This week, Center of the American Experiment President John Hinderaker addressed approximately 250 attendees—mostly snowbirds—at the organization’s annual Naples, Florida meeting. Hinderaker delivered a comprehensive update on how American Experiment has worked...
Yesterday, the House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee reviewed their options to exorcise “ghost students” from Minnesota’s college and university system. The poltergeist problem isn’t new. During the 2025 Special Session, lawmakers were so...
Last week, the Star Tribune published an op ed on how to grow Minnesota’s economy. It was pretty wide of the mark, in my view, so I submitted a response. Not surprisingly, they declined to print it. You can read it below with a couple of added charts. It’s the...
On Wednesday, the Minnesota Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) — formerly part of the Department of Human Services (DHS) — presented its new proposed childcare licensing standards before the House Children and Families Finance and Policy...
Even a highly capable, incredibly thoughtful Minnesota teacher may be stymied in the classroom by a lack of consistent student attendance. When students aren’t present, they lose essential instructional time — and when they return, they disrupt classroom...
In 1997, Minnesota enacted a K-12 education tax credit as part of a bipartisan compromise. A special session was called to resolve a stalemate over K-12 education funding, resulting in Gov. Arne Carlson and a Democrat-controlled Legislature enacting a new...
The Minnesota House Public Safety Committee held its first committee hearing of the 2026 legislative session yesterday. Rep. Walter Hudson (R) introduced HF-3380, which seeks to strengthen sentencing involving repeat violent offenders who use firearms in...
Checking up on national electricity prices: Minnesota continues to have the highest rates in its local region, and prices above the national median, according to the latest data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). January’s Electric Power...
Last week, the DFL tweeted: State legislators are understandably concerned about the DFL’s embrace of such “direct action” tactics. As a safeguard, Rep. Walter Hudson (R) and, Alpha News reports, “over two dozen co-authors, all of whom are Republican,” have...
As the Minnesota Legislature begins its 2026 session, lawmakers are under pressure to address widespread waste, fraud, and abuse in public programs—issues that have made national headlines and turned Minnesota into a frequent target for late-night comedians....