GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Aug. 20 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Aug. 19, 2025: * * * Data show that Minnesota's July job loss was worse than in 43 other states By John Phelan Last Friday, I commented on data released by the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) which show, among other things, that "Total Nonfarm Employment" in Minnesota declined   more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Aug. 20 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Aug. 19, 2025: * * * Despite fully budgeted positions, districts face teacher shortages and low salaries By Josiah Padley The 2023 Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) Supply and Demand report notes that in the 2022-2023 school year, 95 percent of districts had difficulty filling open teaching posit  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Aug. 20 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Aug. 19, 2025: * * * Minnesota Dad of the day: forest for the trees By Bill Glahn Diego Perez-Mejia, now aged 25, clocks in as our Minnesota Dad of the day. Originally from Guatemala, more recently he's been billed out of Marshall, MN. [Fun fact: the name "Guatemala" originates in a native word meanin  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Aug. 20 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Aug. 19, 2025: * * * Nearly 2/3 of teacher union employees pull six figures By Catrin Wigfall As an employer, Education Minnesota has roughly 155 full-time employees with three primary officers -- a president, vice president, and secretary-treasurer, according to its most recent federal filings with th  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Aug. 20 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Aug. 19, 2025: * * * Teachers' union confuses choice programs By Catrin Wigfall Perhaps it is convenient for the teachers' union to use a word with a negative connotation to label all choice policies, but school choice programs don't function the same way, and those distinctions matter. In a recent tw  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Aug. 20 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Aug. 19, 2025: * * * Treasury says wind, solar projects need 'significant' work to qualify for tax credits By Sarah Montalbano Late last week, the U.S. Treasury released its guidance in rolling back Inflation Reduction Act tax credits for wind and solar projects. The IRA rollbacks were passed into law  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Aug. 20 -- General Mills, a food company, issued the following news release: * * * Carbe Diem: Pasta, Reimagined Carbe Diem, one of General Mills' latest ventures in the better-for-you space, hosted a restaurant takeover for an elevated dining experience in the Twin Cities. Meet one of the co-founders behind it all. About Carbe Diem Carbe Diem is not a pasta alternative. It's a return to real pasta, reimagined through the lens of culinary expertise and nutritional ba  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Aug. 19 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Taft/Sherman & Howard Attorneys Highlight Emerging Issues at CBA 2025 Family Law Institute * Taft, formerly Sherman & Howard, attorneys Joseph Bronesky, Kathryn DeVries, Marte Timmers, and Madeleine Rosengrants were featured speakers at the Colorado Bar Association (CBA) 2025 Family Law Institute in Vail, CO. Bronesky and Devries partnered with retired Judge Angela Arkin to analyz  more