Rep. Rick Becker on New Voter ID Bill: “All You Have to Have Is Enough Gumption to Go in and Get an ID”
"If you're an actual resident I can't imagine it getting easier," state Rep. Rick Becker said of new voter ID...
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House Passes Bill Capping Property Taxes, Will Senate Follow Suit?
I've been writing recently about the political risk property taxes represent for North Dakota's Republicans in the upcoming election. While...
Fetishizing Bipartisanship Is Kind of Dumb
"Not one Democrat voted for North Dakota's new Voter ID law," the Grand Forks Herald says in an editorial today. "That's...
Raising Taxes on Businesses Is a Good Way to Hurt North Dakota
North Dakota is very much beholden to commodity prices. Our state is dominated by industries which produce products - be...
North Dakota Lawmakers Missed an Opportunity in Declining to Roll Back Parking Meter Ban
According to this report from John Hageman the fight in the Legislature over North Dakota's statewide parking ban - the...
Lawmakers Passed Solid Reforms to North Dakota’s Voter ID Laws
In their previous session North Dakota lawmakers passed a law tightening up the state's voter ID laws. Unfortunately, those reforms...
Audio: Activist Says People Are Calling for Another Push to Abolish Property Taxes
Back during the 2012 election cycle North Dakota had a bit of a political brawl over the issue of property...
Initiated Measures Need Checks and Balances Just Like Every Other Type of Policymaking
Any American who has attended a civics class is familiar with the term "checks and balances." It's a term used...
North Dakota Republicans Blew It on Spending
My colleague Mike McFeely writes today that North Dakota's budget situation is the result of "fiscal mismanagement on the part...
Kathy Neset: Thanks to Lawmakers, Sanford for Fixing Flawed Nursing School Deal
The North Dakota State Board of Higher Education is tasked with educating today’s students and tomorrow’s workforce and it is...
