For decades we’ve been told that trends in California foretell the future of America. It used to be a promise, now it’s a warning. This week saw a late-summer heatwave…
The controversial Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline aiming to send emissions from 57 ethanol plants in five states for storage underground in North Dakota faces yet another setback. The South Dakota…
The war on cops, which has been carried out since 2020 by activists and the politicians who have bought into their rhetoric, has had a disastrous impact on Minnesota law…
You may recall the name Empress Malcolm Watson, Jr., from the early days of the Feeding Our Future scandal. He was described back then as the live-in boyfriend of Aimee…
More than half of Minnesota public school students still don’t meet basic proficiency in reading or math, according to newly released 2024 statewide assessment results by the Minnesota Department of…
We seem to be headed for a major collision between physics, engineering, and economics on the one hand and climate change virtue signaling on the other. One of the very…
District administrative staff in Minnesota public schools is up over 132 percent (132.1 percent) since 2000, according to the most recently available data from the National Center for Education Statistics…
Derrick John Thompson, the son of the former DFL state representative John Derrick Thompson, was back in state court today. You will recall that the younger Thompson, now aged 28,…
Your correspondent was there this morning, attending a session of immigration court at Ft. Snelling. Officially named the U.S. Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review, Ft. Snelling Immigration…
When St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter and other city officials gushed about ordering the first electric fire truck in the state last year, they made it clear federal funds were…
Solar power in Minnesota hopes to transform the landscape, both figuratively and literally, over the next decade. The Minnesota Star Tribune ran a piece last week touting the growth of…
Labor market Winona Post: MN jobs, labor force little changed in July Bemidji Now: MN unemployment rate rises in July KRWC: State Job Numbers, Labor Force Sees Little Change in…
Eight states, including North Dakota, have petitioned for the Supreme Court to hear a challenge to California’s zero-emissions vehicle mandate. Historically, California was granted an exception to nationwide emissions standards…
Center of the American Experiment will return to the state fair again this year for one day (Saturday, August 24), joining KS95 on the great lawn outside the Grandstand building.…
Two decades after releasing its first plan, the company hoping to develop Minnesota’s first copper nickel mine will go back to the drawing board to update its proposal. It’s an…
On the surface, it sounds like an intriguing idea. Burnsville residents get the chance to decide how to spend some of their city taxes on projects in their neighborhoods. The…
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…