A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the ridiculous proposal to impose a tax on unrealized capital gains in Minnesota. If the value of, say, the shares that an…
City officials for Minneapolis say 2023 was the most challenging year when it came to copper wire thefts. Copper thieves targeted street lights and electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, resulting…
Trooper Ryan Londregan made a first appearance in Hennepin County District Court today, in a very different atmosphere than officers who have recently faced charges in deadly use of force…
Here we go again. The congresswoman from Minnesota (representing the 5th district–Minneapolis and nearby suburbs) has stirred up another international controversy. And, as always, local media show little interest. [Update:…
They may be virtually powerless to stop Xcel Energy from forcing another high-voltage transmission line through their area, but that hasn’t stopped landowners from Marshall to Becker from trying to…
Over the last few weeks, I’ve written about how Minnesota and its neighbors have very different economic policies but very similar employment outcomes and how they have similarly high levels of what is…
North Dakota has joined a coalition of 25 Republican-led states coming to the defense of Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s escalating standoff with the Biden administration over the state’s effort to…
Robert Bryce has a new five-part docuseries: Juice: Power, Politics, & The Grid is coming out on January 31, 2024. All five episodes of the series will be released on January 31,…
Labor market Willmar Radio: Minnesota unemployment rate dips below 3% Lakes Area Radio: December Employment Numbers For Minnesota Released Duluth News Tribune: Unusually warm December caused job market changes in…
I’ve written a lot about the increasingly large body of empirical evidence on the positive effects school choice programs have on student achievement — for both the students who participate…
Are you one of those people who check the box every year on your taxes to designate $5 to the political party of your choice, only to wonder how that…
As we enter a major election year, I look back on the most recent campaign finance cycle in Minnesota (2021-22), that saw Democrats enjoy a massive money advantage (2x to…
In response to murder charges filed against Minnesota State Trooper Ryan Londregan, a local non-profit organization has laid down an incredibly pertinent challenge to those who suggest our law enforcement…
Of Minnesota’s many supposed “labor shortages,” one of the most pressing is the shortage of nurses. A recent op-ed in the Star Tribune argues: The reality is that Minnesota has…
A room full of farmers and other residents at a public meeting in Marshall this week let Xcel Energy know they want nothing to do with the utility’s latest proposed…
But the globe-trotting adventures of guilty plea No. 13 have been extended for another month. Earlier this week, a federal judge in Minneapolis denied the overseas travel request of Ahmed…
One of the strangest and most disturbing political trends in recent years has been the enthusiastic embrace by many on the “left” of the most putrid racial politics long associated…
American Experiment Policy Fellow Isaac Orr appeared on the Power Hungry Podcast with Robert Bryce to discuss the work he and Mitch Rolling are doing to calculate the cost of…
Last week Gov. Tim Walz announced that a record 146,445 people signed up to buy health insurance through MNsure during the annual open enrollment period that ended on January 15.…
On this weeks DC EKG podcast, Peter Nelson takes a deep dive into recent actions from the Biden administration on Medicaid and insurance Exchanges.
Charging Decision Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced today that her office had filed charges against Minnesota State Trooper Ryan Londregan who shot and killed Ricky Cobb II during an…
It’s National School Choice Week — the annual celebration of effective K-12 education options and the school choice policies that allow families the opportunity to access the learning environment that…
Isaac Orr was on the Jon Justice Show today to talk about Xcel Energy’s Time of Use Rates. Enjoy!
One of the first murders recorded in Minneapolis in 2024 featured a gruesome twist. You probably saw the headlines; a local realtor, preparing a vacant house for a showing, discovers…