Over the past month, the latest controversies surrounding Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty have led to two formal complaints of unethical behavior made against Moriarty to the Minnesota Lawyers Board…
Minneapolis… This week, I’ve written about property tax hikes coming to Minneapolis. Sure enough, as the Star Tribune reports, on Wednesday Mayor Frey announced: …a $1.88 billion budget and an…
The Department of Energy has announced $2.2 billion in funding for grid projects across the U.S. Montana and North Dakota are the lucky recipients of $700 million to support the…
Never mind that Fargo voters already turned down their opportunity to raise the local sales and hotel taxes to upgrade the Fargodome and fund a new convention center last December.…
In what may be a first for the Feeding Our Future case, eleven (11) defendants were inside the same courtroom at the same time this morning at the Federal building…
Over the last couple of days, I’ve written about how soaring city spending coming on top of plummeting commercial property values and consequent declines in commercial property tax revenues are going…
Between July this year and July 2025, the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) will officially be breaking off into three state agencies. Due to a law passed in the…
Dueling headlines in local media will lead to much confusion among retirees looking to relocate. The Minneapolis Star Tribune published this article last week under the headline: Is Minnesota one…
Photo: Robert Matthews, Office of Communications, Princeton University Yesterday, I wrote about how soaring city spending coming on top of plummeting commercial property values and consequent declines in commercial property…
Since last week, Minnesota’s state policy has been under enhanced scrutiny. It’s worth reviewing now what Minnesota’s disastrous energy policy. Isaac Orr and Mitch Rolling, formerly of Center of the…
As if Minnesota politics couldn’t get any weirder, a candidate for the state House of Representatives has been charged with two felony counts related to the theft of lawn signs…
Data shows fragmented families are a growing problem across all demographics. Therefore, it is incumbent upon us all to “be the example” and courageously reject the transformation of cultural norms…
Back in May, I wrote an article titled “As council ramps up spending while commercial property values tank, Minneapolis property taxes set to rise.” This is now happening. Council ramps…
Last week, Walker Orenstein of the Star Tribune reported on a remarkable situation in Grand Meadow, Minnesota. He reports from a neighbor’s point of view: Trucks dropped off more than…
How does a state go from having an $18 billion surplus to potentially facing a deficit in a space of less than a year? The answer is reckless spending. After…
A St. Paul-based drug- and alcohol-treatment center, Evergreen Recovery, accused of defrauding the state in the amount of $28 million, had its day in court. Fifteen days ago, on July…
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…