64th Legislative Assembly: Week 12 Tue & Wed Highlights- State Sovereignty and Higher Ed Governance
Analysis of Week 12 continues in this post, where we will discuss bill activities for Tuesday, March 24 and Wednesday,...
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Rod St. Aubyn: Deck Seems Stacked Against The Public When It Comes To Transparency
ou may have noticed an article in Sunday’s Fargo Forum about North Dakota’s open records/open meetings laws. I am becoming...
ISIS Computer Hackers Call For Attacks On North Dakota Based Military
UPDATE: For those of you asking, I do have a copy of the list. I am not sharing it publicly...
64th Legislative Assembly: Week 12 Monday Highlights- Auditors and Lawyers and Drones Oh My
Monday starts Week 12 of the 64th Legislative Assembly, with Day 52. This will put them at 65% through their...
Read It: Full Investigation Report Of Kirsten Baesler Domestic Violence Arrest
Earlier this week we learned that charges had been dropped against state Superintendent of Public Schools Kirsten Baesler. According to...
Farmer's Union Busing In Activists To Protest Corporate Farming Rollback
In what is a bit of a sea change in agriculture policy here in North Dakota the Legislature rolled back...
ND Senate Kills Tuition Bill, Blames Student Debt On Students
There's an old saw, usually attributed erroneously to Albert Einstein, about insanity being defined as doing the same thing over...
ND Senate Gives Common Core Testing Opt Out Bill The "Hog House" Treatment
In the parlance of the North Dakota Legislature, a "hog house" amendment is a change to a bill that completely...
North Dakota Senate Says No Letting School Districts Arm Employees
In North Dakota there is a big resource gap between rural schools and urban schools. The urban schools have large...
ND Senate Reconsiders, Passes Bill For Earlier Sunday Booze Sales
Yesterday the state Senate defeated HB1434, introduced by Rep. Marie Strinden (D-Grand Forks), which is the the so-called "brunch bill"...
