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*Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Minnesota Newsletter for 2024-12-08 ( 6 items )  
Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: Another Tech Giant Sees a Nuclear-Powered Future (10)
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Dec. 7 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Dec. 5, 2024: * * * Another Tech Giant Sees a Nuclear-Powered Future Written by Bill Glahn Earlier this week, Meta (parent company of Facebook) sent out a request for proposals for nuclear-generated electricity beginning next decade. Reuters reports: Meta said on Tuesday it is seeking proposals from nu more PR

Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: Daniel Penny Verdict - Why We Should Care (10)
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Dec. 7 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Dec. 6, 2024: * * * Daniel Penny Verdict - Why We Should Care Written by David Zimmer The incident On May 1, 2023, in the midafternoon, Daniel Penny, a 24-year-old former U.S. Marine attending college in Manhattan took a fateful subway ride home after class. During the trip, 30-year-old Jordan Nealy,  more PR

Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: Investigation Finds School Closure Policies Teachers' Union Lobbied for Harmed Children (10)
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Dec. 7 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Dec. 6, 2024: * * * Investigation Finds School Closure Policies Teachers' Union Lobbied for Harmed Children Written by Catrin Wigfall School closure policies aggressively lobbied for by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and specifically AFT president Randi Weingarten, caused avoidable and subst more PR

Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: New Sage Grouse Plan Prohibits Wind, Solar on 35 Million Western Acres (10)
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Dec. 7 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Dec. 6, 2024: * * * New Sage Grouse Plan Prohibits Wind, Solar on 35 Million Western Acres Written by Sarah Montalbano Last month, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its final environmental analysis of changes to greater sage grouse management. The final environmental impact statement (EIS) pr more PR

Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: Residents Say Property Tax Hikes Pricing Them Out of Homes (10)
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Dec. 7 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Dec. 6, 2024: * * * Residents Say Property Tax Hikes Pricing Them Out of Homes Written by Tom Steward Note to county commissioners and other local officials with taxing authority. It doesn't help help your constituents feel any less pain over their property tax bills being finalized this month by pointi more PR

Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: U.S. Math Scores Decline Dramatically on International Test (10)
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Dec. 7 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Dec. 5, 2024: * * * U.S. Math Scores Decline Dramatically on International Test Written by Catrin Wigfall U.S. math and science performance on an international assessment has declined once again. While American students still scored above international averages, the country's rankings slipped. The Tren more PR