The top ten stories for the week: Energy Always On Energy Research (AOER) & Institute for Energy Research (IER) => Your State’s Policies Influence Your Electricity Rates. Now You Can…
In most states, where a child goes to school is still largely based on where that child lives. Wealthy families buy homes in the “right” zip code to live in…
On Tuesday, based on reporting from KSTP, I wrote about how, in 2023, the state government voted to give $1.5 million of Minnesota taxpayers’ money in grants to a company…
Ahmed Mohamed Artan became the 21st defendant sentenced in the sprawling Feeding Our Future free-food fraud this afternoon at the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. Your correspondent was there. Artan…
Schools of all types benefit from local investment, stewardship, and community care This article originally appeared in the Summer 2026 issue of Thinking Minnesota magazine. At the close of the…
Yesterday, I went on Scott Hennen’s radio show and podcast of “What’s On Your Mind.” A summary of that talk is reproduced, with permission, further below. This segment can be found…
Reducing fraud was the number one suggestion for how to make the state more affordable according to respondents to the latest Thinking Minnesota Poll. Forty-five percent said reducing fraud should…
It’s a mystery rivaling The Ipcress File for pure suspense: What happened at Edina’s public pool last Saturday evening? I’m told the incident kicked off with a half-dozen or so…
Officials in Ramsey County teamed up with the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office late last week in a unique effort to secure the 2026 Minnesota State Fair. The effort makes use of…
From KARE-11, Federal observers spotted at Minneapolis polling place. KARE-11 reports, A KARE 11 crew spotted two federal monitors outside Powderhorn Recreation Center Tuesday afternoon. The federal observers were only…
Since it was first coined over [27] years ago, no precise definition for what [the deep state] means has fully taken hold. … According to a Monmouth poll from the spring…
What can a 50-year-old textbook teach us about America? It turns out, quite a lot This article originally appeared in the Summer 2026 issue of Thinking Minnesota magazine. Across America,…
Tiana Lashay Alize Hughes, age 21, has apparently been charged with three felony counts in relation to the Saturday evening incident. Count #3 involves the assault of a police officer.…
Sen. Klobuchar’s record: SEE no fraud, HEAR no fraud, SAY no fraud… Check out the American Experiment Podcast! This week we’re investigating Senator Klobuchar’s questionable track record on fraud, wondering…
It never stops. Minnesota’s state government has lost billions of dollars of taxpayers’ money in recent years to fraud; let us call this Category 1. Then there is all the…
Minnesota is now into the fifth year of a long-term plan to effectively ban the use of natural gas for most homes and businesses. This plan is called the “Natural…
Join Opportunity for All Kids and Center of the American Experiment for the second annual 7k for Kids Fun Run on Saturday, October 11th in Plymouth. There will be a…
Minnesota’s fraud problem made national headlines as criminals took advantage of our state’s generous welfare programs and lax oversight to steal billions of taxpayer dollars. Join American Experiment’s fraud expert…
As part of American Experiment’s Minnesota School Board Toolkit, this video walks through how to access reading and math proficiency results for a school or district.
Amidst mounting frustration with the state and national teachers’ union, a small group of teachers in Becker, Minnesota decided to try something different. They successfully petitioned the state to call…