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 news hit yesterday that three state legislators are proposing that state employees receive pay increases in the upcoming 2019 Legislative Session. And go figure— all three are Republicans. It was just last week that I predicted, in the aftermath [read more…]
Washington politics dominates media headlines. I think it’s safe to say that for many Americans – including North Dakotans – they’re more familiar with what is going on in The Swamp than they are with what’s going on in Bismarck. [read more…]
I like visiting Minot, but I’m sure happy that I don’t live there. If the city’s preliminary budget becomes a reality, then I’m guessing there’ll be a few property owners who question why they live there too. According to a [read more…]
In April Governor Doug Burgum called for more cuts in the budgets of state agencies. Though it’s needed – and I wrote that we should cut deeper – it’s only expected that some folks don’t agree with such limited government [read more…]
Rep. Andrew Maragos served in the North Dakota Legislature from 1993-2006. He was elected again in 2011 and has been in office since. Yet, it seems the long-time public servant from District 3 may have worn out his welcome with [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…]
There’s plenty of examples of wasteful spending here at home with the North Dakota Legislature. Whether it’s the large amount of dollars going towards the sacred cows known as Health & Human Services and K-12 , the likely unconstitutional ethanol [read more…]
I’m not typically surprised by government, but I’ll admit that a news report from WDAZ out of Grand Forks yesterday did exactly that. Did you know that North Dakota has a “Breastfeeding Coalition”? We do. So, what is the purpose [read more…]
To those that follow state politics it’s no surprise, but the North Dakota Republican Party needs help. They’ve lost their way. Let’s remember that the "Grand Old Party" is supposed to be the party of things like constitutionally limited government, [read more…]
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