UPDATE: For some reason, the House adjourned early today. Because of this, they didn’t vote on SB 2060. This will give you another day to contact your legislators. Last Friday we reported that the House Transportation Committee had given Senate [read more…]
In large part, the 2019 North Dakota Legislature isn’t in favor of significantly reducing the size of government and cutting — or even eliminating — certain taxes. In fact, both the House and Senate passed bills out of their chambers [read more…]
Back in December, we published and article explaining that five Republicans had joined a lone Democrat — Senator Erin Oban (District 35) — in sponsoring a bill that would make North Dakota’s seat belt laws for adults even more stringent. Senate [read more…]
Almost a year ago, we published an article detailing a myriad of proposals that would make changes to the way North Dakota handles ballot measures. These potential changes came as a result of Senate Bill 2135 from the 2017 Legislative [read more…]
How would you feel about the prospect of the United States Department of Energy drilling a nuclear bore hole in your backyard? Ask the folks in Pierce County. There’s more than a few of them with some pretty strong feelings [read more…]
At the beginning of last month, we broke the news that Rep. Luke Simons (R – District 36) had put the final touches on a bill seeking to prohibit taxpayer funded gun buyback programs. Two days later, we followed up [read more…]
You might recall that back in December news broke that the NDGOP was considering a rule change that called for changes to state law in how political parties nominate their candidates for general elections. As the Bismarck Tribune explained, it would [read more…]
When Constitutional Carry was passed and then signed into law by Governor Doug Burgum on March 23, 2017, many took it as a sign that North Dakota’s lawmakers had become ultra pro-gun. And there’s no question that House Bill 1169’s [read more…]
Ever since Measure 3 failed — which would have legalized recreational marijuana in North Dakota — many have looked to a piece of legislation sponsored by Rep. Shannon Roers Jones (R – District 46) as an alternative to legalization. In [read more…]
As we published earlier, much to the chagrin of those who supported House Bill 1537 — known as the Red Flag Bill — it went down to defeat today in an ironic vote of 17-76. Rep. Rick Becker sat on [read more…]
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