Print Column: Legislative Pettiness Leads to Marginalization of Burgum’s Conservative Budget
MINOT, N.D. -- Traditionally in North Dakota the governor's executive budget, delivered to lawmakers as an address in December, is...
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Read It: Governor Burgum, Senator-Elect Cramer Tell NDGOP in Letter Not to Give up Open Primary
Last week I wrote about proposed legislation, being considered for endorsement by the North Dakota Republican Party, which if passed...
Burgum’s Budget Makes Spending of Oil Tax Revenues More Transparent
I'm a fan of Governor Doug Burgum's executive budget. It's not perfect, but it's very good, not just for its...
Print Column: Burgum’s Proposed Pension Bailout Must Be Tied to Real Reforms
MINOT, N.D. -- It’s not the sexiest political topic, so you might be forgiven if you’re unaware of North Dakota’s...
Governor Burgum’s First Real Budget Might Be the Most Fiscally Conservative Spending Plan North Dakota Has Seen in Two Decades
Although he was elected to office in the 2016 election cycle, and headed up the executive branch during the 2017...
Any Reform to North Dakota Speeding Fines Should Avoid Move Toward Policing for Profit
If there were no risk of death, injury, or property damage on our roads we'd have no need for speeding...
Measure 1 Backers Send Deeply Ironic Letter to Lawmakers Insisting They Begin Work on an Ethics Committee
The North Dakotans for Public Integrity, an ostensibly local front group for left wing interests funded by big donations from...
Should Convicted Criminals Be Able to Serve on North Dakota’s School Boards?
Last week Bismarck Tribune reporter Amy Dalrymple ran a story about a Twin Buttes woman named Melissa Starr who was...
Republican Lawmakers Introducing Bill to Allow Make up of Snow Days With Virtual School Days
As we head into another one of North Dakota's notoriously unpredictable winters, school closures because of inclement weather will be...
Will Doug Burgum’s Victory at the State Supreme Court Mean Yearly Legislative Sessions for North Dakota?
Earlier this year the state Supreme Court issued in opinion in ND Legislative Assembly vs. Governor Doug Burgum which found...
