Amendment Would Seek a Moratorium on Approving New Wind Power Projects in North Dakota
In its original form SB2314, introduced by Republican Senator Jessica Unruh of Beulah, would have addressed power companies seeking rate...
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North Dakota Democrats Are Goldbricking on the Gay Rights Debate
Earlier this month legislation to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity failed in the state Legislature for...
Young Legislative Republicans Learn That in Politics the People Are Never Wrong (Even When They’re Wrong)
The job of a North Dakota lawmaker isn't over on Friday when they return from Bismarck to their districts. The...
State Sales Tax Revenues Miss Forecast by More Than $40 Million in January
North Dakota keeps revising its revenue forecasts down, and actual revenue collections keep coming in even lower. It's a reality...
The Initiated Measure Process Has Not Served North Dakota Well
Today the Bismarck Tribune editorializes against a push by lawmakers a bill creating a commission tasked with reviewing our state's initiated...
It’s Time to Take Marsy’s Law to Court
Last year the voters approved Marsy's Law, a constitutional amendment which will supposedly make our legal system more just by...
The Dakota Access Pipeline Company Shouldn’t Have to Pay for the #NoDAPL Movement’s Mayhem
Back in November I interviewed Kelcy Warren. Warren is the CEO of Energy Transfer Partners, the company which has been...
The University System Isn’t Meant to Be an Employment Program for Professors and Bureaucrats
This letter to the editor in the Grand Forks Herald today is an unfortunate example of why higher education can often...
John Andrist: It’s Easier to Kill Bills Than Pass New Ideas
I had my first Uber ride last night. Pretty exciting! A friend picked me up in a Uber that whisked...
Video: State Senate Passes Legislation Creating Commission to Review Initiated Measure Process
Today the Senate, on a 38-8 vote, passed SB2135 which creates a commission during the 2017-2019 legislative interim to review...
