Here’s an Idea for Initiated Measures: Require That They Go Through the Legislature First
The initiated measure process is a terrible way to make public policy, and the 2016 election cycle proved it. Not...
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On Being a Conservative Atheist
My Sunday print column this week was a rebuttal to certain North Dakota lawmakers who thought an effort to overturn...
It’s Time to Let the Casino Bill Go
Governor Doug Burgum made a promise during campaign season not to accept his gubernatorial salary. It was pointless symbolism, critics...
We Shouldn’t Use the Legacy Fund to Prop up Boom Time Spending
A letter write to the Fargo Forum today asks a question that's probably going through the minds of a lot of...
Miss North Dakota Says She Felt “Nervous” Before Mentioning Abortion in Speech to Lawmakers
"I've gotten a lot of support," Macy Christianson, Miss North Dakota 2016, told me during a radio interview today. "People...
Video: Senate Votes Down Second Bill Requiring Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients
Earlier this session the state Senate voted down SB2279, introduced by Senator Tom Campbell, which would have implemented drug testing...
Video: Miss North Dakota Thanks Lawmakers for Opposing Abortion, Says State Isn’t “Against Women”
From time to time during their session lawmakers have people stop by to address the House or Senate floor. Today...
Is the Legislature Pulling Funding From the Double Ditch Indian Village or Not?
Yesterday I wrote about a Bismarck Tribune article which suggested that the state House had voted to remove funding for...
North Dakota Casino Bill Gets Proposed Amendments From Two Different Lawmakers
UPDATE: The Judiciary Committee today voted down both of these proposed amendments and voted 13-2 to give the amendment a "do...
Audio: Fargo Businessman Says He’ll Put North Dakota Blue Laws Repeal on the Statewide Ballot
Yesterday the state Senate, amid a lot of talk about religion, shot down a bill repealing the state's blue laws....
