Wisconsin implemented the first school choice program in 1990. Iowa passed school choice in 2023 under the leadership of Gov. Kim Reynolds. North Dakota is about to pass school choice with help from American Experiment ND. The money and power wielded by the...
Another audit blasts Met Council’s management of disastrous SWLRT project
We at Center of the American Experiment have long chronicled the disastrous Southwest Light Rail Transit (SWLRT) project. Indeed, this boondoggle – nine years behind schedule and a billion dollars overbudget – was the inaugural winner of our Golden Turkey...
Energy transition has a global shipping problem, report finds
A new report from the National Center for Energy Analytics examines a little-studied problem for a so-called U.S. green-energy transition: Where will the ships come from to ship critical minerals and products from overseas? Using International Energy Agency...
Keith Ellison caught on tape!
Keith Ellison, Minnesota’s Attorney General, can clearly be heard pledging his support to individuals who would soon become his family’s campaign donors and later Feeding Our Future criminal defendants. His recorded statements flatly contradict his...
“We are all Americans”: Appomattox, 1865
On this day 160 years ago, Confederate General in Chief Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia surrendered to the Union Army of the Potomac under the Commanding General of the United States Army, Ulysses S. Grant. The long national nightmare of Civil...
Scott Jennings Joins the American Experiment Podcast!
In the seventieth episode of the American Experiment Podcast, Grace and Kathryn kick things off by featuring the top news stories from American Experiment — including one House Democrat who just can’t find anything to cut from the state budget. In the second...
Trump to sign coal executive orders today
President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders at 3 p.m. ET today relating to coal production. The EOs are expected to allow coal-fired generators to stay open past their planned retirement dates to bolster grid reliability and achieve “affordable...
MDE pays $7,000 to American Experiment for stalling data request
The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) agreed to pay Center of the American Experiment $7,000 to settle a lawsuit over their failure to fulfill a data practices request. American Experiment will receive $3,500 in monetary relief from MDE for hindering...
A tale of two food halls
“Downtown is back,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced on March 25. The trigger for this euphoria was the news that a new food hall was coming to the space on the first floor of LaSalle Plaza formerly occupied by Rock Bottom Brewery, which closed in 2022....
U.S. electricity demand to grow 50% by 2050
The U.S. is expected to see electricity demand increases of two percent annually and 50 percent by 2050, according to a new study commissioned by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association.The growth will be driven by data center energy consumption and...