According to a Bismarck Tribune report last week, North Dakota’s spending transparency website has recently been ranked 34th in the nation. As stated in the Tribune article: “The website allows the public to peer into the state’s finances by examining [read more…]
UPDATE: Haskin was found early this morning by police in Rifle, Colorado. He was armed. When ordered to drop his gun, Haskin shot himself rather than surrender to law enforcement. Reports now tell us that 12-year-old Raeanna Rosencrans had somehow [read more…]
Last month, the Dem-NPL held their State Convention. As a result of that event, Mac Schneider obtained his party’s endorsement for U.S. House. Earlier this month, the NDGOP held their State Convention. Former party chairman and State Senator Kelly Armstrong [read more…]
Earlier this month, we published an article in which I was critical of the way in which the NDGOP handled the selection and announcement of their keynote speaker for the State Convention in Grand Forks. In a nutshell, I just [read more…]
Those who’ve followed The Minuteman for some time know that we’re not fans of government cronyism. We’ve most often discussed it in terms of Renaissance Zones, but those certainly aren’t the only examples. As a West Fargo Pioneer article from [read more…]
It was reported today that the North Dakota Industrial Commission is eight months behind in publishing their meeting minutes. According to their website: “The Legislature created the Industrial Commission of North Dakota (the ‘Commission’) in 1919 to conduct and manage, [read more…]
Marijuana is in North Dakota’s news. Expect it to be an ever more common topic as we move closer to November. As reported yesterday – on “National Weed Day” – the North Dakota Health Department received 17 applications for potential [read more…]
In November of last year, we published an article detailing the argument that North Dakota’s ethanol subsidies may be unconstitutional. The question arose while reviewing the minutes from the interim Government Finance Committee’s meeting on August 2, 2017. In that [read more…]
In August of last year, we published an article explaining how the City of Mandan had its priorities out of whack when they chose building a sports complex over a fire hall. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the first time Mandan Fire [read more…]
It was reported today that North Dakota’s Governor Doug Burgum has instructed state agencies to craft smaller budgets for the upcoming 2019-2021 biennium. In a nutshell, agencies with remaining appropriations of less than $5 million are being asked to cut [read more…]
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