GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan. 14 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Jan. 23, 2025: * * * American Experiment Testifies in Support of Public Safety Bill Written by David Zimmer * * * This week I testified to the Minnesota House Public Safety Committee in support of House File 7 (HF 7). The bill is a wide-ranging effort to restore public safety to our communities throug  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan. 23 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary: * * * The 'Blue Dogs' are Already Coming to Heel Written by John Phelan In December, I wrote about the formation of a "Blue Dog Coalition" in the Minnesota Senate. This is a group of eight DFL senators who, among other things, promise to be "careful with [Minnesotan's] tax dollars." Of course, every sing  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan. 24 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Jan. 23, 2025: * * * Bills to Aid Small Nuclear Introduced Written by Bill Glahn Today, on the floor of the MN House of Representatives, HF 308 was introduced, which would allow for the construction of new nuclear generators in Minnesota up to a capacity of 300 MW. The bill is chief authored by state   more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan. 24 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Jan. 23, 2025: * * * Constitutional Crisis Day 10: War Raging on All Fronts Written by Bill Glahn It was a big day in Minnesota's Constitutional Crisis, with movement on all fronts. The state Supreme Court heard oral arguments today at 1 p.m. on the crucial question of "what is a quorum?" Attorney Rob  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan. 25 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Jan. 24, 2025: * * * County Board Chastises Local State Rep for Skipping Legislative Session Written by Tom Steward At their last meeting, Benton County commissioners left no question about where they stand on the boycott of the 2025 legislative session by DFL members of the Minnesota House of Represen  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan. 25 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Jan. 24, 2025: * * * DFL Wins the Right to Continue Political Stunt Written by Bill Walsh Today the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that a quorum in the legislature "requires a majority of the total number of seats of each house. Vacancies do not reduce the number required for a majority of each house to  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan. 25 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Jan. 24, 2025: * * * Feeding Our Future Defendant Gets 17 Years in Prison Written by Bill Glahn Mukhtar Shariff, Defendant No. 21 in the sprawling free food scandal and just the second defendant to be sentenced in the Feeding Our Future case received a prison term of 210 months. That works out to be ex  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan. 25 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Jan. 24, 2025: * * * Supreme Court Rules That a Quorum is 68: What Now? Written by John Phelan This afternoon, Minnesota's Supreme Court ruled in favor of the DFL's position that a quorum in the state House requires 68 Representatives to be present. [View images in the link at bottom.] So what happen  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Jan. 25 (TNSres) -- The University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management issued the following news: By Charly Haley Carlson School students recently delved into data to help Minnesota's largest nonprofit food hub develop plans for a new warehouse that will serve local farmers. The project, managed by the Carlson Analytics Lab for the Business Analytics in R course, partnered Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) students with The Good Acre, a nonprofit f  more