BISMARCK, ND – A grassroots effort is underway in Burleigh County to recall Commissioner Brian Bitner, citing concerns over financial mismanagement, consolidation of power, and a disregard for transparency. Community members leading the charge argue that Bitner has repeatedly failed [read more…]
In a rural area where trust in elected officials is everything, there is something deeply unsettling about the actions of one public servant. Brian Bitner, a sitting member of the County Commission, has seemingly chosen to use his position not [read more…]
Microsoft is everywhere. Whether it’s your kid’s school using Teams for homework, your local government running on Microsoft 365, or your favorite small business relying on Azure for its cloud needs, the tech giant has become a staple of modern [read more…]
North Dakota’s U.S. House race took an interesting turn this week when former State Representative Rick Becker (R – District 7) blew up the internet with a creative troll of his opponent, Julie Fedorchak. More on that in a minute. [read more…]
In a crowded field of five U.S. House candidates, two have emerged as the leaders heading into the June primary— Rick Becker and Julie Fedorchak. Earlier this month, a North Dakota United poll shows a nail-biter with Becker at 29% [read more…]
I sincerely hope that the voters of North Dakota (ND) are becoming savvy to the deceptive work of some political PACs operating in our state. The shiny, expensive flyers attacking Rick Becker are an example of the disgusting and misleading [read more…]
There’s no point in keeping up the charade anymore. While it’s true that political parties in North Dakota — primarily Republicans and Democrats — hold endorsing conventions at both the state and local levels, they’re not as consequential as they [read more…]
The office of Superintendent of Public Instruction is a non-partisan office. Because of this, Kirsten Baesler has always sought the North Dakota Republican Party’s Letter of Support — the alternative to a party endorsement — as a means of garnering [read more…]
Something took place at the recent NDGOP State Convention that may well be historic. Doug Burgum, John Hoeven, Kevin Cramer, and Kelly Armstrong all fell short on votes to become delegates to the Republican National Convention. When was the last [read more…]
In some people’s minds, Public Service Commissioner Julie Fedorchak was the frontrunner for North Dakota’s lone U.S. House seat. But in the course of just seven days, she proved that just isn’t so. In February, Fedorchak announced that she would [read more…]
This last weekend, the party faithful for both the Republicans and Democrats in North Dakota gathered in Fargo — at separate locations of course — for their biennial state conventions. Events like these should be more consequential, but state law [read more…]
Eight years ago, State Representative Rick Becker (R – Bismarck) made an inspirational run for North Dakota governor. While Becker ultimately came in second to Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem for the party’s endorsement — who then went on to lose [read more…]
Many North Dakotans have already early voted. Yet, Tuesday is our state’s Primary Election. When it comes to legislative and state-wide races, it’s actually a nomination process, not an election. Technically the election happens in November. Semantics I suppose. Unless [read more…]
Yesterday I wrote about Robbie Lauf— a former advisor to Governor Doug Burgum who was named as Director of Partnerships and Programming for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation back in February. You can read the article here, but in [read more…]
Two years ago, we were the first to make the detailed connections between Governor Doug Burgum and the Dakota Leadership PAC. Burgum was using this PAC to campaign against conservative candidates in the 2020 June primary. As illustrated by the [read more…]
Five years ago I wrote about the Bismarck City Commission denying a resident the opportunity to build a home on her own property. It was a despicable move. One that was reversed just two years later when some new faces [read more…]
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