The War on Fun continues in Minnesota, as state health officials nixed a plan that would have allowed families to enjoy a drive-in-movie and a meal at Birch’s On the…
Gov. Tim Walz and his administration finally have to come to terms with the somber new fiscal reality for state government given the newly announced forecast of a $2.4 billion…
A small town in Southwestern Minnesota has decided enough is enough. Last night, the Lakefield City Council voted to take a stand against Gov. Tim Walz’s stay-at-home order and temporary…
Minnesota has the highest percentage of deaths tied to long-term care facilities as a share of total state deaths attributed to Covid-19 according to currently available date from 30 states…
Center of the American Experiment has been reporting on a developing story where environmental activist groups like the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA) and the Land Stewardship Project (LSP)…
Tens of thousands of Minnesotans are being economically crushed by the Coronavirus shutdown. For seeking practical solutions - which accord with Gov. Walz' stated wishes - they should not be…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
As Minnesota meets the goals set by Gov. Tim Walz when he extended the shutdown on April 8, does his new justification for extending it again make sense? Yesterday, Gov.…
News outlets like National Geographic and CNN are running stories talking about how Coronavirus-related economic shutdowns are resulting in better air quality in some cities around the world. While cities…
For the past couple of weeks, American Experiment staffers’ inboxes have been flooded with Minnesotans telling us how Governor Walz’s stay-home order has destroyed their finances, hurt their mental health,…
Today, Gov. Tim Walz held a press conference to let the state know the next step for the stay-at-home order. Minnesota’s stay-at-home order which was expected to expire on May…
Gov. Tim Walz has ordered the state's public K-12 schools to stay closed for the rest of the academic year, but new guidance from state officials will allow the schools…
In a recent press conference, Gov. Walz said: “I’ve said from the very beginning of this, sheltering in place til a vaccine comes is…is not sustainable.” He is right. Sen.…
Since April 10th when the original stay-at-home order was set to expire, 150,669 Minnesotans have filed for unemployment. If the time we bought with their lost jobs to add 'surge…
There is no doubt the coronavirus crisis has impacted the education landscape as we know it, but the changes the pandemic has forced upon our education system could be positive.
It would be a mistake to set a date for the reopening of Minnesota's economy: the Coronavirus does not operate to a calendar. But our state government can make a…
When the Coronavirus started, one of the first things that most governments did was close or severely restrict service-related businesses. In Minnesota, Governor Walz ordered the closure of dining places…
Last week, filmmaker Michael Moore released his latest film entitled Planet of the Humans. The film brings several inconvenient truths about renewable energy to light, namely that wind turbines and solar panels…
Good news, but Minnesotans should have access to the best healthcare practitioners who want to come here at any time. To realize that, our state should join the national Nurse Licensure Compact.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Gov. Walz targets of 5,000 Covid-19 tests a day and another 1,100 ICU beds give us something firm to aim for to reopen the state's economy.
Given the central place in state policy making of the University of Minnesota and Department of Health model, it is worth reflecting on what such a model is, how it…
The burden, in terms of lost jobs, of fighting the Coronavirus has been heavier in some parts of our state than others.
On Friday, April 17, Governor Walz signed into law an amendment allowing licensed restaurants to sell alcohol to-go. Governor Walz signed the bill after it was passed by the Senate…