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…]
It was horribly disappointing when Governor Doug Burgum ignored calls to veto the effort to strip the State Auditor of his authority to conduct performance audits and signed the Legislature’s power grab into law. But to see yesterday’s editorial in [read more…]
The following article was published with the permission of its author, Rep. Marvin Nelson (D – District 9). It was originally posted to Rep. Nelson’s Facebook page earlier today. The fight over the Auditor’s office has been in the news [read more…]
The hot topic resulting from the concluding days of the 66th Legislative Session stems from the fact that the Legislature stripped the State Auditor of his authority to initiate performance audits. This was done through a conference committee amendment. And [read more…]
By now you’re likely aware of the North Dakota Legislature voting to strip the State Auditor of his authority to initiate performance audits. This took place in Senate Bill 2004. Not only did I write about it the day the [read more…]
Last Thursday, the North Dakota Legislature made one of the most egregious moves of the 66th Legislative Session by inserting an amendment into Senate Bill 2004 that strips the State Auditor of his authority to initiate performance audits. It’s a [read more…]
The seats in North Dakota’s 66th Legislative Assembly have barely had a chance to cool off and the rhetoric has already begun that lawmakers came out of the session with a “conservative” budget. The first to push the narrative appears [read more…]
By now you’re well aware that the stage has been set for North Dakota to get the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum. According to the National Archives, this will be the 14th of its kind— 15th if we count [read more…]
I wrote earlier today about the Legislature voting to strip State Auditor Josh Gallion of his authority to initiate performance audits. They did this through an amendment to the auditor’s budget in Senate Bill 2004. It is — without question [read more…]
We recently featured an article praising the work of State Auditor Josh Gallion. You can read it for yourself, but Gallion has been doing a great job bringing accountability and transparency to North Dakota government. But apparently when dealing with [read more…]
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