As much as I’m sure some state legislators would love it to, the issue regarding their gutting of the State Auditor’s office is not going away. I think it’s safe to say that there’s a significant number of the electorate [read more…]
North Dakota’s 66th Legislative Assembly was brought to its conclusion last Friday. I wrote yesterday about the misleading narrative already being pushed that the resulting budget was “conservative”— it wasn’t. For fiscal conservatives, the overall results of the session were [read more…]
We recently published an article expressing our disappointment over the 2019 North Dakota Legislature’s record on taxes. Included in that article was their move to raise driver’s license fees by passing Senate Bill 2244. As a matter of percentage, the [read more…]
In a despicable show of support for the North Dakota House Assistant Minority Leader Karla Rose Hanson (D – District 44), eight — yes, EIGHT — legislators, who call themselves Republicans, signed on to House Bill 1537— otherwise known as [read more…]
Governor Doug Burgum delivered his Executive Budget Address yesterday. It was his first since being elected in 2016. As an advocate of small government, I was extremely disappointed— yet, not surprised. Last week I wrote about Burgum’s sneak peak into [read more…]
The North Dakota Supreme Court recently settled the dispute over Governor Doug Burgum’s vetoes. According to the Grand Fork’s Herald: “Lawmakers petitioned the court late last year and asked the justices to determine the legal effect of the vetoes, in [read more…]
We’re inching ever closer to next year’s Legislative Session. North Dakota’s lawmakers are watching state revenue in anticipation of that event. Unfortunately, too many of them are watching for all the wrong reasons— they want to have an idea of [read more…]
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…]
Late last year, the national media inundated America with reports of sexual misconduct. Hollywood in particular was replete with such stories. But politics wasn’t immune either. Whether it was 40-year old allegations surrounding Alabama’s U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore or [read more…]
I’ve made no secret about the fact that I believe the NDGOP can do better in finding a candidate to run against Democratic incumbent Senator Heidi Heitkamp than State Senator Tom Campbell. Last month, I even wrote an article showing [read more…]
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