Democratic politicians in Minnesota will be the last ones in the country to come to grips with the political realignment that’s occurring with President Donald Trump’s return to the White…
In the latest episode of the American Experiment Podcast, Grace and Kathryn host a very special guest — Senator Jordan Rasmusson! Senator Rasmusson pulls back the curtain on the post-power-sharing…
Yes, Minnesota, there is now a new state agency that goes by the unwieldy name: MN Climate Innovation Finance Authority. The Center’s Sarah Montalbano wrote about this new entity yesterday.…
The tragic passing of Sen. Kari Dziedzic in December left Minnesota’s state Senate balanced at 33-33 pending a special election to fill the vacant seat. For the start of the…
Last Wednesday, my colleague, Bill Glahn, wrote that KSTP had found that there are 62 fraud investigations currently underway involving federally-funded Minnesota child care centers. Two days later, he wrote:…
Yesterday, the Minnesota Star Tribune committed an act of journalism in reporting on another significant fraud scandal in state government. This one involves a program called Housing Stabilization Services (HSS)…
The Energy News Network reported last week on the state-funded Minnesota Climate Innovation Finance Authority. The Energy News Network reports: The Minnesota Climate Innovation Finance Authority, established by state legislators…
The warring parties in the Minnesota House of Representatives shutdown will be returning to the state Supreme Court next week, in an effort to break the three-week-old impasse. In this…
The warring parties in the MN House of Representatives shutdown will be returning to the state Supreme Court next week, in an effort to break the three-week-old impasse. In this…
Economic growth NFIB: NFIB Minnesota members support lessening the burden of high taxes and unnecessary mandates KFGO: AI’s impact on Minnesota workers State and local taxes and spending Winona Post:…
Today at the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis, two guilty pleas were entered (separately) in the sprawling free-food scandal. First up this morning was Ayan Jama, Defendant No. 40, who…
In 1980 Minnesota became the first state in the nation to adopt a sentencing guidelines structure. The guidelines that were adopted were designed for judges to follow to “ensure that the…
Yesterday, KARE-11 TV ran a new story in their investigative series on the addiction treatment industry in Minnesota. This time, KARE-11 uncovers what appears to be a massive overbilling scandal…
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) published a brief on January 30, 2025, showing that the U.S. imports nearly all of the uranium concentrate used to power commercial nuclear reactors. In…
The 4th of 6 guilty pleas scheduled for this week was entered in the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis this afternoon in the sprawling free-food scandal. Mohamed Muse Noor, aged…
Center of the American Experiment’s Public Safety Policy Fellow David Zimmer testified before the Minnesota Senate’s Judiciary and Public Safety Committee yesterday. Zimmer presented the findings of his 2024 analysis…
Starting in fall 2026, ethnic studies in its “liberated” form will be mandatory across all grade levels. This version of ethnic studies does more than simply encourage cultural awareness or…
Sign the petition today! In the 2023 legislative session, Gov. Tim Walz signed a Renewable Energy Standard (RES) requiring 100% of our energy to come from renewable sources such as wind and solar by the year…
With the November election just around the corner, how are Minnesotans feeling about the integrity of our voting systems? The powers that be assure us illegal immigrants won’t be able…
To support Minnesota’s new requirement for a liberated version of Ethnic Studies, the University of Minnesota’s Center for Race, Indigeneity, Disability, Gender & Sexuality Studies (RIDGS) is turning the new Ethnic…