Testimony Before the Minnesota House Property Taxes and Local Government Finance Division March 3, 2016 Peter J. Nelson, Center of the American Experiment My name is Peter Nelson and I…

A few bulleted, campaign-inspired thoughts about political correctness, which I started writing about in the 1970s.  One of the best things I wrote in graduate school back then was a…

PAUL, MINN.– After eleven years of facing labor organizers at their doors, Minnesota in-home child care providers overwhelmingly rejected union representation in an election decided today in St. Paul. “Providers have…

  Judy Santiago just wants a level playing field with the Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin nurses who compete with her. Minnesota has granted reciprocity to licensed nurses…

This is the newest installment in Dr. Pearlstein’s year-long review of how well Minnesota and U.S. students are doing in various international and other comparisons.  This one takes a different…

A Gaylord chicken farmer plans to turn his campaign for school board into a teachable moment for the Sibley East Public Schools officials who asked a court to award $2.9…

The Duluth News Tribune published an in-depth article on how some people who enrolled in Medicaid through MNsure are making a shocking discovery: The state has placed a claim on…

Today Center of the American Experiment, the think tank of which I am president, put on a lunch forum in downtown Minneapolis featuring Jason Riley of the Manhattan Institute and…

On Tuesday of this week, the Star Tribune ran a story about how sizable proportions of public school teachers in St. Paul would not recommend their school to parents seeking…

The Affordable Care Act was supposed to extend health coverage to millions—not millionaires. Yet while many families continue to struggle to afford medical insurance, some Minnesotans with millions in assets…