Roscoe Streyle: The Law Is Not Ambiguous, Lawmakers Must Make the State’s Constitutional Funds Whole
This guest post was submitted by Minot resident Roscoe Streyle, a former member of the state House of Representatives. In...
Month: March 2019
Plain Talk: Senator Cramer on Ocasio-Cortez: “I Think She’s a Paid Actress by the Republican Party”
"I think she's a paid actress by the Republican Party." That's what Senator Kevin Cramer said, jokingly, in response to...
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Says Something Pretty Stupid About the Dakota Access Pipeline
Yesterday the CEO of Wells Fargo appeared before a House committee where he was grilled by progressive media darling Rep....
Plain Talk Podcast: ND United Keeping Options Open for Lawsuit Over Mistake in Allocations to Constitutional Funds
Could the state of North Dakota be sued over a mistake in how oil tax revenues were allocated to certain...
Environmental Activists Promote Fake News About Coal Ash
This week a headline about coal ash contaminating groundwater in North Dakota and other states probably caught your attention. And...
Guest Post: Build the Theodore Roosevelt Library and It Will Be North Dakota’s Top Tourist Attraction
This guest post was submitted by Charley Johnson of the Fargo-Moorhead Convention and Visitor's Bureau, Julie Rygg of the Greater...
This Is the Sort of Citizen Activist Measure 1 Will Hurt
Over the weekend reporter Diane Newberry from the North Dakota Newspaper Association had a very interesting report about citizen-driven politics...
Wind Energy Companies Shouldn’t Be Dismissive of Their Inability to Produce Power When It’s Frigid Outside
We've had some positively arctic temperatures in our region this year. Back in late January, amid a "polar vortex," Jason...
Occupational Licensing Reciprocity Is Good for Military Spouses, but Why Not for Everyone?
"North Dakota, meanwhile, has more than 13,000 unfilled jobs, many of which require licensing," the Grand Forks Herald wrote in an...
Plain Talk: Democratic Leader Says This Legislative Session Has Been Less Partisan Than Those in the Past
On this episode of the Plain Talk podcast, House Minority Leader Josh Boschee (R-Fargo) talks about the 2019 legislative session...
