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The nonprofit money gusher continues. Despite talk of not doing earmarks for named nonprofits this budget cycle, a few are slipping through the net. Case in point is SF 2298,…
The nonprofit money gusher continues. Despite talk of not doing earmarks for named nonprofits this budget cycle, a few are slipping through the net. Case in point is SF 2298,…
Yesterday, the state legislature ended its 2025 regular session with most of the year’s work left unfinished. The hope is to have a one-day special session later this week (or…
At long last, German Adriano Llangari Inga is in federal custody. He is being held in Freeborn, MN, county jail at the behest of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
On Saturday evening, American Experiment hosted its Annual Dinner at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Minneapolis. More than 600 guests attended. The program began with the Heritage Christian Academy’s Select…
The financial health of the Teachers Retirement Association (TRA) affects the fund’s long-term viability and ability to offer the majority of Minnesota educators the retirement benefit they have been promised.…
Reuters reported last week that U.S. energy officials are looking into “unexplained communication equipment” in Chinese-made renewables technology. The federal government has “not publicly acknowledged the discoveries” and the two…
Back in 2023, that “historic” “trifecta” voted to spend $200 million on the Northern Lights Express (NLX), a passenger train service running between Minneapolis and Duluth. I doubted that this…
As you know by now, Gov. Tim Walz and three of the four legislative leaders announced at a press conference Thursday morning that an agreement was reached on the overall…
The New York Post dispatched a reporter to spend a week in Minneapolis to see how the city’s recovered five years after the summer of George Floyd. The Post headline:…
State and local taxes and spending Fox 9: Baby bonus, social media tax, sports betting squeeze into tax bills Minn Post: Is the nation’s first social media tax coming to…
Gov. Tim Walz and Democratic and Republican legislative leaders have reached an agreement on state budget targets that does not eliminate nonpublic pupil aid. (Gov. Walz’s original budget proposals sought…
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz unveiled a budget agreement in the capitol reception room, as Democratic representatives and senators protested noisily outside, chanting and pounding on the doors. The uproar stemmed…
Yesterday, amid chaotic scenes at the Capitol, Governor Walz, Senate Democrats, and Republicans and Democrats from the House, announced an agreement on spending targets for the upcoming two biennia, a…
The Midcontinent Independent Systems Operator (MISO) is at risk of running low on electricity this summer, according to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) 2025 summer reliability assessment. This…
A flurry of budget agreements was announced by legislative leaders and Governor Walz yesterday. Among them was the announcement that the state has decided to close the men’s prison facility at…
In defense of critical ethnic studies that is coming to all K-12 public classrooms, Minnesota Democratic legislators posit it as simply an opportunity to ensure students are taught about racial/ethnic…
CNN’s Scott Jennings has become one of conservatism’s most effective spokesmen, especially on social media. He addressed more than 600 guests at American Experiment’s 2025 Annual Dinner Gala on Saturday,…
CNN’s Scott Jennings has become one of conservatism’s most effective spokesmen, especially on social media. He addressed more than 600 guests at American Experiment’s 2025 Annual Dinner Gala on Saturday,…
The second major trial in the Feeding Our Future scandal is turning into a made-for-TV event. Defendant Aimee Bock was questioned under oath about trips to Las Vegas, Lamborghinis, Louis…
LIVE from the American Experiment Podcast Studio with Bill Walsh and Bill Glahn! Even as prison sentences from the first Feeding Our Future trial are still being handed down, the…