A recent letter to the editor from Sen. Rich Wardner and Rep. Al Carlson was dismaying to say the least. It contained a number of troubling inaccuracies. These Senate and House leaders stated, “Property taxes are necessary to fund local schools.” [read more…]
Nearly three months past their own “approximate” deadline, the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction has finally decided on a testing vendor for the state assessments in Math and English. They did so with a “Notice of Intent to Award” [read more…]
Today I reached out to Fargo businessman Brandon Medenwald. Medenwald is also the Sponsoring Committee Chairman for the petition drive to put an initiated measure on the November 2018 ballot to end North Dakota’s Sunday closing law– otherwise known as [read more…]
I’m not typically surprised by government, but I’ll admit that a news report from WDAZ out of Grand Forks yesterday did exactly that. Did you know that North Dakota has a “Breastfeeding Coalition”? We do. So, what is the purpose [read more…]
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has a new Chairman. Long-time Tribal Council member and former Wildlife Ranger Mike Faith defeated the well-known David Archambault in yesterday’s election. Not only did Faith win, but he did so with about 62% of [read more…]
“The implications of this case for farmers and ranchers across the state of North Dakota are huge. If Stark County can ultimately prosecute Gary Dassinger for these charges, then look out. Because the North Dakota you and I grew up [read more…]
Some things are so crazy, coincidental, or unbelievable that it’s hard to convince people that they’re a reality. When writing about these things, readers often think the content comes from something like The Onion (a satire news outlet) rather than [read more…]
In a letter received this week by supporters of the “Dem-NPL House Caucus”, State Representative and Caucus Chair Joshua Boschee (D – District 44) appears to have shown which North Dakota Republican concerns them the most. While acknowledging his party’s [read more…]
Back in April of this year, I wrote about the fact that the finger pointing in regards to property taxes had begun again. As part of that article I wrote this: “While [the initiated measure to abolish property taxes] was [read more…]
Yesterday the Bismarck Tribune reported that Ward County is giving the City of Minot $5 million towards buyouts of properties affected by the 2011 flood. According to the Tribune: “The city is running short on funds to continue its own [read more…]
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