Dear Williston: You Can't Make Them Love You
The Los Angeles Times today has a story (with contributions from former Williston Herald reporter Eric Killelea) about how Williston, North Dakota - which...
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New York Times Accidentally Undermines The Narrative On North Dakota Oil Development
In recent years when the New York Times has turned its editorial eye toward North Dakota it has been to paint...
What If The Oil Boom Didn't Actually Make North Dakota Roads Less Safe?
Last week we got news from the Associated Press that North Dakota traffic fatalities were at their lowest in five years in...
Shane Goettle: Criticism Of Marsy's Law Initiative Should Be Based In Fact
While I respect Mark Friese and his work as a defense attorney, he recently made a number of errant claims...
North Dakota DMV Recalls Vanity License Plate That Went Viral With Hidden Sexual Meaning
A number of SAB readers today forwarded me this viral Reddit posting (the user there apparently grabbed the image from Facebook) featuring...
North Dakota Teacher Shortage May Not Be As Bad As Reported
"North Dakota's shortage of teachers has gotten worse, with the highest number of unfilled posts in a decade, and a...
North Dakota Lost Nearly $2 Billion In Taxable Sales During Third Quarter Of 2015
"Taxable sales and purchases were $5.763 billion for July, August and September of 2015, a drop of nearly 25 percent...
North Dakota Chamber Of Commerce VP Considering Run For Insurance Commissioner
Incumbent insurance commissioner Adam Hamm, who has been in office since he was appointed in 2007, has announced that he's...
Let's Not Be In A Rush To Declare "Community Experts" Program A Failure
Back in August state Superintendent Kirsten Baesler proposed a new program to address the state's chronic teacher shortages. It allowed...
Please Don't Insult Our Intelligence North Dakota Budget Officials
Over the weekend Fox News ran an article about the impact of oil prices on state budgets (citing some of...
