Nearly three-quarters (22) of the top 30 Minnesota jobs currently in demand don't require an associate or bachelor's degree.
As a matter of arithmetic, at least 23% of those who said they wanted to cut the police department's funding also said that they didn't want to cut the number…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Research continues to show that protectionist policies significantly hurt consumers and the economy more than they help protected industries.
Under leftist Gov. Tim Walz, the Minnesota State Patrol has repeatedly looked the other way as favored political protesters flagrantly broke the law and endangered public safety. Most infamously, the…
With homicides up 46% over last year, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter wants to cut $9.2 million from the police budget and spend $100,000 hiring a new political director.
Wind and solar prices are rising across the country and they will likely to continue rising for the foreseeable future, according to the publication Utility Dive.
Senator Bernie Sanders wants to impose a 60% tax on the wealth that billionaires made during the duration of the pandemic. But setting aside the damaging impacts of wealth taxation,…
Just when you might think it couldn’t get any tougher for riot-ravaged small business owners in Minneapolis, city bureaucrats dream up a new way to make their comeback even more…
The leaders of Minnesota's teachers' union, Education Minnesota, are standing with groups who want to make schools less safe by defunding the police and taking away School Resource Officers (SROs). But…
Buried within Xcel Energy’s latest resource planning documents lies a dire warning about the rapidly growing presence of wind and solar energy sources on Minnesota’s electrical grid. [Appendix J of the document].…
Covid-19 and the policy responses to it tanked economies all over the world. Sen. Kamala Harris doesn't think her 'liberal' constituents know that.
There are generally two types of environmentalists, those who are pro-growth, and those who think economic growth is the problem. Pro-growth environmentalists seek to improve the lives of people living…
Despite being framed as a public health intervention, school closures are unlikely to be an effective countermeasure to COVID-19. And the consequences of continued school closures are high: long-term health,…
Regulations are necessary, but overly burdensome rules impose huge costs on the economy. In 2019 the total cost from Federal regulation on the economy was nearly $2 Trillion.
The economic downturn has exposed the shaky financial underpinnings of several Duluth city-subsidized facilities whose existence depends heavily on tourism taxes. Not only to meet payroll, but also to make…
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…