Print Column: North Dakota’s New Ethics Regulations May Make Politics Less Transparent
MINOT, N.D. — Recently, a couple of dozen North Dakota lawmakers took a trip to Nashville which cost taxpayers nearly $90,000....
Ethics Commission
Democratic Lawmaker Suggests New Ethics Commission Could Regulate Speech of Elected Officials
Politicians say stupid things. That's not exactly breaking news. Sometimes the stupid things they say rise to the level of...
Guest Post: Ethics Commission Front-Runner Has Corporate Ties to Large State Government Contracts
This guest post was submitted by Dustin Gawrylow, executive director of the North Dakota Watchdog Network There has been a...
Loophole in Measure 1 Will Let Lobbyists Serve on the Ethics Commission, and Five Have Applied So Far
Measure 1, the Hollywood-bankrolled "ethics" amendment North Dakota voters cast their ballots for last year, was backed by a campaign...
Print Column: Measure 1 Should Be Challenged in Court Immediately
MINOT, N.D. -- Measure 1, approved by 54 percent of North Dakota voters this last week, is a clear example...
Podcast: ACLU Says They’ll Consider Litigation Against Measure 1 if It Passes, Christine Blasey Ford Testifies
Heather Smith, executive director of the ACLU in North Dakota, joined me today to talk about her group's opposition to...
Print Column: Measure 1 Is an Affront to the First Amendment
MINOT, N.D.—A group calling themselves the North Dakotans for Public Integrity is backing Measure 1, a constitutional ballot measure sold...
Co-Chair of Measure 1 Committee Compares Dominant North Dakota Republicans to Nazis
Dina Butcher is a co-chair of North Dakotans for Public Integrity, the local front group for Hollywood activists looking to...
Ballot Measure Activists Supposedly Promoting Transparency in Government Still Won’t Come Clean on How They Got Their Signatures
Last week I noted that a group calling itself the North Dakotans for Public Integrity (despite being largely funded by...
A Bunch of Hollywood Celebrities Just Bought Their Way Onto North Dakota’s Ballot
Yesterday a group calling themselves the North Dakotans for Public Integrity announced that their constitutional amendment has been qualified to...
