Left Wing Protesters Disrupt Legislative Meeting Over Legacy Fund, Tell Majority Leader to F**K Himself
Lawmakers are in Fargo again today holding public hearings soliciting ideas for the $6.8-billion-and-counting in the state's Legacy Fund. I...
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The Legacy Fund Should Be About Legacy, Not the Spending Needs of the Moment
Earlier this year, I wrote a print column headlined, "We’re Going to Do Something Stupid With the Legacy Fund." Yesterday...
Let’s Not Make It Harder for Our Canadian Friends to Visit North Dakota
Last week Governor Doug Burgum sent a letter (see below) to U.S. Customs and Border Protection urging them not to...
Dakota Access Pipeline Expansion Expected to Bring in at Least $33 Million Per Year in Tax Revenues
Next week you'll be hearing a lot about the Dakota Access Pipeline. As I mentioned in a post yesterday, the...
North Dakota Auditor Now Seems to Be Routinely Referring Audits for Criminal Investigation
North Dakota Auditor Josh Gallion recently referred two of his recent audits to law enforcement for investigation for possible criminal...
North Dakota Attorney General Asks for Law Enforcement Investigation Into Commerce Department Audit Findings
In September, Auditor Josh Gallion's office released the report of an audit of the North Dakota Commerce Department. You can...
If North Dakota’s Universities Are in a “Death Spiral” It’s Not From Lack of Public Funding
There is a popular myth in North Dakota, one particularly acute among those work in our state's public university system,...
I Guess Lynching-Themed Rhetoric Is Ok When Democrats Like Heidi Heitkamp Do It?
Recently a typically bombastic President Donald Trump referred to efforts to impeach him as a "lynching." So some day, if...
For Some of North Dakota’s Small Towns Not Even the Law Is an Open Record
North Dakota has some potent open records laws because of these two foundational requirements of government: Every record the government...
North Dakota State Lawmaker Falsely Claims Picture Shows Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar in an Al Qaeda Camp
A Republican state Senator from Minot has shared on Facebook a photo he claims is of Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar...
