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A Troubling Find Relating to Stripping Authority from State Auditor

September 26, 2019 T. Arthur Mason

Earlier this year, efforts by the North Dakota Legislature to strip our State Auditor of his authority to initiate performance audits was the hot topic in North Dakota politics. If you need a refresher, you can check out the things [read more…]

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Should the ND Legislature Livestream Committee Meetings?

September 3, 2019 T. Arthur Mason

If you pay much attention to North Dakota politics, then you’ve probably seen news reports — like this one from the Forum News Service — about State Representative Marvin Nelson’s (D – District 9) intention to “shame” the North Dakota [read more…]

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Thoughts on Why Supporters of the State Auditor Failed in Their Referral Efforts

August 9, 2019 T. Arthur Mason

I can’t think of a hotter topic in North Dakota politics this summer than the one relating to the North Dakota Legislature’s efforts, during the winding up moments of the 2019 Legislative Session, to strip our State Auditor of his authority [read more…]

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Why Josh Gallion is Right to Ignore the Legislature’s Power Grab

July 20, 2019 T. Arthur Mason

By now you’re likely familiar with the North Dakota Legislature’s efforts during the winding up moments of the 2019 Legislative Session to strip our State Auditor of his authority to initiate performance audits. If you’re not caught up, you can [read more…]

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AG Opinion on State Auditor Proves Legislature Needs to Right Their Wrong

June 29, 2019 T. Arthur Mason

Yesterday, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem issued his opinion regarding “the constitutionality of amendments contained in section 3 of Senate Bill 2004 passed by the 66th Legislative Assembly.” As you’re likely aware of by now, the North Dakota Legislature voted in the [read more…]

North Dakota

Did Senator Rich Wardner Know They Were Gutting the Auditor or Not?

June 8, 2019 T. Arthur Mason

North Dakota Senate Majority Leader Rich Wardner appears to have difficulty keeping his stories straight. I intended on writing about this yesterday, but only had time to get out the story on State Superintendent of Public Instruction Kirsten Baesler being [read more…]

Education

DPI Caught in a Lie, but Spokesman Calls State Auditor “Unprofessional”

June 7, 2019 T. Arthur Mason

State Auditor Josh Gallion’s office released an Audit Report yesterday of the North Dakota Highway Patrol from July 2016 to June 2018. According to a press release: “… the agency was not following internal policies for school bus inspections, was inaccurately [read more…]

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Should the Auditor’s Duties be in the State Constitution?

May 31, 2019 T. Arthur Mason

Just a few weeks after I wrote about the fact that State Auditor Josh Gallion is a rising star with the people of North Dakota, the State Legislature coincidentally decided to put a damper on that by stripping him of [read more…]

North Dakota

BREAKING: Audit the Swamp Turns in Affidavits for Referendums

May 24, 2019 T. Arthur Mason

In the aftermath of the State Legislature stripping the State Auditor of his authority to initiate performance audits — and Governor Doug Burgum signing off on the power grab — a movement came together under the banner now known as [read more…]

North Dakota

Governor Burgum, That Was a Really Dumb Thing to Say

May 18, 2019 T. Arthur Mason

It was horribly disappointing when Governor Doug Burgum ignored calls to veto the effort to strip the State Auditor of his authority to conduct performance audits and signed the Legislature’s power grab into law. But to see yesterday’s editorial in [read more…]

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