In the spirit of Easter, we accept this cut to non-public schools. No more bus rides. No more counseling services. No more textbooks. On one condition:
Trade Star Tribune: In Minnesota’s soybean country, trade war with China hits hard Star Tribune: Eden Prairie firm was set to pay $18K in tariffs on its shipment from China.…
The list of highly promoted rollouts of state government websites that have crashed and burned over the years runs long. The disastrous 2013 MNsure website debut cost the executive director…
The Department of Energy has identified 16 potential sites owned or managed by the DOE for rapid data center construction alongside in-place energy infrastructure. However, it is important that the accompanying energy…
The COVID-19 pandemic and associated stay-at-home, social distancing, and cleaning orders dealt a heavy blow to the childcare industry. Family childcare providers, for instance, saw rising costs due to new…
The American Legislative Exchange Council released its fourth Energy Affordability Report this month, ranking the 50 states by the weighted average price of electricity. The results truly demonstrate the damage…
An October 2023 interview clip with state Attorney General Keith Ellison on WCCO radio resurfaces in the midst of a new Feeding Our Future scandal. The clip raises new questions…
Minnesota state Senator Melissa Wiklund (D-Bloomington) proposed an 11.1% increase in the state’s sick tax that hits all dental and medical patients. Every service and product paid for by health…
The West Central Tribune reported last week that a large solar farm proposed in Renville County is expected to be permitted by the end of the summer. The project, Gopher…
The Legislature is currently on break for Easter week. Meetings will resume next week, on Monday, at which point discussions on the budget will continue. While the session adjourns on…
For those following along at home, we break down the key players caught on the leaked audio recording of state Attorney General Keith Ellison’s meeting with figures linked to the…
Another leaked audio recording links Minnesota’s Attorney General Keith Ellison to the Feeding Our Future (FOF) scandal. This much earlier recording (June 2021) raises more questions about Ellison’s public statements…
American Experiment broke the story last week of an hour-long recording of Attorney General Keith Ellison meeting with participants in the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal. During the meeting Ellison…
The administration of MN Gov. Tim Walz went out of their way to praise the help given by Feeding Our Future (FOF), the free-food fraudsters, amidst the Afghan refugee crisis…
Economic growth Star Tribune: Minnesota stocks plummet as tariffs’ impact spooks consumers and companies Star Tribune: Minnesota company stocks tank amid larger market downturn Business Record: Economic indicators result in…
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how the growth rate of per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) can be broken down into the shares that come from growth…
The money and power wielded by the state's teachers' union is the reason we don’t have school choice in Minnesota. It's time to connect the dots between union dues, campaign…
Keith Ellison, Minnesota’s Attorney General, can clearly be heard pledging his support to individuals who would soon become his family’s campaign donors and later Feeding Our Future criminal defendants. His…
On this day 160 years ago, Confederate General in Chief Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia surrendered to the Union Army of the Potomac under the Commanding General of the United States Army, Ulysses S. Grant.…
The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) agreed to pay Center of the American Experiment $7,000 to settle a lawsuit over their failure to fulfill a data practices request. American Experiment…
“Downtown is back,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced on March 25. The trigger for this euphoria was the news that a new food hall was coming to the space on…
The U.S. is expected to see electricity demand increases of two percent annually and 50 percent by 2050, according to a new study commissioned by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association.…
Rep. Jeff Backer, Chairman of the Health Finance and Policy Committee in the Minnesota House, moved House File 2604, which would stop payments to managed care organizations (MCOs) that pay…
The Minnesota Office of Higher Education calls the free college tuition program initiated in 2024 to stave off the decline in admissions the North Star Promise. Not surprisingly, nearly 17,000…