From KARE-11, After weeks of gridlock, Inspector General bill to fight fraud finally advances in Minnesota House. You may recall that a similar bill, to create an office of inspector…
Will progress be made on repealing the ban on new nuclear power plants? Fox-9 reported earlier this week, MN lawmakers look to expand nuclear power in push for carbon-free energy.…
How the DFL “trifecta” made Minnesota less affordable One of the ways the DFL’s “historic” trifecta of 2023 hit Minnesotans in the pocket was by hiking car tab fees. This…
On Tuesday, the Senate Health and Human Services Committee heard SF 4324, a bill that would revise childcare licensing standards in Minnesota. I testified in favor of several provisions in…
Center of the American Experiment public safety policy fellow David Zimmer testified Tuesday in support of SF 3347, where it received a hearing in the Senate State and Local Government…
Welcome back! This week on the American Experiment Podcast… This week we’re breaking down Governor Walz’s supplemental budget proposal, the truth behind Steve Simon’s voter registration claims, and a new lawsuit challenging Paid Family Leave. On the back…
A couple of weeks ago, I submitted testimony to the House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee in support of HF 4111. Below is an edited version of my remarks. The…
American Experiment Economist Martha Njolomole has all the details on Governor Tim Walz’s supplemental budget proposal this week: On March 17, Governor Walz unveiled his supplemental budget for the next four years.…
At the state capitol, efforts to repeal the ban on new nuclear power plants appears to be picking up momentum. From the left-leaning news website Minnesota Reformer, With 2040 carbon-free…
On March 17, Governor Walz unveiled his supplemental budget for the next four years. With a mix of tax increases, spending hikes, and spending cuts, the net impact of the…
This week Democrats in the Minnesota Senate spent almost four hours debating a bill to allocate $40 million for rental assistance to poor families (less than 200% of the federal…
The two parties in St. Paul have very different priorities this session. For Republicans, the focus is “affordability;” for the DFL, it is gun control and immigration. Part of the…
The Minnesota House Education Finance Committee held a hearing Tuesday (March 10) on H.F. 3490, which would opt Minnesota into a new federal education tax-credit program that allows scholarship-granting organizations…
Disregarding the 1 percent hike already enacted by the 2023 legislature, a new bill, SF 2621, and its House companion, HF 3279, will ask voters to amend the constitution and…
Energy and education top American Experiment’s legislative priority list for the 2026 session. With the legislature so closely divided and Democrats enjoying a 101-100 majority in the combined House and…
If all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail, as the old saying goes. As I wrote yesterday: The DFL has been casting around for an…
Yesterday, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) introduced HF3415 in the Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee. The bill as originally introduced would have inappropriately restricted Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents…
Center of the American Experiment launched a grassroots advertising campaign today urging the legislature to repeal Minnesota’s Renewable Energy Standard (RES) and end the moratorium on expanding nuclear energy in…
Minnesota ranks as the #22 highest-priced state for electricity in America. That means most states have lower electricity prices than Minnesota. That’s one of the many facts on energy affordability…
As we reported in last week’s Capitol Watch, Democrats in St. Paul are attempting to make the 2026 session about Operation Metro Surge and ICE. The numbers from our recent Thinking…
According to Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB), the budget surplus for the current biennium — 2026-27— has grown by over $1 billion since November. Assuming no spending this session, this…
A bill that would remove the longstanding requirement for school district referendums to include clear ballot language informing voters that a “yes” vote authorizes a property tax increase is being…
2025 On May 8, 2025, the Senate DFL announced: The Minnesota Senate passed bipartisan legislation creating an independent Office of the Inspector General Thursday, establishing a new state office to protect public money in…
The much-anticipated “assault weapons ban” was introduced yesterday in the Minnesota House Public Safety Policy and Finance Committee. The measure was defeated on a straight 10-10 party-line vote, which effectively prevents…