Reminder: The #NoDAPL Protesters in Camp Are No Longer Standing With Standing Rock
Today is the deadline, set by both the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Governor Doug Burgum, for the #NoDAPL...
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The Feds No-Show Again as North Dakota Cops Get Hazmat Training Before Squaring Off With #NoDAPL
The deadline for the #NoDAPL trespass camp on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers land to be cleared out is tomorrow....
Video: House Votes to Block Executive Branch From Introducing Legislation
HB1397 touches on a couple of the peculiarities to the North Dakota legislative process. The first is the tradition that...
Video: House Votes to Restrict Civil Asset Forfeiture Despite Opposition From Law Enforcement
For those of you who don't know what civil asset forfeiture, it's essentially a process whereby law enforcement can take...
What If, Like That Sinbad Movie You Thought You Saw in the 90’s, Trump’s Comments About Swedish Attack Don’t Exist?
My focus is very much on North Dakota news these days, what with our Legislature in session and all, so...
Video: House Democrat Insults Sponsor of Refugee Study “Born in Prejudice and Suspicion”
Earlier this month a bill which would have required more data collection on the social and fiscal impacts of refugee...
Amendment Would Seek a Moratorium on Approving New Wind Power Projects in North Dakota
In its original form SB2314, introduced by Republican Senator Jessica Unruh of Beulah, would have addressed power companies seeking rate...
Young Legislative Republicans Learn That in Politics the People Are Never Wrong (Even When They’re Wrong)
The job of a North Dakota lawmaker isn't over on Friday when they return from Bismarck to their districts. The...
State Sales Tax Revenues Miss Forecast by More Than $40 Million in January
North Dakota keeps revising its revenue forecasts down, and actual revenue collections keep coming in even lower. It's a reality...
This Is the Legislation North Dakota Should Have Passed in Response to the #NoDAPL Riots
Yesterday the state Senate passed three of four of the "protest bills" introduced in reaction to the #NoDAPL rioting against...
