GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Dec. 5 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Dec. 4, 2024: * * * Current Budget Forecast Schedule Wastes Valuable Time Written by Bill Walsh The Minnesota legislature begins its next session on Tuesday, January 14, 2025. Legislative junkies are scratching their heads saying, "Since when can they start so late in a budget year?" Since they changed   more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Dec. 5 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Dec. 4, 2024: * * * Fiscal Watchdog In$ight St. Paul Offers Some Fixes for City's Budget Crisis Written by John Phelan The battle over St. Paul's budget is coming to a climax. KSTP reports: Nearly 200 people filled St. Paul City Council chambers on Monday night to express concern and some support for   more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Dec. 5 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Dec. 4, 2024: * * * The MN State Budget Catastrophe: Behind the Numbers Written by Bill Glahn Today, the state's Department of Management and Budget (MMB) released its latest budget forecast. The news was not good. But before we dig deep into the horrific numbers, some background is in order. As my col  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Dec. 5 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Dec. 4, 2024: * * * Republicans File Lawsuit to Challenge the House 54A Election Result Written by Bill Glahn As expected, Republican Aaron Paul, the challenger in the House 54A (Shakopee-area) election last month, filed a court challenge to the published result. Officially, the Democratic incumbent st  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Dec. 5 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Dec. 4, 2024: * * * Socialist Sen. Omar Fateh Challenges Frey for Minneapolis Mayor Written by Bill Glahn The long-time, forthcoming mayoral candidacy of state Sen. Omar Fateh finally came forth on Monday, with the posting of a 1 min. 35 sec. introductory video on social media. The video is long on plat  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Dec. 5 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on December 4, 2024: * * * Survey Says: Huge Parent Satisfaction Differences by School Type Written by Catrin Wigfall A recent national survey of more than 20,000 U.S. parents and guardians of K-12 children found that those who send their kids to nonpublic schools or who homeschool are significantly more s  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Dec. 5 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Dec. 4, 2024: * * * United Healthcare CEO Murdered in Targeted Attack on NYC Street Written by David Zimmer Multiple media outlets have reported (https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/04/us/brian-thompson-united-healthcare-death/index.html) that United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, of Maple Grove, Minnesota,  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Dec. 5 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Dec. 4, 2024: * * * What Should Be the Federal Government's Role in Permitting? Written by Sarah Montalbano The U.S. District Court of Appeals for North Dakota has heard Iowa v. Council on Environmental Quality, which challenges a new rule that transforms permitting "into a substantive set of requiremen  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 5 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: The Freedom From Religion Foundation is urging an appeals court in a friend-of-the-court brief to uphold a district court ruling that limits a troubling prison ministry from continuing to operate in Minnesota. Plaintiff Anthony Schmitt, who calls himself a minister, for more than a decade has been allowed to enter the Minnesota Correctional Facility-St. Cloud under the pr  more