In January 2025, Center of the American Experiment partnered with Opportunity for All Kids (OAK) to raise awareness and support for legislation to create a $7,000 Education Savings Account (ESA)…
In the very first Capitol Watch email of 2026, we wrote: “If you want to know what Democrats and Republicans believe will be their best issues for the November election,…
With just seven days left in the 2026 session and no global agreement on budget targets, the House and Senate are stubbornly passing their own version of policy and spending…
Once again, not much happening at the Capitol this week, so we’ll focus on an important debate in the Senate over welfare and health care spending. To set the stage…
With four weeks left in the legislative session, here is a quick look at where the big issues stand. Committee deadlines have come and gone so activity will now be…
Capitol Watch normally refers to the Minnesota Capitol in St. Paul, but action taken this week by the U. S. Senate deserves our attention. A bill to reverse the ban…
The legislature returned to work on Tuesday after their Easter/Passover break. According to the Minnesota Constitution, they must adjourn on the first Monday after the third Saturday in May, which…
After 1,385 bill introductions, two-dozen press conferences, hundreds of committee meetings and 17 days of floor session, the 2026 Minnesota legislature has passed a grand total of three bills. The first…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
If you want to know what Democrats and Republicans believe will be their best issues for the November election, look no further than the beginning of the 2026 legislative session.…