Heitkamp among senators making election year bid to reform Obamacare
By Rob Port | Watchdog.org North Dakota Bureau REFORMING OBAMACARE: Senator Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota is proposing major changes...
Month: March 2014
California senator wants disclosure of lawmakers’ free trips
By James Poulos | Cal Watchdog Year in and year out, California lawmakers take advantage of one area where freebies...
SBHE Approves Sweetheart Deal For Sanford Nursing College
Yesterday I wrote about a proposal before the State Board of Higher Education today to have North Dakota State University...
Medical Marijuana States See A Decrease In Violent Crimes
One concern many have with legalizing marijuana to any degree is that greater access to the drug would mean higher...
House Call
Back in the early to mid-20th century, house calls by doctors were considered a common practice, especially in rural areas....
SBHE Member: Complaints About Legislative Funding Of Universities Are "Hogwash"
The last meeting of the North Dakota Board of Higher Education had to remove the issue of tuition hikes from...
PA city school board finds itself in free speech fiasco
The school board in York City is being sued for restricting public comment at a meeting. By Maura Pennington |...
Oversight, what oversight? Iowa won’t track welfare card use
IOWA WRITES A LETTER: Instead of tracking the use of EBT cards, the Iowa Department of Human Services has decided...
Obama vacation to Hawaii, Africa cost taxpayers nearly $16 million
WE'RE HERE TO HELP: President Barack Obama arrived with family in Honolulu, for the start of their holiday vacation, Dec....
New Mexico brings up the rear in personal income growth
A TALE OF TWO STATES: New Mexico finished 48th in the percentage of personal income growth in 2013 while the...
