The Hiring Process for Mark Kennedy Cost North Dakotans Nearly $50,000 for Each Year He Actually Worked
In recent years, when it's come time to hire for a high-profile position in North Dakota's state government, our public...
Print Column: In the Fight Over Oil, It’s Progressives Against Progress
MINOT, N.D. — The fight over the Davis Refinery, a crude oil project backed by Meridian Energy Group, has been...
Measure 1 Bans Lobbyists on the Ethics Commission, but a Measure 1 Lobbyist Has Applied Anyway
Yesterday I wrote about a lobbyist for the North Dakotans for Public Integrity - the local front group for the...
Just Admit You Made a Mistake Governor Burgum
“This is only an issue with a couple hundred people on social media." That's what Governor Doug Burgum reportedly told...
A Lobbyist on the Ethics Commission?
During the 2018 election cycle the air was thick with denunciations of lobbyists, with most of the smoke being blown...
You Can’t Be a Journalist and an Elected Official
On the podcast today state Rep. Matt Eidson told me he's going to do his best to do a good...
Plain Talk: Can You Be an Elected Official and a Reporter at the Same Time?
On this episode of Plain Talk, state Rep. Matt Eidson (D-Grand Forks) talks about how he plans to manage being...
Thanks to Marsy’s Law Corporations Can Maybe Have Victim Rights Too
North Dakota voters made a grievous mistake when they, at the behest of a campaign funded by a California billionaire,...
Yes You Are, Republicans
My most recent Sunday print column was about the North Dakota Republican Party and the ways in which, fairly or...
The Government Can’t Have It Both Ways in the War on Opiate Abuse
The State of North Dakota - and, separately, multiple political subdivisions of the state - are suing the pharmaceutical industry...
