Despite Oil Price Worries, Jack Dalrymple Budget Expected To Set Another Record
Oil is a huge part of North Dakota's budget. Last calendar year more than half of the revenues collected by...
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Rod St. Aubyn: For New Legislators "Swearing In" Will Be Followed By "Swearing At"
Now that the election is over, the ND Legislature will soon be meeting for their Organizational Session in early December....
North Dakota K-12 Enrollment Is Up 2.35 Percent, State Spending Up Almost 200 Percent
The Legislature's interim Education Funding committee kicked out a draft bill for K-12 education funding yesterday, and according to this...
James Kerian: The Party Matters
North Dakota conservatives often complain that we don't get much for the Republicans holding every office in Bismarck that is...
Mike Marcil: Should North Dakota Be Following South Dakota's Lead?
At a high level North and South Dakota appear to be two states that look nearly identical. Both were admitted...
Gov Jack Dalrymple's Budget Guidelines Calls For "Hold Even" Budgets, Observers Get A Good Chuckle
Today Governor Jack Dalrymple issued his budgeting guidelines for the 2015-2017 biennium, and he's calling for "hold even" budgets from...
After 62% State Budget Increase, Jack Dalrymple Talks Budget "Sobriety"
Sequestration was the term used for automatic budget cuts put in place by the Budget Control Act. That legislation required...
