It’s Just an Animal
A couple of days ago my colleague Robin Huebner reported a story about a 12-year-old Fargo girl Sylvia Peach Leiviska who shot...
Month: November 2018
Study: #NoDAPL Activism Cost Backers of the Dakota Access Pipeline Billions
According to a study by the University of Colorado Boulder's First Peoples Investment Engagement Program, the activism against the Dakota...
Republican Lawmakers Introducing Bill to Allow Make up of Snow Days With Virtual School Days
As we head into another one of North Dakota's notoriously unpredictable winters, school closures because of inclement weather will be...
Trump Isn’t Handling General Motors Any Better Than Obama Did
In the dawn of the Obama administration General Motors, hit hard by declining sales and the Great Recession, went to...
Print Column: Burgum Can’t Paint Over the Mold Problem in Higher Education
MINOT, N.D. -- I am dubious of a proposal to change the governance structure of the North Dakota University System....
Isn’t This a $20 Million to $50 Million Tax Hike?
"North Dakota collected $750,000 more in new online sales taxes since late June, when the Supreme Court ruled states could...
City Tells Citizens Who Can’t Vote in City Elections They Have to Pay Double for Building Permits
Extra-territorial zoning is an odd bit of North Dakota law which allows for municipal governments to extend their governance beyond...
Group of Republicans Considered Attempt to Replace Democrats as Minority Party in the Legislature
Over the years I have often heard North Dakota politicos of the Republican persuasion joke that if the Democrats in...
Audit: North Dakota’s Use of Open Source Textbooks Has Saved North Dakota Students a Lot of Money
For generations now the cost of higher education has been out of control. This isn't exactly news to you, I'm...
Print Column: We Are Regulating Young Families Out of Our State
MINOT, N.D. -- Generations of politicians in North Dakota have struggled to address a consistent problem facing our state. How...
