The Rochester Education Association, also known as the teacher’s union, is pulling out all the stops to protect their preferred school board members in next Tuesday’s election. Action alert emails…
I submitted an op-ed to two of the state’s major opinion platforms last week correcting some of the egregiously false statements made recently about Minnesota’s economy. Both declined to run…
The Minnesota Reformer reports that a nonprofit operated by a prominent Bloomington entrepreneur ran free-food distribution sites under the sponsorship of both Feeding Our Future and Partners in Nutrition. Deena…
You know it’s time to consider going back to the drawing board when a project draws comparisons to the most infamous poster child for wasteful government spending — the Alaskan…
Proposals to remove the four Lower Snake River (LSR) dams: Ice Harbor, Little Goose, Lower Lower Granite, and Lower Monumental, to aid in salmon recovery efforts would transform Washington from…
On Friday, Gov. Walz tweeted: This is not true. In 2019, Gov. Walz proposed a 2% tax on the cost of every medical procedure performed in the state of Minnesota,…
Dane Smith, a progressive Senior Policy Fellow and President Emeritus of Growth & Justice, wrote a commentary that was recently published in the Star Tribune editorial pages. His commentary attempted…
Listen below to my Saturday discussion with economist King Banaian on the education costs of lockdowns and shutdowns, as detailed out in my report here. What started as a public…
The Star Tribune reported last week that the City of Minneapolis is planning to buy the site of the abandoned Speedway gas station at George Floyd Square with the intention…
In 2021, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz unilaterally instructed the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to adopt California’s Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) mandate, which will require automakers to stock around 14,000 electric…
Defendant No. 49 is formally charged in Federal court. Mohamed Muse Noor had been arrested at O’Hare airport late last month, en route to Turkey. Known professionally as Deeq Darajo,…
Minnesotans googling break-up advice peaks from October 16-23, according to a study of Google trends data from Oct. 24, 2021- Oct. 23, 2022 by HerNorm.com. The relationship website analyzed search…
State and local taxes and spending Duluth News Tribune: Our View / Endorsement: Timing terrible to ask for tax increase for parks Star Tribune: GOP’s Scott Jensen proposed ending Minnesota…
According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), in the third quarter of this year — July to September — the economy grew at a rate of 2.6 percent compared to…
In a scene out of a Hollywood movie, an unmarked package arrived at the offices of Center of the American Experiment without a return address and a St. Paul postmark.…
Yesterday, President Biden said: Each of these is misleading. I should preface this by saying that, to some extent, that depends on what period you are referring to. As Figure…
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…