Madam Speaker: Open Up the House The Minnesota House of Representatives locked the public out of the State Office Building back in March 2020 when the pandemic hit and to…
There’s growing momentum and pressure on the Met Council to not just audit what went wrong with the scandal-plagued Southwest Light Rail Transit, Line but to flat-out stop construction and…
House DFLers want to prohibit Minnesota State Colleges and Universities from requiring, requesting, accepting, or considering a student’s ACT or SAT test score for any purpose — including admissions, scholarships,…
This year’s celebration of effective K-12 education options available to students across the country holds new meaning for many families who are for the first time able to access the…
With a projected $7.7 billion surplus as well as $1.1 billion unspent federal funds, the biggest question in Minnesota’s upcoming legislative session will be how to spend those funds. Yesterday,…
With renewed calls for Hennepin County Sheriff Dave Hutchinson to resign because of his dangerous DWI incident last month, let’s take a look back at how he ascended into the…
The Fed’s lobbying for the Page Amendment undermines its independence.
The cost, size and scope of Minnesota state and local government continues to balloon year after year, with no end in sight. Indeed, DFL legislators stand ready to further expand…
What can a bad beer pour teach us about energy policy? A lot, actually.
John Thompson, still in the legislature, continues to owe $2,700 in outstanding court fines.
The $2 billion Southwest Light Rail Transit Line is the most expensive public works project ever undertaken in Minnesota. Besides that, it also holds the potential to be the state’s…
When Minnesota’s blockbuster surplus of $7.7 billion for the FY 2022-23 biennium was announced on December 7, the DFL did a victory dance. Gov. Tim Walz, Lt. Gov. Flanagan, and…
On Dec. 7, the Minnesota Management and Budget announced that Minnesota was expecting a $7.7 billion surplus for the 2022-2023 biennium. $3.1 billion of that is leftover money from the…
Last week, Minnesota Management & Budget announced a forecast surplus of $7.746 billion for Fiscal Year 2022-23. The DFL was quick to take the credit: But the argument that wise state…
Yesterday, American Experiment discussed how Rep. Hornstein wishes to increase the tax on gasoline as a way of disincentivizing people from driving. He also advocated for other controversial policies, like…
Gasoline prices in Minnesota are the highest they’ve been since the Obama administration. Despite these rising prices, State Representative Frank Hornstein (D) wants to increase the gas tax to discourage…
Minneapolis has now had four ranked-choice voting (RCV) elections and some patterns are emerging. The Nov. 2 general election was the fourth since 2009 to use the method, also known…
Controversial Minnesota State Representative John Thompson (D-St. Paul) has fallen out of the news lately, but remains a sitting member of the state’s legislature. In his last media appearance he…
On Election Day 2021, the voters of Minneapolis rejected a proposed charter amendment which would have eliminated the city’s police department and replaced it with a public safety agency. Fox 9 reports:…
Legislators’ rush to revise deadly force law backfires.
What can a bad beer pour teach us about energy? A lot, actually. Minnesota Senator Tina Smith (D) has been a leading proponent of the Clean Electricity Performance Program (CEPP)…
Most of the media coverage of the resistance to Gov. Tim Walz’s controversial mandate for thousands of state employees to be vaccinated or tested in order to keep their jobs…
State senator supports legislation that earns herself millions.
A gunfight broke out in a bar on St. Paul’s popular West 7th Avenue in the early hours of Sunday morning leaving 14 people injured and 27-year-old Marquisha Wiley dead. So far, this…