Heidi Heitkamp’s New Political Project Is All About Heidi Heitkamp Maybe Running for Governor
While former Senator Heidi Heitkamp flirts with the possibility of being the new president of the University of North Dakota...
Month: April 2019
Plain Talk: Congressman Armstrong Says Constituents Aren’t Asking About the Mueller Report, Lawmakers Take Auditor’s Authority Away
On this episode of Plain Talk Congressman Kelly Armstrong takes listener questions and talks about some recent town hall events...
Legislature Sends Bill to Governor Burgum Gutting the Authority of the State Auditor’s Office
Since taking office, Republican state Auditor Josh Gallion has been aggressive in pursuing his duties. In the wake of controversy...
Heidi Heitkamp Says She’d Consider Being President of the University of North Dakota
I wrote previously that if former U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp wanted the president's job at the University of North Dakota...
Proposed Ballot Measure Would Block Legislature’s Ability to Amend Part of North Dakota’s Constitution Dealing With Ballot Measures
We live in a very populist era, but the the proposal detailed below may be the very peak of populist...
Plain Talk: How Did an Effort to Decriminalize Marijuana Get Turned Into Legislation Which Increases Penalties?
State Rep. Shannon Roers Jones (R-Fargo) has spent a lot of time this legislative session pushing to decriminalize possession of...
North Dakota Is Third Lowest in the Nation When It Comes to Speeding Tickets Per Capita
According to data put together by (checks link) a Honda dealership in Yonkers (yeah, beats me), North Dakota had the...
The Fight Over NDSU’s Dunbar Hall Reveals an Ugly Truth About Our Priorities in Higher Education
Dunbar Hall is a chemistry lab building on the North Dakota State University campus. It's also in embarrassingly poor condition,...
Plain Talk: State Auditor Pushes Back Against NDSCS President’s Suggestion of Lying
"To us it's very clear." That's what state Auditor Josh Gallion said on this episode of Plain Talk when asked...
Print Column: Subjecting Mark Kennedy to an Ideological Litmus Test Is Unfair
MINOT, N.D. -- Once upon a time I thought Mark Kennedy was going to be a good leader for the...
