For more reasons than we can discuss here, North Dakota’s 2019 Legislative Session has largely been a disappointment— especially when it comes to taxes. For example, last month we published an article explaining a number of bills that had the [read more…]
The North Dakota House rejected a 9-5 Do Not Pass recommendation from its committee on Finance and Taxation today for House Concurrent Resolution 3055. The proposed constitutional amendment easily passed on a 69-23 vote. As explained in the resolutions Statement [read more…]
If you’re a property owner who is looking for significant property tax reform, forget it. When it comes to the 2019 North Dakota Legislature, you’re not going to see any. Such was evident in the defeat of House Bill 1380 [read more…]
I’m guessing there may be some unhappy taxpayers in the area known as School District #8 today. The North Dakota House passed House Bill 1434 by a vote of 73-19 this afternoon. This bill is sponsored by a newcomer to [read more…]
Earlier this week, we broke the news about a bill set to be heard during the 2019 Legislative Session that seeks to prohibit state agencies, political subdivisions, and law enforcement of the state from participating in the implementation, administration, or operation [read more…]
You may have already heard that earlier today a federal judge rejected Colorado’s motion to dismiss a discrimination case against the embattled Christian cake baker, Jack Phillips. According to the Washington Times: “Senior U.S. District Judge Wiley T. Daniel said [read more…]
From time to time, I hear criticisms from within the North Dakota Republican Party that baffle me. A recent article we dropped here on The Minuteman reminded me of such criticisms. As you may recall, Representatives Rick Becker (R – [read more…]
With schools beginning their 2017 – 2018 school years across the state, I wanted to take just a brief moment to remind interested parents about the new opt out forms for state testing. I’ve seen a few inquiries floating around [read more…]
On September 12th of last year, Superintendent of Public Instruction Kirsten Baesler notified the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium that North Dakota would be withdrawing from the SBAC effective June 30, 2017. This decision meant that the state would have an [read more…]
Last month we broke a story about Senate Bill 2186– allegedly the brain child of current Superintendent of Public Instruction Kirsten Baesler, which originally proposed that the Superintendent of Public Instruction be given the authority to waive "anystate statute or [read more…]
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