Bill For Annual Legislative Session Gets Surprising Number Of Votes In ND House
Today Rep. Keith Kempenich's bill, HB1262, to have North Dakota's legislature meet every year instead if biannually was debated on...
Month: January 2013
The Case For Eliminating North Dakota's Income Tax
In an article about push by Republican governors and legislators around the nation to reduce, and even eliminate, income taxes...
ND Bill Would Prohibit Employers From Requesting Social Media Passwords From Employees
Last year US Senator Richard Blumenthal introduced a bill that would prohibit employers from requesting the social media usernames/passwords from...
NDSU Faculty March In Favor Of Public Funding For Planned Parenthood
Tuition is out of control, student loan debt is becoming a national crisis and the value of a college degree...
Employees In Right-To-Work States Make 4% More
The unions and those opposed to right-to-work laws generally are fond of claiming that incomes in right-to-work states are lower....
48% Of North Dakota Welfare Spending Is On Fast Food, Eating Out, ATM's And Movie Rentals
I wrote previously about disturbing numbers from the North Dakota Department of Human Services regarding the use of TANF (welfare)...
North Dakotans Among The Best In The Nation At Saving
The Corporation for Enterprise Development tells us that 28% of North Dakotans aren't saving adequately, and while that sounds like...
House Passes Mandatory Evacuations Bill, Senate Kills Limits To State Auditors
The legislature voted today on a couple of bills I've written about in the past. First, the House passed HB1120...
North Dakota Hockey Club Stirs Controversy With Gun Raffle
North Dakotans are no strangers to gun raffles. It seems every time I go out to eat or for drinks...
Schafer Column: Raising The Cost Of Oil Production In North Dakota Is A Bad Idea
I always find it interesting how Republican Senators can figure out ways to raise revenues when we have a huge...
