This week Democrats in the Minnesota Senate spent almost four hours debating a bill to allocate $40 million for rental assistance to poor families (less than 200% of the federal…
Here’s a roundup of recent news stories about Minnesota’s massive fraud crisis that you may have missed. From the Minnesota Star Tribune, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz staked his last year…
Economic growth KNSI: In search of affordability: How Minnesota ranks for cost of living Fox 9: Economic impact of ICE surge in Minnesota KTTC: New data suggests living in Rochester…
“The good news is that fraudsters are running scared. However, the extent of the fraud that has been exposed makes it difficult to believe that members of the executive branch…
We hit 1,000 habeas corpus cases in Minnesota (for 2026) back on February 25. In the almost three weeks since, we have managed to inch up to only 1,081 (to…
While there are myriad harms associated with allowing students to access their personal digital devices in the classroom, the use of digital learning technology in the classroom might be a…
On Wednesday evening March 11th, 2026, at about 9:30 pm, Rochester Police fatally shot a man who reportedly grabbed an officer’s gun while being detained for a mental health hold.…
The two parties in St. Paul have very different priorities this session. For Republicans, the focus is “affordability;” for the DFL, it is gun control and immigration. Part of the…
In the contest between tornados and solar power farms, tornados remain undefeated. From Indiana’s WSBT-22, Severe storms, suspected tornado damages solar farm, structures in Jasper County. The station reports from…
Governor Walz has responded by aggressively restricting the flow of money to these drivers, Minnesota Rep. Sydney Jordan is carrying a bill to increase the money paid per mile to…
The Minnesota House Education Finance Committee held a hearing Tuesday (March 10) on H.F. 3490, which would opt Minnesota into a new federal education tax-credit program that allows scholarship-granting organizations…
Approvals are 24% above the forecast rate A month ago, citing data over its first four weeks of operation, I noted that approvals for Minnesota’s Paid Family and Medical Leave…
It was a “strategic mistake” for Europe to “turn its back on a reliable, affordable source of low-emissions power.” That’s Bloomberg quoting the President of the European Commission, Ursula von…
Simply hiding the entire statewide Medicaid system under a governor-controlled bureau in Saint Paul, driven by a new website, will just make things worse.
Disregarding the 1 percent hike already enacted by the 2023 legislature, a new bill, SF 2621, and its House companion, HF 3279, will ask voters to amend the constitution and…
Welcome back! This week on the American Experiment Podcast… This week, Kathryn and Bill kick things off with the DFL’s new proposal to tax ICE agents who worked in Minnesota.…
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…