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North Dakota

ND House Passes Bill to Further Exempt Legislature from Open Records Law

March 30, 2019 T. Arthur Mason

About a month ago, I was interested in doing an open records request in relation to a member of the North Dakota Legislature’s e-mail communication. I won’t get into the issue, who was involved, or the reason for my interest [read more…]

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Senate Passes Ban on Gun Buyback Programs in North Dakota

March 29, 2019 T. Arthur Mason

At the beginning of January, we broke the news that Rep. Luke Simons (R – District 36) was sponsoring legislation — House Bill 1381 — to prohibit taxpayer funded gun buyback programs. In case you’re not familiar with gun buyback programs, they’re used [read more…]

North Dakota

ND Senate Takes Step to Override Veto on Raising Driver’s License Fees

March 28, 2019 T. Arthur Mason

Just two days ago, we published an article discussing the desire of what seems like a multitude of legislators to override Governor Doug Burgum’s veto of Senate Bill 2244. This, of course, is the bill proposing to double commercial and noncommercial [read more…]

North Dakota

Will the ND House Defeat Resolution to Change How We Amend Constitution?

March 28, 2019 T. Arthur Mason

Update: I received a message from a member of the legislature that informs me the bill sponsors of SCR 4015 requested that it be killed. My source speculates that the end goal of doing this is to get SCR 4001 [read more…]

Education

Historic– Burgum Signs Homeschool Bill

March 27, 2019 T. Arthur Mason

When I first wrote about Rep. Dan Johnston’s (R – District 24) House Bill 1052 back in December, I wasn’t speaking hyperbole when I said that I believed it has the potential to be the most impactful piece of legislation [read more…]

North Dakota

Legislators Looking to Override Burgum’s Veto on Raising Driver’s License Fees

March 26, 2019 T. Arthur Mason

We recently published an article expressing our disappointment over the 2019 North Dakota Legislature’s record on taxes. Included in that article was their move to raise driver’s license fees by passing Senate Bill 2244. As a matter of percentage, the [read more…]

North Dakota

Your Tax Dollars are Subsidizing Drug Use in North Dakota

March 25, 2019 T. Arthur Mason

A year ago, we published an article in which I expressed skepticism and displeasure with North Dakota’s needle exchange program. The program came into being as a result of the 2017 Legislative Session’s Senate Bill 2320. The basic premise behind the [read more…]

National

GUEST POST: New York State Endorses Genocide

March 25, 2019 T. Arthur Mason

The following article was submitted to The Minuteman by John H. Wilson. In January of 2019, the New York State Legislature crossed a line, and legalized abortions regardless of the stage of pregnancy. In essence, the Reproductive Health Act (RHA) allows [read more…]

Education

ND Senate Protects Public Ed by Defeating Bill Calling for Study of School Choice

March 23, 2019 T. Arthur Mason

On Wednesday, we published an article predicting that the North Dakota Senate would defeat House Bill 1545, which called for the study of replacing property tax with an alternative source of revenue. That was after the Senate Finance & Taxation [read more…]

North Dakota

ND Senate Denies Yet Another Tax Cut— Defeats Bill to Eliminate Income Tax

March 21, 2019 T. Arthur Mason

Rep. Craig Headland’s House Bill 1530 wasn’t my favorite proposal to eliminate the state income tax, but it was better than nothing. Had it passed, it would have used Legacy Fund earnings to reduce income taxes— with the goal of [read more…]

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