Will North Dakota Democrats Spend Their Money Supporting This Trump-Loving Conservative Politician Again?
Michael Coachman, a regular if marginal candidate for statewide office in North Dakota, has announced yet another campaign. In 2020...
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Democratic Lawmaker Suggests New Ethics Commission Could Regulate Speech of Elected Officials
Politicians say stupid things. That's not exactly breaking news. Sometimes the stupid things they say rise to the level of...
North Dakota’s Legislature Doesn’t Set Family Leave Policy for Private Businesses and That’s a Good Thing
Recently Bismarck Tribune reporter Jack Dura had a very good report about the amount of pay approved for lawmakers who miss...
Losers Don’t Get to Be Choosers, Democrats
The Legislature has been organizing its interim committees of late, and a tradition for Democrats during this time is to...
Is North Dakota’s First Openly Gay Lawmaker an Anti-Gay Bigot?
"Bigotry is alive and well in Bismarck," writes Jim Shaw in his most recent column. "The North Dakota Legislature is...
Plain Talk: Democratic Leader Says This Legislative Session Has Been Less Partisan Than Those in the Past
On this episode of the Plain Talk podcast, House Minority Leader Josh Boschee (R-Fargo) talks about the 2019 legislative session...
House Passes Bill to Use Legacy Fund to Replace the Income Tax, Democrats Incorrectly Say It Will Make State More Reliant on Oil Taxes
Not so long ago I interviewed Rep. Craig Headland for Plain Talk about his bill to use Legacy Fund earnings...
Reminder: North Dakota Democrats Also Attempted “Russian Tactics” During Election
"As Russia’s online election machinations came to light last year, a group of Democratic tech experts decided to try out...
This Time Anti-Discrimination Activists Hope to Bring Evidence of Discrimination to the Legislature
For going on a decade now Democrats have brought to North Dakota's biannual legislative session an anti-discrimination bill aimed at...
Let’s All Be Glad This Is Al Jaeger’s Last Term
Secretary of State Al Jaeger survived what was a roller coaster election and will continue in the office he's held...
