The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently completed a study of 2024 enrollment data and found $14 billion wasted on Medicaid enrollees who were already covered by another…
An unambiguous sentence On October 16, 1989, Olmsted County District Court Judge Ancy Morse pronounced the following sentence upon David Brom, who had been convicted of killing his parents and…
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.…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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 broad swath of issues shaping our politics — and our country. In 2018, the two Minnesota Congressional Districts with the highest median household incomes — the 2nd and 3rd…
Gov. Walz needs to drop the comedy routine and make Minnesota competitive again. In late May, while he was embarking on his national town hall tour, Gov. Tim Walz needled…
An American Experiment policy fellow shares her expertise with the WMC. The Women’s Mining Coalition (WMC) was founded by three female geologists in 1993 to explain the importance of modern,…
Minnesota is a state divided — more and more straight down the middle. In recent years, many observers have said that our politics are becoming more polarized, with voters gravitating…
Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough decided on Thursday to reject key Medicaid provisions in the GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill” (BBB) in a move that could end up costing taxpayers hundreds of…
Since President Trump began his second term back in January, the state’s Attorney General seems obsessed with stopping his agenda, and little else. Since the start of Trump’s new term…
With the 2025 legislative session finally in the books, we humbly offer the final Capitol Watch of the season. They didn’t finish on time, but the legislature and Gov. Tim…
In the latest episode of the American Experiment Podcast, Grace, Kathryn, and Bill sit down to STOP THE TAPE on the special session at the Minnesota Capitol! As Democrats wept…
Three weeks past the deadline, Minnesota’s legislators finally passed a budget for the 2026-2027 biennium. Under this budget, the state government will spend $66.0 billion in the 2026-2027 biennium, down…
There will be a special session Monday to pass a two-year state budget. All four legislative leaders and Gov. Tim Walz signed off on a deal to pass 13 bills…
Minnesota legislative leaders and Governor Walz have come to an agreement to avoid a government shutdown. But we’ve been here before, only to have that deal announcement interrupted by a…
The One Big Beautiful Bill (HR1, aka OBBB), passed by the GOP-controlled U.S. House on May 22, 2025, significantly alters federal healthcare funding, impacting Minnesota’s health care system. This omnibus…
On June 16, just two weeks from now, Sen. Nicole Mitchell (DFL) is due to stand trial for burglary. As I noted in the Summer 2024 issue of our magazine…
Regulation Minnesota Reformer: Minnesota among the leaders as rideshare drivers seek more pay despite industry pushback Minnesota Reformer: ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ mostly benefits Minnesota’s wealthiest KTTC: Minnesota leaders shine light…
As of this Thursday, Minnesotans are free from California’s onerous electric vehicle mandate. The Senate on Thursday voted 51-44 to overturn the Biden administration’s approval of California’s Clean Air Act…
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,…