On the surface, it sounds like an intriguing idea. Burnsville residents get the chance to decide how to spend some of their city taxes on projects in their neighborhoods. The plan calls for the city to provide ten grants of $10,000 to pay for approved...
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) is holding one of its regularly scheduled meetings tomorrow. There is only a single item on the agenda. It’s an obscure report produced by the state’s largest electric utility, Xcel Energy, called the 2023...
It took a tragedy to make it happen. I posted the “after” footage from today of the now-cleared site on 3rd Ave. S near 33rd Street on Twitter (X) here. All that remains of the once-packed encampment is brand-new cyclone fencing and some police tape. I filmed...
It’s another case study in why the North Dakota Legislature established a $15 million legal war chest to fight the Biden administration’s brazen regulatory overreach. This time North Dakota has joined forces with fourteen additional states to stop the feds from...
Abdullahe Nur Jesow showed up more than 20 minutes late to court today, and when he finally arrived, he was in no mood to plead guilty. Jesow claimed to have gotten lost on his way to the Federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis, a fifteen-story building that...
Parents generally have a positive view of their child’s schooling experiences, but satisfaction varies based on the type of school, according to EdChoice’s national 2024 Schooling in America survey conducted in April. The annual poll by EdChoice and Braun...
Another homeless encampment pops up in south Minneapolis. A story on KSTP TV-5 caught my attention over the weekend. The latest update, City leaders, residents, advocates discuss next steps for Minneapolis homeless encampment It doesn’t sound like the...
Yes, that’s a real headline appearing in the newly rebranded Minnesota Star Tribune over the weekend. And by children, we really mean children. The Star Tribune reports, Four children in a stolen car between the ages of 11 and 13 suffered gunshot injuries early...
Drivers under the influence of drugs have long been a problem that’s only getting worse with the increasing legalization of pot. But how to test drivers for drugs and obtain reliable results that hold up in court has also been a long-standing problem for law...
For years, American Experiment’s message on teacher pensions has been clear: We need to keep the pension promises made to teachers. The Teachers Retirement Association (TRA) — which manages pensions for the majority of active and retired educators in Minnesota...