It appears Emmons County, North Dakota made history today. According to information passed along to The Minuteman, the Emmons County Commission voted 5 – 0 to become the first county in the state to be a Second Amendment sanctuary. You [read more…]
Rep. Rick Becker (R – District 7) went on Facebook Live last night and discussed a variety of issues while making some cordial with chokecherries. Included in that social media discussion was the issue of property taxes. Based off of [read more…]
With his family behind him, State Representative Dan Johnston (R – District 24) officially announced his candidacy for the office of State Treasurer from NDGOP headquarters in Bismarck tonight. Johnston is seeking to replace the person who has served longest [read more…]
As you’re likely aware, the issue of refugee resettlement has been a hot topic for folks in Burleigh County. In fact, its been so for North Dakota and the nation in general. We published a number of articles on the [read more…]
Two issues that often stir spirited debate are politics and religion. When the two are made part of the same discussion, it’s often difficult for some people to put a damper on emotion— which too often becomes prevalent over logic [read more…]
The topic of whether Burleigh County should continue participating in the resettlement of refugees is heating up. I first wrote about this a week ago— the day before commissioners were set to consider the question. I followed that up after [read more…]
In January of this year, we broke the news that Legislative Council had put the finishing touches on a bill, for Rep. Luke Simons (R – District 36), that proposed a ban on taxpayer funded gun buyback programs in the [read more…]
The “Shall Not Be Infringed” rally took place on the State Capitol grounds in Bismarck on Sunday. We published an article detailing the event last week. About 150 “grassroots North Dakotans” attended in support of the Second Amendment and to [read more…]
Recent mass shootings in America have once again set news headlines ablaze as the media covers calls from the anti-gun left for stricter gun control measures— at all levels of government. Gun control zealots live by the words of Rahm [read more…]
We recently published an article explaining some reasons why so-called “Red Flag Laws” should never be supported. As you’re probably aware, in the aftermath of shootings in El Paso and Dayton, there’s a number of political figures — Republicans and [read more…]
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