North Dakota Could Have Avoided Revenue Headaches With Oil Tax Reform
Yesterday the state got some ugly news in the form of a forecast showing another $1 billion drop in tax...
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Dalrymple On New Forecast: "Our Revenues Will Be Down Substantially"
UPDATE: Read the full forecast document released today right here. Of particular note is the forecast for the "big trigger" on...
Lawmakers Concerned About Overly Optimistic Revenue Forecast From Executive Branch
Tomorrow state lawmakers will get their last revenue forecast of their 80 day legislative session from executive branch Office of...
Lawmakers Cut $1 Billion So Far From Dalrymple's Executive Budget
The first half of the 2015 legislative session is over. The House and Senate chambers have each addressed every single...
When A 3 Percent Pay Raise For Public Employees Somehow Becomes A Pay Cut
I had some business/family stuff to attend to yesterday so I mostly missed the floor sessions in the legislature, but...
After Hours With Senator Joe Miller: Governor Must Lead On Higher Education
During the legislative session I will be interviewing lawmakers for a series of posts here on SAB. In my inaugural interview,...
Controversial Common Core Bill Will Get Amendments On The House Floor
Last week the House Education Committee heard testimony on HB1461, which was introduced by Rep. Jim Kasper to address North...
New York Times Hit Piece On North Dakota Oil Boom Was Just Democrat Talking Points
Remember last year when the New York Times published a lengthy series of articles casting North Dakota's Republican-dominated state government as...
Poll: 61% Of North Dakotans Approve Of Legislature, Dems As Unpopular As Tea Party
I have more polling data available today courtesy of DFM Research taking a look at how North Dakotans see their...
Dalrymple Higher Ed Board Nominee Embarrassed Himself In Front Of Senate Committee
Last week Kevin Melicher, one of Governor Jack Dalrymple's nominees to fill four vacancies on the State Board of Higher...
