That’s the headline in The Hill, quoting Trump at a recent press availability. The Hill reports: President-elect Trump signaled Tuesday that he would oppose all new wind energy production in…
As I’ve mentioned before (here and here), the incoming Republican majority of the state House of Representatives held a press conference at the capitol yesterday to present their 2025 legislative…
Episode 54 of the American Experiment podcast is out, and it is a banger (to quote the boys from Ruthless). We have two conservative all-stars on the same show in…
Yesterday, the Republican leadership of the Minnesota House of Representatives held a press conference to present their priorities for the 2025 legislative session. The video can be seen here, courtesy…
Global mining is becoming more dangerous every day. According to an excellent report in The Wall Street Journal, global mining is facing a rash of “increasingly aggressive actions” toward Western…
Welcome to Capitol Watch 2025 Happy New Year and welcome to Capitol Watch 2025! Hold onto your wallets because the Minnesota Legislature returns to St. Paul on Tuesday, January 14,…
Despite being on the short end of a 66-67 party split in the Minnesota House of Representatives, Democrats say they will not show up next week for the start of…
Every decade or so, state transportation bureaucrats dust off their pie-in-the-sky plan to resurrect passenger rail service around Minnesota some day and way. But the Free Press found a funny…
With just two weeks left to go in his presidency, President Biden today issued an offshore drilling ban in 625 million acres of Atlantic and Pacific ocean. While the Gulf…
The Republican Party of Minnesota filed suit yesterday (Saturday) contesting the timing of the special election scheduled for January 28 for House District 40B (Roseville area). A press conference is…
After years of speculation and exploration, North Dakota state geologists are urging companies to take another look at a sizable pool of untapped oil reserves discovered deep under a section…
State and local taxes and spending The Neighbor: Minnesota Homeowners Pay a Median $3,321 in Property Taxes Each Year Detroit Lakes Online: Becker County hikes levy, but its tax rate…
A 26-year-old man is charged with 2nd-degree murder for an incident at a Windom, MN, bar a few minutes before midnight on Tuesday, New Year’s Eve. The alleged perpetrator is…
Or, at least that’s what he’d like you to think. The Minnesota governor, having returned home from his failed Vice-Presidential bid, held a press conference this morning to announce new…
In the Winter 2024 issue of our magazine Thinking Minnesota, I wrote about the “Minnesota Miracle” of 1978 which saw, among other outcomes, the election of a tied state House,…
The information about who and what was behind the deadly terror attack in New Orleans early New Year’s Day has now been vetted. As of yesterday, the FBI has concluded…
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…