Guest Post: Let’s Dream Big and Build the Theodore Roosevelt Library
This guest post was submitted by Patrick Finken. He helped create the Norsk Hostfest and produced the Party of the...
legislature 2019
If It’s About Safety and Not Revenues, Why Let Local Governments Keep Revenues From Traffic Fines?
Yesterday the state House approved SB2304, allowing local governments to assess traffic fines beyond what is set in state law....
Attorney General Stenehjem Disputes Treasurer Schmidt’s Claim That His Office Told Her to Continue Erroneous Oil Tax Allocations
Earlier this year it was revealed that oil tax allocations to various state funds weren't being made properly. This was...
A Lawmaker Posting Memes Comparing Trump to Hitler Is Why North Dakota Democrats Can’t Get Traction at the Ballot Box
"Will Democrats Ever Be Able to Win Back Rural America?" That was the headline over a recent Vice article by...
Senate Committee Adopts Hog House Amending Turning Vaping Flavor Ban Into a Tax
When HB1477, introduced by Alisa Mitskog (D-Wahpeton), was passed by the House it was a simple ban on selling flavored...
Plain Talk: Is the Legacy Fund at Risk From Initiated Measures? and Some Thoughts on the Demise of the Sunday Close Law
Lawmakers in Bismarck are debating reforms, but as the law stands now North Dakota's initiated measure process is wide open....
Print Column: We Are Too Deferential to Law Enforcement
MINOT, N.D. -- America’s vast military might resides under civilian control. The commander-in-chief of our armed forces is the President...
William Brotherton: Let’s Build the Teddy Roosevelt Library
This guest post was submitted by William J. Brotherton. He's a UND graduate (1980), a member of the TR Medora...
Plain Talk: Is It Ok to Treat People Differently Based on Their Race?
On this episode of Plain Talk, Lt. Governor Brent Sanford talks about a dispute between the executive branch and state...
Is North Dakota’s First Openly Gay Lawmaker an Anti-Gay Bigot?
"Bigotry is alive and well in Bismarck," writes Jim Shaw in his most recent column. "The North Dakota Legislature is...
