Gorgonio Yanez-Magallanes is our Minnesota Man of the Day for December 18. Yanez is scheduled to appear in federal court in downtown St. Paul this afternoon to enter a guilty plea. He requires the use of a taxpayer-paid Spanish-language interpreter at all of...
A politically divided Minnesota legislature following the 2024 elections resulted in a 67-67 tie in the House, while Democrats maintained a one seat majority in the Senate. This near-even split reflected voters delivering as close to a legislative mathematical...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, students suffered significant learning losses. Moved online, cut off from in-person support, and shuffled from plan to plan, many students struggled to utilize the minimal learning opportunities before them. Some never regained...
A Hennepin County District Court has struck down an early phased-in implementation of a Minnesota law to limit foster care removals of children based on race, poverty, and other factors. In 2024, lawmakers passed the Minnesota African American Family...
I’m not kidding. Earlier this month, Minnesota state budget officials presented their latest state budget forecast, and as our own Martha Njolomole reports, Minnesota’s budget deficit has very little, if anything, to do with what is going on in Washington, D.C,...
From the Minnesota Star Tribune under the headline, Minnesota pauses licenses for new adult day care centers amid fraud concerns. An extraordinary sentence appears later in the article, The capacity of the day centers far exceeds the number of people with...
Photo courtesy of the National Achieves In December 2022, I sounded an alarm over the threat the open border policies of the Biden Administration posed to our national security. In the piece Border (In)security – one big gamble I wrote: There are many reasons...
Welcome back to the American Experiment Podcast! Grace and Kathryn break down the latest Minnesota news, including Governor Walz appointing a so-called “fraud czar” but is it a day late and a billion dollars short? They’re then joined by Bill Walsh, who Stops...
Beginning in fall 2026, Minnesota public schools will be responsible for determining how Ethnic Studies is implemented in K-12 classrooms. Public high schools will have to offer an Ethnic Studies course, and all grade levels will be required to teach the...
The epidemic of fraud perpetrated against Minnesota’s taxpayers under Gov. Walz’ administration is a big issue for Minnesotans. As I noted yesterday, a KSTP poll released on Friday asked: “Do you think fraud in state programs is the biggest problem in...