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Education Savings Accounts benefit students who need the most help.

Joe Biden just unveiled his $2 Trillion infrastructure plan — The American Jobs plan. Among other things, he is proposing to raise the federal corporate income tax rate to 28%.…

The future of a strong childcare industry after Covid in Minnesota lies in ensuring that the state does not go back to stringent rules that have contributed to a much…

According to Williamson Evers with the Independent Institute, there are similarities between school reopening efforts in post-Saddam Iraq and reopening schools in the United States during COVID-19. Hint: Both countries…

As reported in a February obituary, it took an old high school friend a few years to learn he liked working with his hands a lot more than wearing fancy…

New data from the IRS lets us see which states Minnesota has been losing residents and income to, and which states we have been gaining them from.

Authored by American University’s Seth Gershenson, "Great Expectations: The Impact of Rigorous Grading Practices on Student Achievement" investigates how the grading standards of an Algebra I teacher affect content mastery—as…

Texas, Florida, Arizona, North Carolina, and Georgia had the fastest growing populations in 2019. We might not be able to compete with some of these states in terms of the…

With 2020 upon us, I’d like to reflect back on 2019 because it was a banner year for energy and environmental issues here at Center of the American Experiment. Here…

A Worker’s Choice Act recently introduced in the House would give private sector employees in a unionized workplace freedom to independently negotiate their employment terms with their employer if they…

Listen up, bike lovers. You can now turn your leisure-time passion for cycling into a career at Minnesota State College-Southeast Technical (MSC) in Red Wing. The college has just enrolled…

Wind and solar are often touted as “clean” sources of energy, but the evidence showing that this simply isn’t true is mounting. From large landfills used to dispose of the…

There is big money behind promoting wind and solar power. After all, the only reasons people build wind turbines and solar panels are because of government subsidies, state-level renewable energy…

In the hunt for scarce labor, employers will face greater challenges. But workers will face increased opportunities. We should not be so quick to base state policy on tacking the…

The following article as written by Duggan Flanakin at CFACT.org: History was made in March when federal officials gave the green light for construction and operation of copper mines in…

The cold snap continues to be the gift that keeps on giving by exposing the weaknesses and  dangerous implications of over-reliance on renewable energy sources. American Experiment policy fellow Isaac…

The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) reported this week on voter fraud, reminding us on the eve of the 2018 mid-term why American citizens, and legal immigrants waiting to become…

Our friends at Intellectual Takeout, on Monday, republished an excellent recent article by Brittany Hunter of the Foundation for Economic Education: “When Sears Used the Market to Combat Jim Crow.”…

Farmers across Minnesota are now cast into regulatory uncertainty as the U.S. District Court in South Carolina ruled against the Trump administration's attempt to block the Obama-era Waters of the…

By driving out wealthy citizens, it results in a loss of net revenue for the state's coffers.

Recognizing that they likely cost tax revenue, states have been reducing or eliminating their estate taxes in recent years. The increase in the federal exemption in the Tax Cuts and…

There are an estimated 6,200 jobs in renewable energy in Minnesota. But these have come at the cost of higher energy prices for Minnesota's consumers. If they had that extra…

Taxpayers in high-taxing states are flocking to cheaper states. What does this mean for Minnesota? Join the Center at a lunch forum on Wednesday, February 21st, featuring economist and tax-reform…

Public views on K-12 education can inform future policies and should be considered to drive lasting improvement to the country’s education system. These views were recently captured in a report…