Ousman Camara of Brooklyn Center, age 45, was indicted on nine counts related to fraud, the U.S. Attorney (USAO) announced in a press release. Camara made his first appearance in…
Jose Salud Botello-Vargas of Mexico is our Minnesota Man of the Day for November 20. He appeared in court this morning at the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis to be…
In the fall of 2023, Minneapolis Public Schools gained the funds to install special smoke detectors in four schools’ bathrooms. These inauspicious detectors had a unique purpose — they had…
Shrinking the school week may sound like a clever way to save money, ease burnout, or boost recruitment, but the reality is far messier. A recent review of the research…
Call him Ismael. The Minnesota Man of the Day for November 19 is Ismail Chupin-Higuera, age 27. Chupin is scheduled to appear in federal court in downtown St. Paul to…
On Monday, I wrote about the coming hikes to property taxes in Minnesota. What is causing this? Yesterday, I looked at the pressures coming from federal government action and what…
Welcome back to the American Experiment Podcast! This week, Bill Walsh joins Grace and Kathryn to stop the tape on Governor Walz’s trip down to Texas. In an event with…
Tezzaree El Amin Champion, age 28, was sentenced to seven years in prison for fraud yesterday at the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis. Prosecutors had asked for a 12-year sentence.…
Israel Jose Amaya-Romero, of Mexico, is our Minnesota Man of the Day. The other two contestants this Tuesday have previously earned Minnesota Man honors and are thus ineligible for repeat…
Yesterday, I wrote about the coming hikes to property taxes in Minnesota. What is causing this? Today I’ll look at the pressures coming from the federal government and what we…
A recent KSTP 5 report found that the superintendents of the state’s 30 largest public school districts had eye-popping salaries and perks. The salaries of most superintendents ranged in the…
Tomas Valencia-Ramirez takes Minnesota Man of the Day honors in a hard-fought, five-way contest. Valencia (a/k/a Rufino Ramirez) appeared this afternoon in federal court in downtown St. Paul, charged with…
The Star Tribune reported this weekend about several data center projects that have pulled out of Minnesota thanks to “the state’s lengthy permitting process.” From the article: A company has…
While in Texas recently, Gov. Tim Walz talked up Minnesota’s education system, making a series of points that painted the state as a national model. He highlighted the state’s record-level…
The bite People across Minnesota will be receiving their truth-in-taxation notices pretty soon, if they haven’t already. According to preliminary Department of Revenue estimates, all told, Minnesotans will be told…
Following recent elections in Minneapolis for all 13 City Council seats and for the Mayor, renewed debate over public safety in the city has been a point of discussion in…
A new video released today by Center of the American Experiment exposes the real environmental costs of wind and solar energy. Wind and Solar: Too Good To Be True? is a short video (2:40)…
Who is Omar Fateh?? Here are five things you need to know about the (formerly DFL-endorsed) Minneapolis Mayoral candidate…
Why a 7k instead of a 5k? Who’s eligible to win the $7,000 scholarship raffle? What is $7k for Kids? We answer all these questions and more in this two-minute…
What if Minnesota had a Department of Government Efficiency? With a $70 billion state budget that provides health care for 1.5 million people, educates 850,000 children, plows 7500 miles of highways…