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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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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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Hands off my (natural) gas! Have your say by today: americanexperiment.org/hands…

Hands off my (natural) gas! Have your say by today

Public comments are due today by 4:30pm to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) regarding Xcel Energy’s progress in helping to one day deprive Minnesotans of natural gas. The details on exactly...

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Muna Fidhin’s Feeding Our Future trial: Day 10: americanexperiment.org/muna-…

Muna Fidhin's Feeding Our Future trial: Day 10

Your correspondent was there for part of today’s afternoon session of the the trial of Muna Fidhin. She is accused as part of the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal and is defendant No. 75 (of 81), in...

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Love it or hate it, the federal tax credit is law and the stakes for Minnesota are huge: americanexperiment.org/love-…

Love it or hate it, the federal tax credit is law and the stakes for Minnesota are huge

Whatever your feelings are about the new federal education freedom tax credit (EFTC) — and there are lots out there — the program is law and will go into effect Jan. 1, 2027. The question before...

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#GoldenTurkeyAward @MNThinkTank @JonJustice My nominee for a "lifetime achievement award" is the "quiet achiever" of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for "rubber stamping" rampant electricity unaffordability in Minnesota for the past 25 years. americanexperiment.org/golde…

The Golden Turkey Award: Silly and Wasteful Spending in State Government

Minnesota’s government wastes a LOT of money on silly things. Each year, we give out the Golden Turkey Award to the worst example.

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Fact Checking the Governor Candidates!: americanexperiment.org/fact-…

Fact Checking the Governor Candidates!

We STOP THE TAPE on the latest Minnesota gubernatorial debate… Check out the American Experiment Podcast Kathryn Johnson and Bill Walsh sit down to STOP THE TAPE on the latest Minnesota debate,...

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“Out of the denial phase”: americanexperiment.org/out-o…

“Out of the denial phase”

Representatives from forty-six (46) local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies and task forces gathered at the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) yesterday for a press conference...

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Vanishing students and public school revenue: americanexperiment.org/vanis…

Vanishing students and public school revenue

From the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Operation Metro Surge could prompt teacher layoffs in St. Paul. Yes, the crackdown on illegal immigration has somehow led to fewer illegal immigrants. But more than...

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Hands off my gas! Comments to PUC on NGIA due Oct 21: americanexperiment.org/hands…

Hands off my gas! Comments to PUC on NGIA due Oct 21

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has notified the public that the comment period regarding Xcel Energy’s NGIA plan ends at 4:30 pm on Wednesday, October 21, 2026. NGIA is short for the...

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