The North Dakota Senate wants it to be easy to raise our taxes. They proved as much last week when they defeated House Concurrent Resolution 3040. Had HCR 3040 passed, it would have placed a constitutional amendment on the 2022 [read more…]
The question of whether state and local government should be involved in the business of mandating masks is set to be voted on tomorrow (Wednesday, April 7th) in the North Dakota Senate. As you can see here, leadership must be [read more…]
In the aftermath of a debate over a mask mandate last October, Bismarck City Commissioner Mark Splonskowski became the target of some pretty harsh criticism for comments he made about vitamin D. But does a new study suggest those critics [read more…]
Nearly two months ago, proponents of protecting girls’ sports in North Dakota achieved victory when House Bill 1298 passed by a wide margin of 65-26. That came after stellar arguments from Rep. Ben Koppelman (R – District 16) — who [read more…]
There’s a movement in North Dakota to prohibit our state and local government from implementing mask mandates. The legislation to make this happen is House Bill 1323 and will likely hit the Senate floor for a vote this week. Despite [read more…]
Earlier today, the North Dakota Senate defeated House Bill 1420. This was Rep. Jason Dockter’s (R – District 7) effort to legalize recreational marijuana. Many expected the bill to have a chance, but it wasn’t to be. After some passionate [read more…]
During the 2019 Legislative Session, the North Dakota Senate surprised many of us when they killed a bill that proposed raising the Motor Fuel Tax. That proposal is in front of them again this session. Will we see a repeat? [read more…]
Just over a month ago, I wrote about Rep. Sebastian Ertelt’s (R – District 26) efforts to finally get some relief “for taxpayers whose children receive nonpublic school or home education”. House Bill 1281 passed the House 50-44 last month [read more…]
Senator Brad Bekkedahl’s (R – District 1) attempt to make North Dakota a primary enforcer of its seat belt law has been thwarted. Yesterday, the House narrowly defeated Senate Bill 2121 on a 45 – 49 vote. Oddly enough, there [read more…]
In response to COVID-19 last year, one of Governor Doug Burgum’s many executive orders paved the way for a mail-only Primary Election. While the order “strongly encouraged” the state’s 53 county commissions to do this — rather than him mandating [read more…]
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