When Governor Doug Burgum (R) was running his campaign last year as a gubernatorial candidate, he did so portraying himself as an outsider. Part of his campaign rhetoric was that he wanted to break up the "good old boys club". [read more…]
Discussion has heated up about a potential opponent to sitting U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp in 2018. Names like current U.S. Congressman Kevin Cramer, state Senator Tom Campbell (R – District 19), and former U.S. Congressman Rick Berg have all surfaced. [read more…]
When it comes to the issue of life and the unborn, the recently completed 65th Legislative Assembly was silent. Or was it? There was one bill – House Bill 1292 – that may well be the bill that almost nobody [read more…]
A year ago when Republican Governor Doug Burgum was candidate Doug Burgum, he dropped a mailer that advocated for term limits in North Dakota. This, of course, was based on his campaign rhetoric to "break up the good ‘ol boys [read more…]
I fully realize that describing the North Dakota Senate as "atrocious" is a harsh indictment. Nevertheless, I don’t know how else to describe a legislative body that doesn’t have even one member with the fortitude to stand and defend a [read more…]
I recently saw a debate on the internet between those who believe in the idea of nullification and an individual that clearly does not. All of these individuals were from North Dakota. I found the debate interesting for many reasons, [read more…]
Last Friday Governor Doug Burgum signed Senate Bill 2327 into law. The bill creates a new cabinet level position from the already existing Environmental Health Section of the North Dakota Department of Health and elevates it to the stand-alone "Department [read more…]
Last month we broke a story about Senate Bill 2186– allegedly the brain child of current Superintendent of Public Instruction Kirsten Baesler, which originally proposed that the Superintendent of Public Instruction be given the authority to waive "anystate statute or [read more…]
Despite a strong floor debate by Senators Jordan Kannianen and Oley Larsen, which resulted in the overwhelming passage of House Bill 1428, a source at the State Capitol tells me that Governor Doug Burgum is considering vetoing the bill. In [read more…]
Earlier this month, we published an article here on The Minuteman listing 105 reasons to homeschool your children. For the most part, the list came from suggestions sent in from readers of The Minuteman. It’s a great list. I highly [read more…]
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