State and local taxes and spending Kanabec County Times: Where do your taxes go? The Ely Echo: City levy hike at 5.06 percent Rochester Post Bulletin: Letter: Another option for…
State and local taxes and spending Rochester Post Bulletin: 81% of Olmsted County homeowners will see their taxes go up in 2026. What are the options for relief? Pine Journal:…
On Monday, I wrote about the coming hikes to property taxes in Minnesota. What is causing this? Yesterday, I looked at the pressures coming from federal government action and what…
On October 16, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) released its annual Legislative Report highlighting 2024 crime data. The following is a short summary of the report focusing on…
Center of the American Experiment (CAE) joined the Minnesota Justice Research Center (MJRC) for a presentation to the Minneapolis City Council’s Public Health and Safety Committee on October 1. The joint…
Quite often, in recent years, as policymakers at state and local levels have pushed some wacky rail scheme, we at Center of the American Experiment have suggested buses as an…
State and local taxes and spending The Ely Echo: Ely school levy uncertain KROC: Minnesota Tax Revenues Exceed Forecast by 4.2% in August CNHI News: North Mankato to set preliminary…
Hennepin County Attorney’s new policy to decline charges stemming from some traffic stops and consent searches Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced Wednesday that, effective October 15, her office will…
In a press release issued today, the Acting U.S. Attorney for Minnesota, Joe Thompson, announced: Three Defendants Federally Indicted for Armed Robbery Spree That Shut Down Fairgrounds of the Minnesota…
In March, I wrote an article titled “Tanking commercial property values in downtown Minneapolis push up residential property taxes.” Across the Mississippi, Ramsey County Auditor Tracy West told the County…
One of the most common complaints about property taxes is that they function like a wealth tax, where the increase in the notional value of an asset — stocks or…
State and local taxes and spending KTTC: Digging Deeper: Rochester’s state aid shortfalls lead to rising taxes Ely Echo: County tax increase coming Duluth News Tribune: St. Louis County Board…
Property taxes are rising across Minnesota. Ramsey County officials are proposing increases in the property tax levy of 9.75% in 2026 and 7.5% in 2027. In Willmar, the preliminary 2026 property tax levy…
Photo Credit: MinnPost photo by Peter Callaghan. In May last year, I wrote about how: …the DFL, in scenes that would embarrass a banana republic, [rammed] through a 1,400 page Omnibus…
The DFL’s left and right go to war. On July 7, 1977, state DFL Rep. Phyllis Kahn from Minneapolis addressed a meeting at the Capitol’s State Office Building in St.…
He’s in the federal lockup at the Sherburne County jail awaiting trial on a federal felony charge. From the Minnesota Star Tribune: Restaurant owner in Lake Street raid spent weeks…
Derailed The fever for spending vast sums of taxpayer’s money on rail projects of dubious value which has afflicted policy makers in Minnesota in recent years seems to be breaking.…
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…
The manhunt that has taken place since early Saturday morning ended Sunday evening with the successful capture of Vance Luther Boelter, 57. Reports indicate that Boelter was located by trail…
Local media are digging into the newest Feeding Our Future scandal, the nonprofit New Vision Foundation of St. Paul. What went on behind the blue door? Keep in mind that…
There is a large clock that watches over the representatives in the Minnesota House, reminding them that they are always on deadline. As that clock ticked away toward sine die,…
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…
Gov. Walz was under the false impression that the rules don’t apply to him. Gov. Tim Walz added drama to the already-chaotic start of the 2025 legislative session when he…
On Tuesday, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter and Minnesota Wild owner Craig Leopold addressed the Senate Capital Investment Committee, seeking state funding for renovations to the Xcel Energy Center. The project…