What if North Dakota Combined Parks Department With the Game and Fish Department?
When Governor Doug Burgum was elected, by a landslide, in 2016 he ran on a campaign of reinventing government. He...
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The House Should Override Burgum’s Veto of License Fee Hike
SB2244 would raise North Dakota's fee for commercial and noncommercial driver’s licenses from $15 to $30. The Legislature approved the...
Audio: Legislative Committee Intended for Amendment to Make It “More Difficult” for Victims Raped by Spouse to Sever That Association
Yesterday I wrote about SB2185. The legislation, introduced by Senator JoNell Bakke (D-Grand Forks), would allow courts to terminate the...
Something Is Terribly Wrong if the Only Thing Keeping a University Open Is the State Constitution
Today the Grand Forks Herald takes a victory lap over the defeat by the state Senate of HCR3016. That was...
Print Column: Stop Throwing Pies
MINOT, N.D. -- In this moment of American politics we spend little time debating actual policy. For the politicians and...
Holding Political Extremists Accountable for Violence and Vandalism Is Not an Effort to “Chill Speech”
The ACLU opposes SB2044, a bill which clarifies law around tampering with critical infrastructure like power plants or pipelines and...
Democrat Lawmaker Offers Non-Apology for Hitler Memes
If your apology starts with "I'm sorry if" it's not really an apology. Yet that's how Rep. Mary Adams, Hitler...
Plain Talk: The Mueller Report Is a Reckoning for the News Media
On today's Plain Talk podcast, the Mueller report is out, and what does it all mean? Well, one thing it...
Guest Post: Support ND’s Research Engine & Economic Diversification With State Funding
This guest post was submitted by Steve Burian, Co-Chairperson of the Valley Prosperity Partnership Steering Committee & AE2S Cofounder Thank you...
Print Column: We’re Going to Do Something Stupid With the Legacy Fund
MINOT, N.D. -- We’re going to end up doing something really, really dumb with the Legacy Fund. It was created...
