Complaints from residents and businesses in downtown Fargo over vagrants, addicts and other public safety concerns have surged in recent years. As American Experiment noted, the backlash over the growing…
Great River Energy (GRE), which provides electricity to many of Minnesota’s Rural Electric Co-ops, is attempting to upgrade its 170 megawatt (MW) natural gas peaking plant in Cambridge, Minnesota, so…
The Fargo School Board recently made national headlines for a few hours by vowing to defy a new state law setting standards on how schools handle transgender students and related…
You’ve probably never heard of the American Governors’ Border Strike Force, but anyone who supports secure borders should salute them. The Biden administration’s open-border policy allowing millions of illegal aliens…
This week’s unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruling reining in the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulation of wetlands was hailed by North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as a victory for property owners,…
It was only a matter of time until the seemingly endless stream of illegal immigrants and human smugglers aiding and abetting them started probing the porous U.S. border with Canada.…
It’s hard to take the appointment of yet another government task force too seriously for anyone who’s been around long enough. So there may not have been high expectations for…
A lesson for state and local policymakers.
There is no question that the national push for educational freedom is really turning into a school choice revolution. As states across the country enact school choice programs for the…
Since when did it become the norm for libraries NOT to cordon off obscene and other obviously age-inappropriate materials from minors? It’s one of the obvious responsibilities certainly many parents…
Back in December 2021, I wrote about newly released Census Bureau data that showed that Minnesota lost a net 13,453 residents to other states in 2020-2021, the most in more…
Coal may be a dirty word to climate zealots, but not in North Dakota. Not even in Washington, D.C., for those in the know, given the confirmation of significant reserves…
Catch up on the latest American Experiment events, initiatives, and policy work.
A line of credit has been added to the state parks’ budget bill to backstop initial construction costs at the proposed Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora. The Bismarck Tribune…
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about South Dakota’s relative economic success. What may have also struck you about that story is how badly the economy of North Dakota…
The soon-to-be law would strip out-of-state parents of rights regarding their children who are seeking “gender-affirming” care in Minnesota. The state Senate is expected to take up and pass HF…
In December, I wrote that: From mid-2021 to mid-2022, 19,400 Minnesota residents left for other states, by far the highest number in at least three decades. This does not mean…
Ever since passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972, the Environmental Protection Agency has schemed to dramatically expand the agency’s grip on waterways, tributaries, wetlands and adjacent lands nationwide.…
Despite a $19 billion budget surplus, House Democrats are pushing a transportation bill that raises sales taxes in the metro area and adds a new fee for home deliveries from…
The term limits ballot measure passed by nearly two-thirds of North Dakota voters last year had hardly taken effect before legislators started messing with it. The constitutional amendment limits lawmakers…
Last week the Biden Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new rules on mercury that could jeopardize electric grid reliability in Minnesota and the rest of the 15-state Midcontinent Independent…
You still see a few folks wearing medical masks here and there, but they stand out like sore thumbs. Most people ditched the pandemic relics long ago. But there’s a…
We document more than $30 million flowing into Minnesota last year to support Democrats. If you’ve wondered why state Democrats are pursuing such a radical policy agenda, more befitting California…
Regulation CBS News: Push at State Capitol to end subminimum wage for people with disabilities Star Tribune: Counterpoint: Real equality recognizes differences InForum: Letter: By eliminating wages for the disabled,…