Print Column: North Dakota’s New Ethics Regulations May Make Politics Less Transparent
MINOT, N.D. — Recently, a couple of dozen North Dakota lawmakers took a trip to Nashville which cost taxpayers nearly $90,000....
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Dinner for Lawmakers, Paid for by Lobbyists, Was Legal Only Because There Aren’t Any Ethics Rules Yet
Recently a group of 29 North Dakota lawmakers took a trip to Nashville, Tennessee, which cost the taxpayers nearly $90,000....
Plain Talk: Lawmaker Says Criticism of Legislature’s Ethics Moves Are Inaccurate
After voters passed Measure 1 last year, a so-called "ethics" amendment to the state constitution, the Legislature was tasked with...
Loophole in Measure 1 Will Let Lobbyists Serve on the Ethics Commission, and Five Have Applied So Far
Measure 1, the Hollywood-bankrolled "ethics" amendment North Dakota voters cast their ballots for last year, was backed by a campaign...
Measure 1 Bans Lobbyists on the Ethics Commission, but a Measure 1 Lobbyist Has Applied Anyway
Yesterday I wrote about a lobbyist for the North Dakotans for Public Integrity - the local front group for the...
Plain Talk: Republican Senator Says Democrat Complaints About Ethics Legislation Are “Posturing”
On this episode of Plain Talk, Republican state Senator David Hogue describes the tricky process of implementing with statute the...
Democratic State Lawmaker Not Responding to Requests for Information About Attendance at Star-Studded Political Gala in Tennessee
It's a curious thing to watch how the proponents of Measure 1 - the so called "ethics measure" which seems...
This Is the Sort of Citizen Activist Measure 1 Will Hurt
Over the weekend reporter Diane Newberry from the North Dakota Newspaper Association had a very interesting report about citizen-driven politics...
Offer of Free Ballet Tickets Sets Off Emailed War of Words Among Lawmakers, Measure 1 Activist
A legislative source forwarded me an email exchange which illustrates perfectly the Legislature's efforts to implement Measure 1 (ethics) approved...
Of Course Ethics Investigations Should Be Secret
During the last election cycle a left-wing, Democrat-aligned group filed an ethics complaint against Republican candidate Tom Campbell because one...
