GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan. 16 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Jan. 15, 2025, as part of the Winter issue of Thinking Minnesota: * * * American Experiment's annual award highlights the state's wasteful spending of taxpayers' money. * * * A Mandate for Your Money Let's talk turkey! Golden Turkey, that is. In what turned out to be a two-project race, the new state   more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan. 16 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Jan. 15, 2025: * * * 24th Guilty Plea Scheduled in Feeding Our Future Case Written by Bill Glahn Lots of Feeding Our Future news to report this week. Ayan Abukar, award-winning founder of the nonprofit organization Action for East African People (AFEAP), is scheduled to plead guilty in the Feeding Our   more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan. 16 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Jan. 14, 2025: * * * Biden to Lease Public Lands for 'clean Energy' Data Centers Written by Sarah Montalbano Today, the Biden administration directed the Departments of Energy and Defense to lease public lands to data centers -- so long as they're powered with "clean energy." The order did not define   more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan. 16 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Jan. 15, 2025: * * * Constitutional Crisis Day 2: the Calm After the Calm Written by Bill Glahn You would expect that a raging constitutional crisis and an "attempted coup" would be more, well...kinetic. The House reconvened at noon today in the state capitol House Chamber for its second session of 20  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan. 16 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Jan. 14, 2025: * * * House DFL Take Heed: Protecting Democracy Top Issue for Minnesota Voters Written by Bill Walsh Thinking Minnesota magazine just hit mailboxes across the state featuring our latest poll revealing the top issues that drove Minnesota voters in the November election. House Democrats sh  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan. 16 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Jan. 15, 2025: * * * How Can Rep. Tabke Be Seated If He Remains in Hiding? Written by John Phelan Yesterday's shenanigans at the capitol have been ably covered by my colleagues Bill Walsh and Bill Glahn. Nevertheless, there remains one unanswered question. Yesterday, Bill G. noted: During today's ses  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan. 16 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Jan. 15, 2025: * * * In Michigan, Destroy Forests to Build Solar? Written by Sarah Montalbano In news from nearby Michigan, it's now in vogue to clear-cut state forests to build unreliable and expensive solar facilities in the far north. The backlash to this story is still developing but consider it a   more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan. 16 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Jan. 14, 2025: * * * Live From the Capitol: Podcast Breaks Down House Drama Written by Bill Walsh In an unprecedented move, House Democrats boycotted the first day of Minnesota's legislative session while House Republicans elected Lisa Demuth Speaker of the House. There was a dramatic moment when Secr  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan. 16 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Jan. 14, 2025: * * * MN House Starts Session: Business as Usual, But No Democrats Written by Bill Glahn A few minutes late, but shortly after noon on the appointed day (today), MN Secretary of State Steve Simon gaveled into session the House of Representatives of the 94th Minnesota Legislature. It was  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan. 16 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Jan. 15, 2025: * * * Parents, Your Child Doesn't Have to Take the Survey Written by Catrin Wigfall The 2025 Minnesota Student Survey (MSS) will be administered to students electronically in grades 5, 8, 9, and 11 between the months of January and June. The triennial survey is a collaboration between lo  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan. 16 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Jan. 15, 2025: * * * Study Ranks Minnesota 49th Out of 50 States for Entrepreneurs Written by John Phelan Back in September, Governor Walz announced a new effort to attract business to Minnesota; "we're focused on maintaining our record as a top state for business," he said. This record is largely a my  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan. 16 (TNSres) -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following news on Jan. 15, 2025: Written by Bill Walsh A new report released today from Center of the American Experiment assesses the impact of the Biden administration's regulations for Affordable Care Act (ACA) Exchanges on individual market premiums, the cost to the federal taxpayer, and the level of improper enrol  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 [Category: Sociological] -- The American Economic Liberties Project issued the following news release: * * * Economic Liberties Applauds FTC's Landmark Lawsuit Against John Deere for Protecting Farmers' Right to Repair Washington, D.C. -- Following the Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit --joined by Illinois and Minnesota Attorneys General--against John Deere for its monopolistic repair restrictions that burden farmers with higher costs and devastating delays, the American   more