It's Time To Remove The Remnants Of Religious Bigotry From North Dakota's Constituiton
So-called "Blaine amendments" are changes made to state constitutions around the turn of the 19th - 20th century which prohibited...
Month: March 2013
Democrats Leave Republicans To Stand Up For Civil Liberties Alone
As Senator Rand Paul took a stand on the floor of the Senate, mounting a 12 hour and 54 minute...
Feds Spend $30,500 On Portrait Of An Ag Secretary Who Served Less Than A Year
Former North Dakota Governor Ed Schafer, a good friend of mine and some-time contributor to this blog, recently had his...
Legislative Vote Ranking: By The Issues
When Rob and I embarked on this little project (which, like any "little project", had a bit more work involved...
North Dakota Senate Mid-Session Legislative Vote Ranking
Yesterday we published a ranking of North Dakota House members based on what we considered to be key votes from...
The ND Legislature Passed Nearly 72% Of Bills Considered In First Half
There wasn't much going on in the North Dakota House today, at least not during the floor session anyway. They...
In The Legislature, A Debate Over Direct Democracy Versus Representative Democracy
Today the House Judiciary Committee played host to a packed room full of people testifying on HCR3011 which would, if...
Instead Of Arming Women, Why Not Just Make Men Less Rapey?
Brilliant. While we're at it, we should pass a law making crime illegal. Think of all the money we could...
Some ND Legislators Clearly Apprehensive About Vote For Obamacare Expansion Of Medicaid
"I attended a Legislative Forum Sunday night and this was distributed to us," a reader told me in an email...
Hoeven Backs Legislation To Overturn Federal School Lunch Limits Permanently
I'm not sure there's anything more absurd than our bankrupt, debt-laden federal government which passed passed a budget in years...
