Tax Commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger Is Testing North Dakota’s New Attitudes on Addiction
Ryan Rauschenberger, North Dakota's Republican tax commissioner, is an extremely intelligent and competent man. A dedicated public servant. On a...
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Senator Heidi Heitkamp Raised More Money From Goldman Sachs Employees Than North Dakotans
Fully aware that she's in a vulnerable electoral position in the 2018 political cycle, first term North Dakota Senator Heidi...
Poll: 42 Percent of North Dakotans Say They’re Less Likely to Vote for Heitkamp if She Opposes Trump Tax Plan
Will Senator Heidi Heitkamp back President Donald Trump on tax reform? Her ride on Air Force One to the President's...
Heidi Heitkamp Took Money From Wells Fargo PAC Just Nine Days Before Saying “Someone Should Go to Jail”
“I think somebody should go to jail,” Senator Heidi Heitkamp said during an interview with CNBC earlier this month (video at...
Higher Ed Is Already Run by Politicians, They Just Don’t Have to Stand for Election
In North Dakota talk often turns to better ways to govern our sprawling university system. Because that university system is...
North Dakota Is Smart to Resist the Wind Energy Bubble
Ed Gruchalla is a former Democratic state lawmaker now serving as a flack for the wind energy after voters cast...
Audio: Berkeley Scholar Calls Wind Energy Subsidies “Completely Perverse”
Steven Hayward, a Senior Resident Scholar at Berkeley's Institute of Governmental Studies, has produced a report for Minnesota's Center of the...
Podcast: Will North Dakota’s Government Employees Be Able to Use Medical Marijuana?
On my radio show yesterday Aaron Birst from the North Dakota Association of Counties said his group's membership is grappling...
If Harvey Weinstein Were a Powerful Republican He’d Have Gone Down Years Ago
I, like the rest of you, have been watching the stories about Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein roll out with an...
The Roots of Anti-Columbus Day Activism May Surprise You
I'll admit that I don't care much about Columbus Day. I think the explorer himself is a fascinating historical figure,...
