Guest Post: Local Governments Move The Property Tax Goalposts
As the legislature battles with itself over how to provide property tax relief, local governments are showing once again that...
Rob Port
Rob Port is the editor of SayAnythingBlog.com, a columnist for the Forum News Service, and host of the Plain Talk Podcast which you can subscribe to by clicking here.
Senate Approves Petition Reform Requiring Big-Impact Constitutional Measures Be Decided On November Ballot
The North Dakota Senate this morning approved HCR3011, which reforms the initiated measure process for constitutional measures by requiring that...
Accreditation Will Be The Stick Used To Beat Higher Ed Reform To Death
Yesterday the state House voted to concur with the Senate's amendments to HCR3047 which replaces the state's current governing structure...
Solyndra Redux: Obama Administration Knew Green Car Company Was Headed For Trouble
Another day, another example of the Obama administration pouring "stimulus" tax dollars into a bad investment. This time it's Fisker...
Asking The University System To Prioritize Projects Isn't Unreasonable
In a shining example of how the home town media feeds the problems in North Dakota's university system by being...
Legislature Set To Give New State Workers Option For Defined Contribution Plans
Public pensions, nationally, are a mess and while North Dakota has escaped most of the nation's economic problems over the...
Poll: Faith In Federal Government Hits An All-Time Low, Even Among Democrats
As is usually the case with these sort of polls, I'm a little skeptical, but according to Pew Americans -...
Did The Plot Against Hamid Shirvani Backfire?
Yesterday the Senate passed an amended version of HCR3047, and today the House agreed to those amendments on a 55-34...
Do We Elect Politicians To Govern, Or To Appoint Boards And Commissions?
According to opinion editor Tom Dennis at the Grand Forks Herald, what higher education in North Dakota needs is Commission...
New York City Wants To Raise Legal Tobacco Age From 18 To 21
Big, paternalistic government taking yet another step toward infantilizing Americans. At 18 you're old enough to fight in wars, enter...
