North Dakota Turns Away From Ban On Corporate Farming To Save Swine, Dairy Farms
For 83 years North Dakota has had one of the toughest bans on corporate farming in the nation. While corporations...
Month: March 2015
Ahead Of Revenue Forecast Dems Doing Oil Tax Trigger Damage Control
There is absolutely no question at this point that the decision by lawmakers in 2013 to rid the state's oil...
Why Not Just End North Dakota's Corporate Farming Law?
Today the state House will finally take up SB2351 which would ease the state's restrictions on corporate farming for swine...
Rod St. Aubyn: Hillary Clinton Email Scandal A Smoking Gun Or A Strategic Plan?
We are all following with great interest the news on the Hillary Email Saga. The New York Times broke the...
64th Legislative Assembly: Week 11 Mon & Tue Highlights- Local control over school concealed carry, Legislative control over tuition, Thanksgiving store opening and Head Start
The 64th Assembly continues into Week 11 on Monday. Here is what is on tap for the first part of...
Discrimination Against Student Athletes?
After I reported that nearly a quarter million dollars worth of Challenge Fund grants to the state's university foundations had...
Lawmaker: Make State Support Of University Foundations Conditional On Audits
Earlier today I wrote about an opinion from Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem's office which found that the Legislature doesn't have...
Joe Miller: Corporate Farming Ban Reforms Would Save Swine, Dairy Farms
North Dakota agriculture is an industry of prosperity in our state. It can and does feed the businesses of our...
Hoeven On Filling Senate Vacancies: "I'm Always Good With Going To The People"
Rep. Roscoe Streyle set off something of a firestorm with legislation that would change how North Dakota would fill vacancies...
Heitkamp Cuts And Runs From Questions Over Abortion Language In Human Trafficking Bill
Here in North Dakota a bill being considered by the Legislature to address the human trafficking issue got waylaid by...
