My posts about achievement levels within Minnesota’s public education system always generate a few interesting comments from individuals who want to downplay the declines — they either state the data…
This morning at 11:20 a.m., police were called to a shots-fired call at Lake Street and I-35. The 2900 block of Stevens Avenue has become notorious for continuous drug dealing…
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has set an “external planning meeting” for tomorrow, September 16, 2025 to hear significant changes to wind turbine siting in Minnesota. The proposed change has…
There is cause for celebration! A federal tax credit for contributions to Scholarship Granting Organizations (SGOs) was included in the federal budget bill that was signed into law on July 4,…
Beginning this evening in Stillwater, the state Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) will hold a series of public hearings on Xcel Energy’s electricity rate increase request. MPR News reports: The public…
Abner Adiel Saravia-Arevalo is our Minnesota Man of the day. He appeared this morning in federal court in downtown St. Paul to plead guilty to one felony count of illegal…
Last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced that: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.4 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in August, after…
One newspaper columnist at a time. Rochelle Olson writes in the Star Tribune this weekend: U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson: Fraud is stealing Minnesota’s way of life Olson reports about her…
Regulation Duluth News Tribune: Our View: Minnesota’s wild rice standard demands compromise Grand Forks Herald: At Iron Range hearing, miners warn of closures if wild rice rule enforced St. Cloud…
Recent data published by the Fordham Institute suggests that teachers want to revisit “equitable” grading practices. What is “equitable” grading? “Equitable” grading arises from mastery-based grading practice, which has been…
The Department of the Interior released its 2025 draft critical minerals list last month, which expands the list from 50 minerals to 54. The U.S. Geological Survey’s critical minerals list…
Twenty-two-year-old arrested for the murder of Charlie Kirk Following a joint press conference and other reporting, we know that last evening, about 33 hours after Charlie Kirk was fatally shot…
Luis Gerardo Gomez-Esteban is our Minnesota Man of the Week. Gomez is a 36-year-old Guatemalan. We have been tracking felony cases brought in federal district court for re-entry of previously…
In August 2020, Rep. Ilhan Omar (DFL) introduced the Make Billionaires Pay Act to Congress, which would have imposed a 60% tax on the gains in wealth billionaires made between…
Aimee Bock’s former live-in boyfriend, Empress Malcolm Watson, Jr., has been charged with two felony counts of state tax evasion, the state Dept. of Revenue announced today. Aimee Bock, of…
I was in 5th grade when our country was attacked by terrorists on September 11, 2001. Fast forward to my first year of teaching 5th graders about that fateful Tuesday…
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…