By now, nothing the North Dakota Senate does should surprise me. But the actions of the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding Rep. Rick C. Becker’s (R – District 7) House Bill 1221 – otherwise known as "Andrew’s Law" – are nothing [read more…]
The North Dakota Senate is a perplexing body. At times, they surprise a person and do the right thing on certain bills. Such was the case with HB 1428 last week. But today they did something that I find absolutely [read more…]
Despite a strong floor debate by Senators Jordan Kannianen and Oley Larsen, which resulted in the overwhelming passage of House Bill 1428, a source at the State Capitol tells me that Governor Doug Burgum is considering vetoing the bill. In [read more…]
A VISITOR FROM THE PAST I had a dream the other night, I didn’t understand. A figure walking through the mist, with flintlock in his hand. His clothes were torn and dirty, as he stood there by my bed. He [read more…]
There’s moments in politics that are memorable. And last Friday, the debate on House Bill 1428 in the Senate was something I will not soon forget. HB 1428 came out of the Senate Education Committee and to the floor with [read more…]
The end appears to be near for the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline issue. While the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes both have cases pending in their continued legal battle against the pipeline, Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) made the [read more…]
Last Friday the Senate defeated Rep. Kathy Skroch’s (R – District 26) House Bill 1435. As originally proposed, the bill would have forced school districts to hold bond votes during a general election. Unfortunately, the bill was amended by the [read more…]
Earlier this month, we published an article here on The Minuteman listing 105 reasons to homeschool your children. For the most part, the list came from suggestions sent in from readers of The Minuteman. It’s a great list. I highly [read more…]
"It appears to me that the Republican Establishment Machine is preparing to put Congressional Conservatives in a very bad position… vote for the "Obamacare Lite" proposed by the Establishment or be stuck with Obamacare as it stands now." That quote [read more…]
"The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms." – Samuel Adams, Massachusetts Ratifying Convention, 1788 With Governor Doug Burgum’s signature now attached to the Constitutional [read more…]
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