Guest Post: Bismarck Embraces Cancel Culture and It’s Not a Good Thing
Dustin Gawrylow is the managing director of the North Dakota Watchdog Network and a Bismarck resident. Bismarck’s latest controversy can be...
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Guest Post: Al Jaeger Strikes Again
This guest post was submitted by Dustin Gawrylow from the North Dakota Watchdog Network Today's headline is that two of...
Can We Make It Illegal for the Legislature to Legislate?
Today the Secretary of State's office announced they have received a resubmitted petition to amend the state constitution to "limit...
Plain Talk: Can’t the People Be Trusted to Vote on Amendments to the Initiated Measure Process?
Proponents of North Dakota's initiated measure process argue that the will of the people, as expressed at the ballot box,...
Why Is a Construction Firm Printing Campaign Signs for a School District?
Over in Dickinson there is a bit of a kerfuffle over campaign signs promoting an upcoming bond election for a...
Proposed Ballot Measure Would Block Legislature’s Ability to Amend Part of North Dakota’s Constitution Dealing With Ballot Measures
We live in a very populist era, but the the proposal detailed below may be the very peak of populist...
Dustin Gawrylow: Attacks on Gardner Are Petty and Vindictive
This guest post was submitted by Bismarck resident Dustin Gawrylow. This weekend there are two races at the North Dakota...
Measure 4 Is No Power Grab But Rather Common Sense Reform For Initiated Measures
Fargo Forum reporter Mike Nowtazki has a profile of Measure 4 up today, and this oft-overlooked constitutional amendment is framed...
Guest Post: The Legislature Must Tame The WAWS Monster
In 2011, the North Dakota Legislature approved the creation of a water project commonly known as WAWS (the official name...
Why Are North Dakota Republicans Proposing A Tax On Water?
For years, Republicans have complained and called for reform of the state's 11.5% Gross Production and Extraction Tax on oil...
