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Why tax cuts will require significant spending reform: americanexperiment.org/why-t…

Why tax cuts will require significant spending reform

Minnesota’s two gubernatorial candidates have expressed interest in cutting taxes. This is a good thing. Lisa Demuth wants to cut income taxes by reducing the two lowest tax brackets. She has also...

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Medtronic started in a Minneapolis garage in 1949. Today, its legal headquarters are in Ireland. A closer look at the factors that drove Medtronic out of Minnesota.
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Did Sen. Zaynab Mohamed accept fraud-linked campaign cash?: americanexperiment.org/did-s…

Did Sen. Zaynab Mohamed accept fraud-linked campaign cash?

Zaynab Mohamed (D) is a state senator in her first term representing a south Minneapolis district (SD 63). She is running for re-election next month. Perusing her 2026 campaign finance report, a name...

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American Experiment in the news!: americanexperiment.org/ameri…

American Experiment in the news!

A pair of KSTP-5 stories on political campaign ads mention your think tank, Center of the American Experiment, by name. The advertisements involve this year’s race for state Attorney General. Both...

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Why per capita GDP growth matters: americanexperiment.org/why-p…

Why per capita GDP growth matters

A couple of weeks ago, I noted that, as Figure 1 shows: …as recently as 2014, [Gross Domestic Product] GDP per capita in Minnesota was $4,658 above that of the United States generally, or $18,632 for...

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Amy Klobuchar tries to brag about getting the harmful Medical Device Tax eliminated... BUT the only reason there was EVER a Medical Device Tax in the first place is because of HER VOTING FOR IT!
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Make Competition Great Again: Lessons for Minnesota from Australia: americanexperiment.org/make-…

Make Competition Great Again: Lessons for Minnesota from Australia

Image: Cato Institute Note: Free market competition is the key to innovation, productivity and affordability. I am currently the Policy Fellow for Energy and Natural Resources at the Center for...

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Fact-checking Minnesota Budget Project's estimate that Operation Metro Surge cost the Twin Cities 32,000 jobs.
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How the closure of a free Minneapolis cafe shows why prices matter: americanexperiment.org/how-t…

How the closure of a free Minneapolis cafe shows why prices matter

After removing prices from its menu earlier this year, a struggling Minneapolis restaurant announced it will close at the end of the year. According to the Star Tribune, Owner Dylan Alverson, who has...

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Pay close attention to the words you hear...
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Lt. Gov. Flanagan proposes to fix affordability by hiking prices: americanexperiment.org/lt-go…

Lt. Gov. Flanagan proposes to fix affordability by hiking prices

“Affordability” is one of the issues foremost on Minnesotans’ minds as they head to the polls this November, and candidates have been offering their solutions. Last week, the Minnesota Reformer...

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DOJ asks two judges for recusals: americanexperiment.org/doj-a…

DOJ asks two judges for recusals

From MPR News, Feds seek to boot Minnesota judges from immigration cases after public comments. MPR Reports The Justice Department is seeking to disqualify two Minnesota federal judges from a pair of...

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Survey says: Teacher union members support new federal tax credit: americanexperiment.org/surve…

Survey says: Teacher union members support new federal tax credit

Despite their national unions doubling down on opposition to the new federal education freedom tax credit (EFTC) set to take effect Jan. 1, 2027, a majority of teacher union members support the...

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The structure of high school has shifted. Here’s how districts can respond.: americanexperiment.org/the-s…

The structure of high school has shifted. Here's how districts can respond.

We’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto. The whole world has stretched at the seams, changing its shape to fit innumerable new aspects of life brought by digital technology. Many industries have changed;...

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Immigration enforcement data at odds with media spin: americanexperiment.org/immig…

Immigration enforcement data at odds with media spin

Rarely do we see news stories from the legacy media that provide an accurate or positive picture of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) effort to enforce violations of our immigration law....

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Chickens Coming Home to Roost: Biden-era price controls help drive one-in-three Minnesota seniors out of their Medicare Advantage plans: americanexperiment.org/chick…

Chickens Coming Home to Roost: Biden-era price controls help drive one-in-three Minnesota seniors...

More than 320,000 Minnesotans—reports put the figure as high as nearly 390,000—are losing their current Medicare Advantage plans for 2027. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, the state’s largest...

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Muna Fidhin found guilty in Feeding Our Future fraud trial: americanexperiment.org/muna-…

Muna Fidhin found guilty in Feeding Our Future fraud trial

This afternoon, at the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis, the operator of Burnsville’s M5 Cafe was found guilty by a jury in only the third-ever courtroom trial in the Feeding Our Future...

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At the Minnesota Chamber debate, Amy Klobuchar pointed to the medical device tax as proof she'll take on her own party over taxes. Bill Walsh walks through the Obamacare vote that created that tax, and what her record says about her no-tax-hike pledge.
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Two men charged in SNAP fraud: americanexperiment.org/two-m…

Two men charged in SNAP fraud

Ahmed Abdul Razaq Al Obaidi and Muhammed Abdullah Kahn made their first appearance this afternoon in federal court to face charges of SNAP (food stamp) fraud. Your correspondent was there. According...

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Global energy security index: Minnesota needs this too: americanexperiment.org/globa…

Global energy security index: Minnesota needs this too

The Adam Smith Institute (ASI) launched their 2026 Global Energy Security Index (GESI) in London on October 19, 2026. This was authored by Dr. Oliver McPherson-Smith and Jasper Ostle. Dr. McPherson...

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