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the newest update on inflation for the month of October. According to the new numbers, over-the-year inflation, i.e., October 2020 to…
Policy fellow Isaac Orr recently joined Rob Mario on Eastern Panhandle Talk radio to discuss the findings of American Experiment’s study calculating the high cost of the Clean Electricity Performance…
One aspect of the rise in violent crime in the Twin Cities has been the increase in carjackings. On November 5, Kare 11 reported that Minneapolis has seen 457 carjackings…
While holding a press conference encouraging more parents to vaccinate their kids –– in light of the FDA’s decision to approve the Pfizer vaccine for kids aged 5 to 11…