In a July 10 Minnesota Star Tribune opinion piece, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN5) scolded fellow members of her state delegation who voted in favor of the One Big Beautiful Bill…
Why do Minnesota public school districts with declining enrollment see an increase in per-pupil revenue? Because under public school finance systems, “districts that lose students do not lose a proportional…
News broke earlier this week of Minneapolis “Highs” gang member Marquan Deshaun Tucker, 20, being charged for murdering a rival gang member in north Minneapolis in 2023. The real news…
A key figure in the free-food scandal will be up for sentencing next week, Thursday, July 17. Abdiaziz Shafii Farah was convicted on 23 counts (acquitted on 1) in the…
Rep. Kristin Robbins, Chair of the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee held, a hearing on Tuesday, July 8, to hear from the Department of Human Services…
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed into law on July 4, 2025. With it came sharp rollbacks of some Inflation Reduction Act tax credits but not others. There have…
While the rest of America celebrated Independence Day, the national teachers’ union conducted a day of business during its annual four-day Representative Assembly. This year, the meeting was held in…
A beautiful mid-summer day in Minnesota. But where is the wind? 3:00 p.m., 84 degrees, low humidity and no wind in my neck of the woods, so I thought it…
Former Education Minnesota President Denise Specht indirectly threw shade at American Experiment recently, writing in her last column for the union’s magazine Minnesota Educator that the union will continue “battling”…
A tale of two headlines. From Politico: Democrats retreat on climate: ‘It’s one of the more disappointing turnabouts’A changing political climate has California Democrats recalibrating on climate policies. From the…
There’s a pretty good federal parental choice provision in the Big Beautiful Bill that provides a tax credit for donations to scholarship-granting organizations. The tax credit, capped at $1,700, is…
In 1964, Lyndon Johnson was elected president with 61.1% of the popular vote, the highest share for any candidate since 1824. With this mandate, he enacted his Great Society program,…
Economic growth Kanabec County Times: Healthcare sector experiencing significant growth The Ely Echo: Ely Echo Editorial: Keep an eye on the numbers, Ely’s tourism economy far from booming Star Tribune:…
Vance Boelter appeared in federal court in St. Paul this afternoon for a hearing to evaluate whether there was probable cause to proceed with his federal case, and evaluate whether…
The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor last week found that a Maryland public school district violated the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause by refusing to let parents…
As the Wilson Tindi scandal unfolds, it seems that this convicted-felon, senior bureaucrat may not have undergone any background checks. Tindi is that convicted felon, registered sex offender, illegal alien…
It takes at least 18 months of combined education and work experience for a high school graduate to become a daycare teacher in Minnesota. Across the border in Wisconsin, it…
Center of the American Experiment has been nominated for the Bob Williams Award for Outstanding Policy Achievement for Best Issue Campaign. The nomination recognized American Experiment’s campaign earlier this year…
On July 1, Minnesota became the sixth state to allow motorcyclists to “lane split,” a practice that allows motorcyclists to split two lanes of traffic to pass slow or stopped…
The Trump administration’s increased efforts to oppose illegal immigration are being felt in Minnesota. Back in May, I wrote about an initiative of the U.S. Department of Justice to ramp…
In the 82nd episode of the American Experiment Podcast, Grace and Kathryn sit down to cover the news of the day before the 4th of July holiday! First, is patriotism…
Minnesotans by a wide margin support the Medicaid eligibility checks featured in the GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill.” In a recent poll of 500 Minnesotans conducted May 28-31 by the Center…
The deeper you dig into the backstory of the convicted sex felon turned senior state bureaucrat, the weirder it gets. [Update below!] In a well-written Exclusive Report, Alpha News brings…
All of Minnesota’s businesses should be paying less sales tax. One of the few things we know with reasonable certainty about the new state budget is that data centers will…