A new Thinking Minnesota poll from the Center of the American Experiment has recently come out that shows affordability is the top issue for Minnesotans, of all political stripes, in the upcoming 2026 state elections. In fact, as per the first graphic below,...
I recently attended the most important energy affordability conference you probably never heard of. It was the Summer Policy Summit (SPS) in Minneapolis, hosted by NARUC. NARUC is the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, a $18 million...
Minnesota’s schools are required to teach about CPR, STDs, mental health, and, beginning this fall…cannabis. Minnesota legalized cannabis in 2023 and sales began in 2025, leading the legislature to enact a requirement that middle and high schoolers learn about...
CNBC recently released its annual “America’s Top States for Business” rankings, which compare all 50 states across 10 categories. One of those categories is education, where Minnesota came in 10th. The 2026 education ranking is up from last year’s 12th spot....
There has been a concerted effort by “open immigration” advocates, “anti-Trumpers,” and a supportive legacy media, to portray the immigration enforcement efforts of the Trump administration in the poorest light possible. Many detractors have virtually ignored...
Our “leaders” have no answers after ANOTHER violent weekend in Minneapolis Check out the American Experiment Podcast! Catch up on the violence that plagued Minneapolis over the weekend, the latest numbers documenting Minnesota’s education crisis, and an...
Today, the majority of Minnesota students cannot read or do math at grade level. One strong contributor is the fact that many students don’t attend class. In Minnesota, there’s been a significant decline in actual school attendance. In 2024, about one in four...
For a number of Minnesotans, answering the call to serve meant risking their lives for the nation, and sometimes sacrificing their education, too. A new Minnesota law set to take effect Aug. 1 will recognize veterans who never finished high school while serving...
Last week, I noted that Minnesota’s job growth since 2018 had been less than one third the national rate. As I’ve noted before, these estimates of jobs come from the Establishment survey which the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) collects as part of its Current...
On July 1, news broke that a three-person panel containing Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison had pardoned a man who had been convicted of repeatedly raping a 10-year-old girl, apparently to help him avoid deportation and remain in Minnesota. Last...