In response to the spread of COVID-19 (also known as the Coronavirus), on March 28th, State Health Officer Mylynn Tufte issued a Confinement Order to those “traveling back to North Dakota from all international locations and states in the U.S. [read more…]
There’s a word often thrown around in politics that I think is worth defining as we begin this article— bureaucracy. According to Google, it is: “… a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state [read more…]
Back in February, I wrote that North Dakota’s Food Freedom Law was under attack again. This time it came in the form of Senate Bill 2269, which was sponsored by former grocer and current State Senator and Assistant Majority Leader [read more…]
In April of 2017, the North Dakota Legislature passed Rep. Luke Simons’ (R – District 36) HB 1433. Initially, the bill was dubbed the “Raw Milk Bill”, because it included verbiage that would have permitted the sale of raw milk. [read more…]
Late last month, we reported that our state’s fourth branch of government – otherwise known as the North Dakota Department of Health – was overstepping its bounds and proposing rules that would basically gut the recently passed Food Freedom law. [read more…]
Much of America has a problem. We’re fat. Yes, I admit it. I need to lose some “lbs”. While I’m certainly not as bad off as some folks, according to my recent doctor’s visit, I need to shed 47 lbs. [read more…]
Last Friday Governor Doug Burgum signed Senate Bill 2327 into law. The bill creates a new cabinet level position from the already existing Environmental Health Section of the North Dakota Department of Health and elevates it to the stand-alone "Department [read more…]
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