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North Dakota

Increased Government Transparency Comes with a Cost

April 30, 2018 T. Arthur Mason

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…]

National

(UPDATED) ALERT: Wanted Abduction Suspect May be Headed to North Dakota

April 27, 2018 T. Arthur Mason

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…]

North Dakota

Should the Unendorsed Candidates be Invited to U.S. House Debate?

April 26, 2018 T. Arthur Mason

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…]

North Dakota

After Impressing NDGOP, Zinke Invited to Give Keynote at Oil Conference

April 25, 2018 T. Arthur Mason

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…]

National

Trump, Burgum, & the Cronyism of “Opportunity Zones”

April 24, 2018 T. Arthur Mason

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…]

North Dakota

ND Industrial Commission, Missing Meeting Minutes, & Big Government

April 23, 2018 T. Arthur Mason

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…]

North Dakota

How Can Someone Who Uses Alcohol Oppose Legalizing Marijuana?

April 21, 2018 T. Arthur Mason

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…]

North Dakota

Rep. Rick Becker Seeks AG Opinion on Constitutionality of Ethanol Subsidies

April 20, 2018 T. Arthur Mason

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…]

North Dakota

Bee Maloney is the Right Choice for Mandan City Commission

April 19, 2018 T. Arthur Mason

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…]

North Dakota

C’mon Governor Burgum, We Can Cut Deeper Than That

April 18, 2018 T. Arthur Mason

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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