James Kerian: North Dakota Has An Opportunity For Real Tax Relief
House Majority Leader Al Carlson, R-Fargo, announced last week that he is introducing a bill to phase out North Dakota's...
Month: January 2015
North Dakota May Be Just Days Away From First Oil Tax Trigger
With oil prices plunging one major area of concern for North Dakota, aside from the economic downturn that would result...
NDDOT Wants To Charge Businesses For Highway Acknowledgement Signs
Here's something from the "you learn something new every day" category. Anyone who has traveled America's highways and byways is...
Showdown Coming On Confirmation Of Higher Ed Board President: "If We Condone We Own"
One of the tasks the Legislature will take up this week as they convene their 2015 session is the confirmation...
UND President Has Nothing To Show For Month Off Studying Tenure Issue
What if a university president took a month off to study an aspect of university administration but then had nothing...
Sen. Lonnie Laffen: Democrats Doomed Meaningful Oil Tax Reforms
The North Dakota legislature will grapple with many challenging issues during the upcoming session. Issues of infrastructure, tax relief, and...
Rod St. Aubyn: Should Contracts For Public Officials Even Exist?
In the past few years news reports have brought to light activities that resulted in the resignation/termination of several public...
University Of North Dakota Spending An Obscene Amount Of Money On Nickname Transition
Well, this is just plain ridiculous, but sadly fitting with the North Dakota University System's overall stewardship of taxpayer dollars:...
North Dakota Dem: Empowering The People Is "Politics At Its Absolute Worst"
The rest of the state media has picked up on a story I broke about legislation, sponsored by Rep. Roscoe...
John Dorso: Reflections On College Sports And Legislating For The New Year
In the last few weeks I have read some posts on SAB that I can’t help commenting on. Fewer bills...
