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…]
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…]
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