'Magical thinking' is where we say something is true not because we know it to be true but because we want it to be true. While this might make us…
Apparently the staff at City Hall didn’t get St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter’s memo on cancelling the annual July 4 fireworks show due to budget concerns. Columnist Joe Soucheray, a…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
At American Experiment, we aim to play a constructive role in Minnesota’s marketplace of ideas and public policy. To do that the Center communicates its message statewide in an increasing…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
I am not at all unsympathetic to hungry kids if they have incompetent and/or neglectful parents. But this is not a proper expenditure or activity for any public school. Period.…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Gov. Dayton's veto of the tax bill means higher taxes and more complexity for Minnesotans next tax season. He will have left office by then, but, as you're struggling with…
Superintendent Joe Gothard said in an interview that he was unaware of the audit when he picked Dutrieuille as principal of the grades K-8 Hazel Park Preparatory Academy on the…
Something apparently went wrong when new St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter hit the reset button on the city’s IT department upon taking office. It seems employees in the Office of…
There is a persistent notion among supporters of minimum wage hikes that they represent a ‘free lunch’. They argue that big businesses, awash with cash, are paying their workers less…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
That didn’t take long. Governor Dayton’s weekend veto of legislation to put more teeth into the law to punish protesters who shut down highways and transit lines already appears to…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
It is outrageous that a governor would subject children to his political temper tantrum. Citizens must object to this injection of partisan politics in our K-12 taxpayer supported schools. Dayton…
The passage of the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December, the biggest overhaul of the tax code in more than three decades, offered Minnesota an opportunity to look…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Dayton is campaigning hard for $138 million “emergency” school funding but he might just settle for more pre-K funding instead. The governor has, in the past, successfully expanded pre-K programs…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
In Fall 2017, the Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR) sent letters to 43 school districts and charter schools across the state, announcing that they are under investigation for racial…
The Congressional Budget Office's forecasts for federal finances make for grim reading and it is out of control entitlement spending which is to blame.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.