House Approves Amendment Removing Some Special Interests From Outdoor Heritage Fund
Today the House took up amendments to SB2242. Rep. Todd Porter, who sponsored HB1278 which has already been passed by...
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Amendment To Resolution Would Ban Initiated Constitutional Measures That Appropriate Money
Update: Senator David Hogue emails to make it clear that this amendment impacts only constituitonal measures. Statutory measures that appropriate...
Guest Post: Efforts To Reform North Dakota's Pharmacy Law Seem To Have Fizzled
Over the last five years or so, the subject of North Dakota’s unique pharmacy ownership law have been debated in...
Conservation Groups Get Greedy
The dynamics around legislation to create an Outdoor Heritage Fund have taken a turn to the interesting. Last year an...
The ND Legislature Passed Nearly 72% Of Bills Considered In First Half
There wasn't much going on in the North Dakota House today, at least not during the floor session anyway. They...
In The Legislature, A Debate Over Direct Democracy Versus Representative Democracy
Today the House Judiciary Committee played host to a packed room full of people testifying on HCR3011 which would, if...
ND Senate Says Petition Circulators Must Be Citizens For Two Years First
We all remember the scandal last year around two initiated measures that were kept off the statewide ballot by petition...
ND House Waters Down "Ridiculous" State Smoking Ban
In the last election North Dakotans voted for a statewide smoking ban that, going beyond merely banning smoking, contained a...
Senate Passes Resolution To Give Legislature Veto Over Some Initiated Measures
In North Dakota citizens are allowed to legislate directly through the initiated measure process per Article III of the state...
Fargo Flood Diversion Proponents Want To Start Taxpayer-Funded Campaign
North Dakota has a big problem with taxpayer-funded political activism. One recent example was the debate last summer over Measure...
