For The First Time In Years North Dakota Has A Gloomy Economic Outlook
The federal Energy Information Administration is tracking the impact of falling oil prices on state revenues, and for North Dakota...
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No Senator John Hoeven Is Not A Traitor
A group of U.S. Senators, including North Dakota Senator John Hoeven, recently signed a letter to the Iranian government warning...
After Voting For Five Filibusters, Senator Heidi Heitkamp Lectures About Compromise
My newspaper column this week (read it in the Minot Daily News or on Watchdog.org) deals with Senator Heidi Heitkamp's...
Doug Leier: ND Game Wardens Issued Record Number Of Citations In 2014
Every year the North Dakota Game and Fish Department provides a report on the number of citations issued by state...
Oil Accounts For About 20 Percent Of North Dakota's Jobs
That North Dakota is reaping major economic benefits from oil and gas development in the state is not exactly news,...
Republicans: Jack Dalrymple Seen As Probably Running For Governor Again
I spent the weekend in Bismarck and had some time to make the rounds with Republican insiders while there. They...
Rod St. Aubyn: As Open Records Violations Pile Up, It's Time To Tame The Beast
News about open meetings/open records violations has been reported so many times on SAB that I was somewhat hesitant to...
Should Student ID Be Valid For Voting Purposes?
Today the House Government and Veterans Affairs Committee will hear testimony on SB2330, which would add university-issued student ID's to...
North Dakota Highway Patrol Says They're Setting Arrest Goals, Not Quotas
Law enforcement quotas are a very controversial concept. Many states outright ban their use by law enforcement. Like Minnesota, for...
Can We Stop Measuring Gender Wage Inequity So Stupidly?
Democrats and left-wing activists have been touting HB1257, which is supposedly equal pay legislation but really doesn't change much of...
