Interview: Senator Hoeven Talks About The Empower States Act
North Dakota Senator John Hoeven has re-introduced the Empower States Act in this Congress, which would give states more control...
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The Case For Eliminating North Dakota's Income Tax
In an article about push by Republican governors and legislators around the nation to reduce, and even eliminate, income taxes...
Is It That Technology Changes Too Fast, Or Is The Government Holding Us Back?
There are two mistaken ideas about economics that, throughout history, significant numbers of people make again and again. One is...
Universal Background Checks Are A Good Way To Deny A Lot Of People Their 2nd Amendment Rights
One of President Obama's gun control proposals announced after the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary (though a proposal which...
Now That He's Out Of Excuses, Will Obama Approve The Keystone XL Pipeline?
The State Department is winding up yet another review of the Keystone XL pipeline issue, and isn't likely to produce...
While Finally Promising To Pass A Budget, Democrats Aim Tax Hikes At Energy Industry
Senate Democrats, who apparently think budgeting is like inaugurating presidents in that it's only to happen every four years, have...
US Oil Production Grew More In 2012 Than Any Other Year In History
Remember "peak oil?" The theory that we would one day run out of oil - just a few decades ago...
North Dakota's Oil Tax Must Be Fixed
The Bismarck Tribune sounds a note on energy taxation and regulation that legislators ought to heed: Although the state has...
Renewable Fuels Standard Could Gobble Up America's Entire Corn Crop
The government must stop mandating ethanol production, Mark Perry notes. It drives up prices and, unless something is done, in...
Biofuels Causing Famine
This is what happens when the government distorts markets with subsidies, mandates and protectionism. Recent laws in the United States...
