North Dakota’s 66th Legislative Assembly was brought to its conclusion last Friday. I wrote yesterday about the misleading narrative already being pushed that the resulting budget was “conservative”— it wasn’t. For fiscal conservatives, the overall results of the session were [read more…]
Early last month, we published an article expressing the view that Rep. Corey Mock (D – District 18) deserves credit for coming up with an idea to save more Legacy Fund dollars— rather than spend them. That idea was found [read more…]
We’ve long been opponents to the State of North Dakota footing any part of the bill for the proposed Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum. In fact, I first wrote about this in January of 2018. A lot has changed [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…]
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…]
Yesterday, Governor Doug Burgum attended the 8th Annual State of Technology Conference in Fargo. It was here that he preannounced a $30 million “investment” into a statewide tracking network for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) as part of his Executive Budget [read more…]
Some weeks ago, I was told that State Senator David Hogue (R – District 38) is concerned that some folks might try to tap the Legacy Fund through the initiated measure process. A recent article titled “North Dakota Lawmaker Warns [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…]
We’re inching ever closer to next year’s Legislative Session. North Dakota’s lawmakers are watching state revenue in anticipation of that event. Unfortunately, too many of them are watching for all the wrong reasons— they want to have an idea of [read more…]
Earlier this month, we published an article in which I was critical of the State having a role in funding the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. After mentioning the $791 million the Legislature raided from various funds to make the current [read more…]
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