Should Foreign Contributions To State Candidates Be Illegal?
Yesterday I flagged some contributions from a Canadian citizen (Leo Ledohowski, the owner of the Canad Inns hotel chain) to...
North Dakota
“I’m Not Going To Be…Lobbying" Said Kent Conrad Before Taking Lobbying Job
“The one thing I know I’m not going to be doing is lobbying.” That's what former North Dakota Senator Kent...
North Dakota Turns Away From Ban On Corporate Farming To Save Swine, Dairy Farms
For 83 years North Dakota has had one of the toughest bans on corporate farming in the nation. While corporations...
Why Not Just End North Dakota's Corporate Farming Law?
Today the state House will finally take up SB2351 which would ease the state's restrictions on corporate farming for swine...
Lawmaker: Make State Support Of University Foundations Conditional On Audits
Earlier today I wrote about an opinion from Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem's office which found that the Legislature doesn't have...
Heitkamp Cuts And Runs From Questions Over Abortion Language In Human Trafficking Bill
Here in North Dakota a bill being considered by the Legislature to address the human trafficking issue got waylaid by...
If Legislature Can't Order University Foundation Audits, Make Them The Price Of Admission
The Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee (LAFRC) has voted for audits for the state’s university foundations, and it wasn’t...
Not A Single Democrat Speaks In Favor Of Anti-Free Speech Bill They Introduced
North Dakota Demcorats, since they can't seem to win enough elections to be all that relevant to governing the state,...
Why The University System Needs To Lose Control Of Their Lawyers And Auditors
Before the state Legislature convened for the crossover break, the House passed a university system budget that trimmed Governor Jack Dalrymple's...
New Democrat Party Chair Verifies Figurehead Status
When Rep. Kylie Oversen was announced as the new chairwoman of the North Dakota Democrat Part I was pretty tough...
