The #NoDAPL protesters working to block the Dakota Access Pipeline haven’t camped on the land of the historic Cannonball Ranch (see this link for backstory on this property), but at least some of the protest activities have taken place there. Apparently land owner David Meyer is fed up with it. “It’s a beautiful ranch, but I…
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Not Rock Bottom Yet: North Dakota’s August Revenues Come in $9 Million Under Forecast
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UPDATED: Landowner Sells Land Used for #NoDAPL Protests to Pipeline Company: “I Just Wanted Out”
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Audio: Rep. Al Carlson Says Burgum “Has Seen the Light” on Some of His Criticisms of North Dakota Lawmakers
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David Flynn: Hard Economic Times for Oil Create Opportunities Elsewhere in North Dakota’s Economy
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UPDATED: Landowner Sells Land Used for #NoDAPL Protests to Pipeline Company: “I Just Wanted Out”
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A Solution for the Dakota Access Pipeline: Let’s Just Sell the Oil to Hobbits
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Audio: Democratic Legislative Candidate Says She’s Supporting Republican Gov Candidate, Wants Ethics Commission
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Marsy’s Law Committee Says Critics Are…Sexist?
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University Enrollment Declines Are Good if They’re Happening for the Right Reasons
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#NoDAPL Protesters Nearing Peak Absurdity as They Rally for Woman Detained Over Felony Arrest Warrant
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Video: Standing Rock Chairman Addresses UN Human Rights Commission in Switzerland
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Audio: Lawmaker Says There Has Been Little Accountability for North Dakota’s Economic Development Programs
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Audio: ND Gov Candidate Doug Burgum Says Obama Blocking Dakota Access Pipeline Could Spark a Recession
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The Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan Is Unnecessary
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Not Rock Bottom Yet: North Dakota’s August Revenues Come in $9 Million Under Forecast
Revenue forecasting in North Dakota has been a train wreck over the last several years. During the peak of the oil boom years revenue forecasts understated revenue by billions. Now that the oil boom is over, the forecasters have understated revenues by billions. For a state that budgets based on revenue forecasts, this is an…
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Audio: Rep. Al Carlson Says Burgum “Has Seen the Light” on Some of His Criticisms of North Dakota Lawmakers
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The Regulatory Process Is Not the Proper Place for Anti-Pipeline Activism
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Grand Forks Herald: North Dakota Voter ID Proponents Are Trying to Suppress Votes
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#NoDAPL Protesters Break Into North Dakota Petroleum Council Meeting
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Audio: State Lawmaker Says Local Governments Have to “Right Size” to Address Property Taxes
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Poll: Trump Leads Clinton in North Dakota, but Neither Are Above 50 Percent
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Morton County Creates Task Force to Investigate Private Security at Dakota Access Pipeline Protest
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Chase Iron Eyes Needs to Stop Pretending Like He Hasn’t Been Invited to a Debate
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Terrorism Response Should Be Love and Understanding Not Fear and Hate
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David Flynn: Hard Economic Times for Oil Create Opportunities Elsewhere in North Dakota’s Economy
It is a fun time to be an economist with an interest in data, and it has nothing to do with election policies because, as we all know, those have nothing to do with data anyway (zing!). The Bureau of Economic Analysis released its GDP by Metro Area report this week (available here). The first…
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Robert Wefald: Marsy’s Law Is Bad Law
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John Andrist: Dakota Access Protests Are a Waste
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Jason Bohrer: Polling Shows the People Support Clean Coal
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LaFaive and Nesbit: There Will Be Harsh Consequences for Raising North Dakota’s Tobacco Tax
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Thoughts on Thirteen Years of Blogging
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Starting Next Week: The Rob (Re)Port on WDAY AM970
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Megan Babel: North Dakota’s Falkirk Mine Leads the Nation in Drone-Based Mine Surveying Techniques
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John Andrist: The Importance of Bonding, and Other Points to Ponder
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Nick Bata: The Insurance Department, a Socialist Institution
