Way back in May, we published a very unscientific Facebook poll in which we asked who participants would vote for if State Auditor Josh Gallion were to challenge incumbent Doug Burgum for the Republican nomination for Governor of North Dakota. [read more…]
When Governor Doug Burgum rolled out his traffic safety initiative known as “Vision Zero” in January of 2018, we published an article in which I suggested that the goal of the initiative was “illogical”. In case you’re unfamiliar with them, [read more…]
I can’t think of a hotter topic in North Dakota politics this summer than the one relating to the North Dakota Legislature’s efforts, during the winding up moments of the 2019 Legislative Session, to strip our State Auditor of his authority [read more…]
By now you’re likely familiar with the North Dakota Legislature’s efforts during the winding up moments of the 2019 Legislative Session to strip our State Auditor of his authority to initiate performance audits. If you’re not caught up, you can [read more…]
Yesterday, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem issued his opinion regarding “the constitutionality of amendments contained in section 3 of Senate Bill 2004 passed by the 66th Legislative Assembly.” As you’re likely aware of by now, the North Dakota Legislature voted in the [read more…]
North Dakota State Representative Dan Johnston (R – District 24) had a pretty darn good 2019 Legislative Session. Undoubtedly, his most controversial piece of legislation came in the form of House Bill 1336— otherwise known as the “Abortion Reversal Bill”. [read more…]
There seems to be a feeling spreading within the North Dakota Republican Party (NDGOP) that the party itself doesn’t really mean that much. To be more specific, it comes from the idea that many Resolutions and planks of the Platform, [read more…]
Just a few weeks after I wrote about the fact that State Auditor Josh Gallion is a rising star with the people of North Dakota, the State Legislature coincidentally decided to put a damper on that by stripping him of [read more…]
In the aftermath of the State Legislature stripping the State Auditor of his authority to initiate performance audits — and Governor Doug Burgum signing off on the power grab — a movement came together under the banner now known as [read more…]
After North Dakota’s 66th Legislative Session came to a close, we published an article pointing out that balancing North Dakota’s budget doesn’t make you a conservative. This, of course, came in response to Governor Doug Burgum’s office issuing a press [read more…]
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