Heidi Heitkamp's Favorite Presidential Candidate Wants To Basically Ban Fracking
The key to Senator Heidi Heitkamp’s political success in North Dakota is her posturing as a moderate. And the policy...
North Dakota
Wayne Stenehjem Needs To Explain Why He Opposed Anti-Obamacare Lawsuit
At a gubernatorial nomination debate in Rugby last week candidates Doug Burgum and Rick Becker hit Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem...
The Big Winner In North Dakota's Gubernatorial Race Will Be The Advertising Industry
"A poll commissioned by North Dakota United—the combined teacher and public worker unions—was released last week and showed us who...
It's Just A Steady Stream Of Bad News For North Dakota Democrats
It seems state Senator George Sinner may not be running for re-election in District 46. This after confirming, again, that he's...
NDSU And Foundation Refusing To Answer Questions About Conflicts Of Interest
Earlier this week I had a post about draft legislation from state Rep. Roscoe Streyle (R-Minot) which would ban remuneration...
Attorney For Former State Lawmaker/Firefighter Says City Of Fargo Inappropriately Revealed Medical Condition
Yesterday Scot Kelsh, a Democrat who served in the state House from 199-2014, lost his appeal over his termination from...
Burgum's Explanation For Ugly Poll Doesn't Quite Hold Water
Yesterday Fargo businessman and NDGOP gubernatorial candidate Doug Burgum got some bad news in the form of an ugly poll...
NIMBY Wins: North Dakota County Slams The Door On Research Aimed At Helping Nuclear Energy
My newspaper column on Sunday was about not-in-my-backyard parochialism standing in the way of progress. One of the examples I...
Poll: Stenehjem Leading Burgum In Governor's Race 59-10, Trump And Clinton Leading Presidential Candidates
UPDATE: I asked Dean Mitchell from DFM Research, which conducted the poll, why gubernatorial candidate Rick Becker wasn't included in the...
Will North Dakota Need Another Round Of Budget Cuts?
I was speaking with some lawmakers over the weekend about the state's budget situation. In case you haven't seen the...
