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ND House Rejects Committee Recommendation and Kills DPI Power Grab

February 11, 2019 T. Arthur Mason

Nine days ago we published an article expressing serious concerns over House Bill 1104. In a nutshell, this bill proposed to give additional authority to the Superintendent of Public Instruction over all licensed early childcare providers when it comes to [read more…]

Education

Human Services, DPI Superintendent, & the Cradle to College Power Grab?

February 2, 2019 T. Arthur Mason

At the end of October, I wrote about the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) adopting the “North Dakota Learning Standards Birth to Kindergarten 2018 Edition“. Yes, you read it right— birth to Kindergarten. The standards are the result of a joint [read more…]

North Dakota

ND Democrats Legislative Priorities in One Word– Spending

December 5, 2018 T. Arthur Mason

The North Dakota Legislature is in the midst of a three day organizational session this week. The session opened Monday and will conclude today. The regular 2019 Legislative Session is set to convene on January 3rd. Aside from the organizational [read more…]

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Are DPI’s Learning Standards for Birth to Kindergarten Necessary?

October 26, 2018 T. Arthur Mason

Long-time followers of The Minuteman know that I’ve had issues in the past with our state’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, Kirsten Baesler. Whether it was things like her outright deception regarding the Common Core State Standards and the delayed process [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…]

North Dakota

ND Legislature Shouldn’t be Funding the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library

January 8, 2018 T. Arthur Mason

There’s plenty of examples of wasteful spending here at home with the North Dakota Legislature. Whether it’s the large amount of dollars going towards the sacred cows known as Health & Human Services and K-12 , the likely unconstitutional ethanol [read more…]

Outdoors

NOTICE: ND Game & Fish Closes Late Season Zone 1 Mountain Lion Hunting

December 12, 2017 T. Arthur Mason

The North Dakota Game & Fish Department closed mountain lion hunting for the Late Season in Zone 1 this morning. The season opened on November 27th and had a limit of 7 mountain lions or 3 female mountain lions– whichever [read more…]

North Dakota

Toll Roads, Scare Tactics, and Raising the Motor Fuel Tax

December 11, 2017 T. Arthur Mason

  At the end of October, I wrote about North Dakota’s interim Government Finance Committee being tasked with the responsibility to: “Study the funding mechanisms and options available to the Department of Transportation, political subdivisions, and public transportation providers, for road construction, [read more…]

Education

Carlson Reiterates Protection for the Budgets Sacred Cows

April 6, 2017 T. Arthur Mason

Today during floor debate on the Department of Commerce budget, House Majority Leader Al Carlson (R – District 41) acknowledged how difficult it has been to make budget cuts. According to Carlson, all departments will have 15-20% cuts, with two [read more…]

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