People don't always respond to taxes the way policymakers want them to.
The news broke last Friday that Xcel Energy is proposing a massive 15.2 percent increase in their electricity prices to cover the company’s desire to spend $466 million over the…
Center of the American Experiment announced its work was recognized with two major awards, highlighting the nationwide impact of its research and advocacy. The awards were presented last week at…
Most citizens would be alarmed to learn how big of a problem cigarette smuggling represents in states with high cigarette taxes like Minnesota. Many realize the state’s taxes on cigarettes…
A deadly cold front recently swept through the Midwest, but thanks to nuclear energy, coal and natural gas, things did not turn out as badly as they could have. Most people stayed…
Hi All, I hope you’re getting outside today to enjoy the balmy 38! degree weather. If you’re out and about or walking the dog, here are two podcasts I appeared…
Professor Kathy Uradnik, from St. Cloud University, has bravely taken a stand to demand her First Amendment rights by asking the U.S. Supreme Court to end unfair laws that force…
Media Contact: Kim Crockett, Vice President and General Counsel [email protected] Direct: 612.584.4563 Mobile: 612.388.2820 Center of the American Experiment filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Uradnik…
The majority of the consequences of any act are unintended. When appraising a policy, we must look at the unintended consequences, not just the intended ones.
Could the Janus case restore civility to Minnesota’s politics and classrooms?
The current issue of the New Labor Forum includes a long column by Max Fraser, a left-winger who writes for publications like the Nation and Dissent and, improbably, is associated…
The law of the unintended but absolutely predictable consequences of government action has struck again on the Minnesota-Wisconsin border. Washington County authorities have charged two Illinois men with smuggling cigarettes…
Cigarette smuggling has soared since Minnesota imposed a $1.60 per pack excise tax increase in 2013, propelling the state to fifth highest for the crime in a new Tax Foundation…
Cigarette smuggling has soared since Minnesota imposed a $1.60 per pack excise tax increase in 2013, propelling the state to fifth highest for the crime in a new Tax Foundation…
Testimony and brief on Employee Freedom before Government Operations and Elections Policy Committee, House of Representatives on House File 3585 (specifically Article 2 on Fair Share and Dues Deduction) Written…
Keeping The Promise: Securing Retirement Benefits for Current and Future Public Employees | Minnesota’s public employee pension system is broken. The state’s...