Bill Would Limit Lawmaker Access To Open Records
“The Legislature shouldn’t do anything to weaken the state’s open records and open meetings laws,” writes the Bismarck Tribune’s editorial board today. They’re writing about two bills I’ve covered...
View ArticleOn Television: Kirsten Diederich Resignation Is A Start To Fixing Higher Ed
After taking some time off I made a glorious return to Chris Berg’s 6:30 Point of View program last night. I apologize in advance for the cruddy audio. I didn’t have Skype set to pick up the right...
View ArticleMore Problems With UND Campus Rape Junk Science Emerge
Yesterday I wrote about University of North Dakota researcher Sarah Edwards claiming that her tiny sample of students from an anonymous campus is representative of any college campus anywhere in...
View ArticleVideo: Lawmakers Slam Civics Test Bill Through State House For Some Reason
For some reason today the North Dakota House slammed through a bill requiring that students in the state take the same civics test that immigrants take. Meanwhile legislation to address state...
View ArticleNorth Dakota Supreme Court Criminalizes The 4th Amendment
The North Dakota Supreme Court today dealt a major blow to privacy rights in ruling that it’s ok to criminalize the exercise of your 4th amendment rights. Here’s what happened. During the 2013...
View ArticleMatt Evans: Civics Test Legislation May Create Conflict With Homeschooling Law
The new legislative session has arrived. Now is the time to pay attention to what bills are hitting the floor, and to proactively communicate with your representatives about the issues that are...
View ArticleDemocrat Budget Proposal Should Have Begun With An Apology On Oil Taxes
You have to hand it to North Dakota Democrats. What they lack in electability they make up for in chutzpah. Yesterday a group of Democrat lawmakers got together and called for the state to create two...
View ArticleIt’s Western Lawmakers Vs. Governor Dalrymple On Western Funding
Now that they’ve rushed through the really important legislation, lawmakers today are addressing funding for western North Dakota. Both Governor Jack Dalrymple and a group of western lawmakers have...
View ArticleVideo Of EPA Chief Talking About Crucifying Businesses Taken Down By Liberal...
The liberal group which posted that now-infamous video of an EPA official talking about “crucifying” those the agency regulates has now taken the video down from their YouTube channel and filed a...
View ArticleEPA Official Responsible For “Crucify” Comments Resigns
Inevitable: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration’s top environmental official in the oil-rich South and Southwest region has resigned after Republicans targeted him over remarks made two years...
View ArticleWomen In Combat: Good Idea Or Bad?
Yesterday it was leaked that Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta is planning on opening up combat roles for women. Ostensibly, women aren’t to serve in combat in the military, though in reality quite a...
View ArticleVideo Of EPA Chief Talking About Crucifying Businesses Taken Down By Liberal...
The liberal group which posted that now-infamous video of an EPA official talking about “crucifying” those the agency regulates has now taken the video down from their YouTube channel and filed a...
View ArticleEPA Official Responsible For “Crucify” Comments Resigns
Inevitable: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration’s top environmental official in the oil-rich South and Southwest region has resigned after Republicans targeted him over remarks made two years...
View ArticleWomen In Combat: Good Idea Or Bad?
Yesterday it was leaked that Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta is planning on opening up combat roles for women. Ostensibly, women aren’t to serve in combat in the military, though in reality quite a...
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