property taxes

Rob Port March 1, 2013 63

The 2013 North Dakota Legislative Session has reached the half way point known as crossover. That is the point where...

Rob Port March 1, 2013 9

Yesterday the state House addressed a slew of property tax bills (a full summary of the bills and outcomes below),...

Rob Port February 23, 2013 26

Senator Dwight Cook (R), District 34, has filed SCR 4021 late Friday before the Legislature convened for the week. Co-sponsored...

Rob Port February 22, 2013 21

Wow. Detroit — Nearly half of the owners of Detroit's 305,000 properties failed to pay their tax bills last year,...

Rob Port February 15, 2013 24

I interviewed Rep. Mark Dosch about HB1466, a bill that would appropriate 25% of a student's share of public education...

Rob Port February 14, 2013 4

North Dakota has a big problem with taxpayer-funded political activism. One recent example was the debate last summer over Measure...

Rob Port February 12, 2013 6

Yesterday the North Dakota House voted down a number of tax bills, most notably one that would have suspended the...

Rob Port February 12, 2013 6

Today Office of Management and Budget Director Pam Sharp gave testimony before a joint meeting of the state House and...

Rob Port February 11, 2013 5

I missed this last week while I was traveling, but I thought this report about Governor Jack Dalrymple testifying in...

Rob Port January 29, 2013 9

Let's not kid ourselves. North Dakota's cities and counties already have lobbyists. They already spend our tax dollars on political...