New data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) today shows that, in the first quarter of 2019, Minnesota had the 36th fastest growing economy out of the 50 states…
The Star Tribune recently ran a piece announcing that Xcel Energy CEO Ben Fowke was the third-highest paid CEO in Minnesota in 2018 with a total pay of $26.2 million…
On second thought, maybe it’s not such a great idea to force St. Cloud property owners to spend thousands of dollars on a regulatory program with a catchy title but…
American Experiment leaves an imprint in St. Paul.
Amtrak prepares to soak Minnesota taxpayers.
Minnesota’s conservatives did quite well in the 2019 legislative session (read detailed report here). The legislature increased spending by six percent—too much, but less than it went up last year…
Want to predict the future political pulse of American voters? Look at Canada.
There is a pervasive fiction that solar is somehow lower cost than other sources of electricity and that this form of energy is competing on a level playing field with…
If you drive the Twin Cities freeways, you don’t need to read MnDOT’s annual report to know traffic congestion gets worse every year. But for the record, 2018 ranks as…
The national teachers’ union—the National Education Association—held its annual convention in Houston the beginning of July. This year, NEA delegates voted and approved new business items such as teaching the…
Black teacher attacked in the name of racial equity.
Strassel will keynote event.
Cold water on summer amusements.
What's going on at the Capitol?
The Center’s project plans new videos.
Will the utilities let Trump’s ACE rule help Minnesota’s miners and manufacturers?
We must judge public policies by their effects, not their intentions.
A win for home health care workers.
And that’s a problem.
Candace Owens uses social media to preach against victimhood.
Following a Star Tribune report of another whistleblower alleging misconduct and retaliation by leadership at the Minnesota Department of Human Services, John Hinderaker, President of Center of the American Experiment,…
There’s something you need to know about the doom and gloom surrounding the environment: most of it has no basis in reality. In fact, it seems like people who pretend…
The point should be about productivity.
There is real concern over the potential impacts the labor shortage could have on the construction industry. But there are six tips companies can take to “remedy” the construction labor…