Even at Its Peak Violent Crime in the Bakken Oil Patch Was About the Same as the Surrounding Region
Recently my colleague April Baumgarten produced a very thorough report on crime in the region of the Bakken oil fields...
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Republicans Supporting Trump’s Border Emergency Are Acting Like We’ll Never Have Another Democratic President
Even despite signing a compromise deal from Congress which funds a portion of his border wall priority, President Donald Trump...
House Passes Bill to Use Legacy Fund to Replace the Income Tax, Democrats Incorrectly Say It Will Make State More Reliant on Oil Taxes
Not so long ago I interviewed Rep. Craig Headland for Plain Talk about his bill to use Legacy Fund earnings...
UND Plans to Spend up to $25,000 Per Year Letting Chief of Staff Work From Home…in Texas
UPDATE: This post originally indicated that Foster would be working from North Carolina, where she is from originally. That was...
Analysis: No Donations to Republicans From NDSU Faculty or Administrators During 2018 Election Cycle
We hear a lot about the need for diversity on America's campuses. Gender diversity. Racial diversity. Things like that. What...
Of Course Ethics Investigations Should Be Secret
During the last election cycle a left-wing, Democrat-aligned group filed an ethics complaint against Republican candidate Tom Campbell because one...
Oh Sure, Now Democrats Want to Have an “Honest Conversation” About Wearing Blackface
"We — all of us, black, white, gay, straight —got to start extending grace to one another so that we can...
The Legislature Must Recognize That the Land Doesn’t Belong to the Hunters
I've written a lot about SB2315, introduced by Senator Robert Erbele (R-Lehr), which would flip North Dakota's presumption of land...
Trump Invites Bison Football Team to the White House
This per a press release just out from Senator Hoeven's office. The full release is below. Here's a video statement...
Joel Heitkamp’s Ratings Problems Are Very, Very Real
Last week I wrote a post about the ratings problems talk show host Joel Heitkamp is facing. Today my colleague,...
