House Committee Gives "Do Pass" Recommendation To Obamacare Medicaid Expansion
Today the ND House Human Services Committee gave, by a 12-1 vote, a "do pass" recommendation to Governor Jack Dalrymple's...
Month: February 2013
Democrats: North Dakota Women Are In "Emergent Danger" For "Simply Being Women"
The North Dakota Democrat party picked new leadership recently, and adopted an official resolution calling Republican leadership of the state...
The Sequester Cuts Are Anything But "Deep"
There's a lot of media alarmism going on over automatic sequester cuts, a bi-partisan idea put forward by President Obama...
Three ND Legislators Convicted Of Alcohol-Related Traffic Offenses
Over the weekend the Fargo Forum ran a story about "lead foot legislators," correlating speeding offenses with the legislator's positions...
Bills To Allow Concealed Carry In Churches And Schools Get Big Changes
At the beginning of the legislative session there were two bills to allow churches and school districts to change their...
Why Didn't The Full State Board Of Higher Education Officially Back Shirvani?
Over the weekend the North Dakota Student Association, claiming to represent the state's 48,000 or so college students but really...
ND Legislature Hall Of Shame Week 7: Rep. Mike Nathe
I'm a little late getting to this week's Hall of Shame inductee thanks to a rough trip back from Phoenix...
Question of the Week: It's Almost Halftime, How Has the Legislature Been Playing?
This week marks the "two minute warning" before the end of the first half of play in the 63rd Legislative...
Guest Post: Give State Employees A Choice On Pensions
HB 1452 was originally introduced and ultimately amended with a Do Pass recommendation out of committee and received a similar...
Dorso Column: The Media And The University System
In my last column I accuse newspapers and faculties of protecting their self interests when it comes to reform of...
