The lives of many Americans are changing as federal, state, and local government officials are taking measures to combat the Coronavirus— otherwise known as COVID-19. And no, I’m not just talking about toilet paper shortages. As of this writing, 4,200 [read more…]
About two months ago, State Representative Dan Johnston (R – District 24) announced his bid for State Treasurer. Johnston is seeking to replace the person who has served longest in that capacity— Kelly Schmidt. Johnston’s announcement came from NDGOP headquarters [read more…]
District 12 Republican leadership apparently has some serious issues— at least when it comes to integrity and good judgment. Perhaps you read the story we broke a week ago about Districts 12 and 29 joining to auction off bottles of [read more…]
A week ago, North Dakota’s Superintendent of Public Instruction made headlines for all the wrong reasons. Not only was Kirsten Baesler arrested for a DUI, but she also refused a breathalyzer and blood alcohol test. Unfortunately, this wasn’t the first [read more…]
Republicans from Districts 12 and 29 gathered tonight for a Lincoln Day dinner and fundraising auction. And as fate would have it, guess who the keynote speaker was? None other than North Dakota’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, Kirsten Baesler. As [read more…]
Just over three weeks ago, North Dakota’s Department of Public Instruction (DPI) Superintendent, Kirsten Baesler, announced her intentions to seek reelection. Having first been elected in 2012 by a margin of nearly 11%, and then again in 2016 by about [read more…]
When Doug Burgum announced his intention to seek the Republican nomination for governor in January of 2016, he was viewed as a political outsider. To many, the idea of the software executive and downtown businessman from Fargo beating his opponent [read more…]
Back in June of 2019, I wrote about the oldest pro-life organization in the state, North Dakota Right to Life (NDRL), and its current Executive Director Medora Nagle. Ms. Nagle had posted a remark on Facebook about swerving to hit [read more…]
Earlier this month, I wrote about Emmons County becoming the first county in North Dakota to pass a Second Amendment Sanctuary Resolution. To be technically accurate, they amended out the word “Sanctuary” and substituted it with “Advocate”. But the remaining [read more…]
Last week, we published an article about a proposal being pulled to put a mural in downtown Bismarck of 17-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg. Local wet plate artist Shane Balkowitsch had submitted the idea to the Renaissance Zone Authority. The [read more…]
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