If you have not heard already, last Thursday the North Dakota Senate voted down Senate Bill 2180. In addition to this bill recognizing that parents have the primary responsibility for the education of their children and “not the federal, state, [read more…]
For a limited government guy like myself, there are a lot of laws that make me shake my head. But then there are some laws that make me shake my head in shame. You know, the ones that make you [read more…]
Magnetometer’s – otherwise known as metal detectors – are the newest addition to North Dakota’s State Capitol Building. They are likely a response to the recent and sometimes pathetically hostile Dakota Access Pipeline protests. I have no idea how long [read more…]
Unfortunately, the Superintendent of Public Instruction for the state of North Dakota, Kirsten Baesler, has a history of being inconsistent. Especially when it comes to the issue of the Common Core State Standards. Yet, Rep. Ben Koppelman (R – District [read more…]
Lying is far too prevalent in the field of politics. No faction of the political spectrum is innocent. Though some are worse than others. Unfortunately, for some factions, lying is an acceptable means of achieving a desired political goal. It’s [read more…]
If you want to stir up controversy, bring up the issue of guns in schools. Rep. Dwight Kiefert (R – District 24) has done just that by submitting House Bill 1310. With the passage of this bill, local school districts [read more…]
On Friday the North Dakota legislature passed Senate Bill 2154 which delays implementation of the state’s new Medical Marijuana measure (known as Measure 5) that was overwhelmingly approved by 65% of voters last November. The bill now goes to the [read more…]
Perhaps never in the history of the nation has a president-elect been more controversial than Donald Trump. At least in my recollection, I don’t remember anything quite like this. From a campaign that many of us thought would be a [read more…]
Earlier this month, we broke the news to our readers that Rep. Rick Becker’s (R-Bismarck) long anticipated Constitutional Carry bill was officially coming to the 2017 legislature. House Bill 1169 has now been set for a committee hearing at 9am [read more…]
For those of us that believe in limited constitutional government, dealing with the North Dakota Legislature can be a frustrating thing. Yes, it’s true that our legislature has a Republican super-majority, but for far too many of them their Republicanism [read more…]
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