Draft of Potential Ethics Amendment Ballot Measure Being Circulated by Former Democratic Lt. Governor Candidate
Ellen Chaffee, a former President of Valley City and Mayville State Universities and a stalwart of the left wing of...
Month: January 2018
It’s Not a Women’s March if It Only Represents Women Who Think a Certain Way
In an editorial today the Fargo Forum gets after the organizers of the Women's March movement for not being inclusive...
North Dakota Democrats Continue to Struggle With Candidate Recruitment
Over the weekend the North Dakota Democratic Party held conventions for the Grand Forks-area legislative districts. It didn't go well....
Gary Emineth Will Be Officially Launching U.S. Senate Campaign in February
Earlier this month I broke the news that Bismarck businessman, and former NDGOP Chairman, Gary Emineth was considering a run...
Julie Fedorchak: Feeling a Duty to Engage
Public Service Commissioner Julie Fedorchak submitted this guest post in response to my recent open letter critical of some of...
You Can Be Fiscally Conservative and Also a Good Person Senator Wardner
Long-time state lawmaker Bill Bowman has announced his retirement citing health concerns. His parody Twitter account, which was quite popular...
Let’s All Be Thankful Democrats Didn’t Get Their Way on North Dakota’s Oil Tax
Ever since Republicans reformed North Dakota's oil tax - setting the combined extraction and production taxes at a flat 10...
Podcast: Rauschenberger Says Struggle With Alcohol “Has Not Impacted My Job”
The audio from today's radio show is below. If you want the audio of every show delivered directly to your...
North Dakota Oil Production up 20 Percent Over Biennium Forecast, Tax Collections up 10 Percent
In his state of the state address this week Governor Doug Burgum warned that North Dakota isn't out of the...
North Dakota’s Flaring Problem Has Its Roots in Excessive Regulation
The environmental activism aimed at impeding, and sometimes even blocking, the build-out of energy infrastructure such as pipelines and refineries/processing...
