ND State School Funding Up 181% Over Last Decade, Enrollment Down 2%
The North Dakota Senate today passed HB1319, which was Governor Jack Dalrymple's new school funding bill. It includes what the...
Month: April 2013
North Dakota Senate Shoots Down Purchase Of Ski Resort, But Votes To Purchase A Marina
It was one step forward and then one step backward in the state Senate today. HB1019, the budget for the...
Joel Heitkamp Made Big Mistake In Announcing Supposed "Expansion" To New Station
In what was clearly a vain effort to try and spin news that he was losing western radio affiliates in...
NDSU Will Get To Keep Controversial Airplane Under Senate Version Of Aircraft Management Bill
After an interim study ordered in the last legislative session uncovered some questionable use of the state's aircraft - most...
North Dakota Oil Counties Got Greedy, Now They're Paying For It
Senator Dwight Cook's decision to strip a bill funding oil impacts in western North Dakota of $303 million in funding...
President Obama's War On Saving
"I do think at some point you've made enough money," President Obama said in 2010. Here's that attitude about wealth...
Legislators Who Work For The University System Allowed To Double Dip And Take Liberties With Vacation Time
Previously, SAB reported Senator Tony Grindberg (R-Fargo) had collected more than his employment agreement authorized as the head of the...
Heidi Heitkamp Suggests Constituents Make A Contribution To Democrats To Talk To Her
Senator Heidi Heitkamp is holding a town hall in Grand Forks this weekend, which should be an opportunity for constituents...
Washington DC's Obamacare Exchange Rules That Smoking Is A Pre-Existing Condition
Just another way in which Obamacare will make health insurance more expensive and harder to get: The District of Columbia’s...
Dorso Column: Things Change Quickly At The End Of The Legislative Session
The last few weeks of the legislative session are here. As the standing committees act on the last of the...
