If we ever needed a measuring stick for just how thoroughly addled by parochialism state politics are, consider the state House punting this week on legislation to fix an offensive disparity in treatment between male and female prisoners in North Dakota’s corrections system. In his executive budget Governor Doug Burgum included funding to shuffle some…
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Lawmakers Should Keep Supreme Court Ruling in Mind While Considering Civil Asset Forfeiture Bill
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House Lawmakers Seem More Concerned About Economic Development Than Fair Treatment for Female Prisoners
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After the Furor Over North Dakota’s Voter ID Laws Study Finds Those Sort of Policies Don’t Actually Suppress Votes
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Plain Talk: Lawmaker Explains Why We Need Initiated Measure Reform, Closer Look at Oil Boom Crime Stats Paints a Different Picture
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House Lawmakers Seem More Concerned About Economic Development Than Fair Treatment for Female Prisoners
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Even at Its Peak Violent Crime in the Bakken Oil Patch Was About the Same as the Surrounding Region
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Republicans Supporting Trump’s Border Emergency Are Acting Like We’ll Never Have Another Democratic President
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House Passes Bill to Use Legacy Fund to Replace the Income Tax, Democrats Incorrectly Say It Will Make State More Reliant on Oil Taxes
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UND Plans to Spend up to $25,000 Per Year Letting Chief of Staff Work From Home…in Texas
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Analysis: No Donations to Republicans From NDSU Faculty or Administrators During 2018 Election Cycle
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Of Course Ethics Investigations Should Be Secret
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Oh Sure, Now Democrats Want to Have an “Honest Conversation” About Wearing Blackface
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The Legislature Must Recognize That the Land Doesn’t Belong to the Hunters
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Trump Invites Bison Football Team to the White House
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Lawmakers Should Keep Supreme Court Ruling in Mind While Considering Civil Asset Forfeiture Bill
HB1286, introduced by Rep. Rick Becker (R-Bismarck), would require a conviction before law enforcement can forfeit (read: keep) property or cash seized during a criminal proceeding. It would also put in place some reporting requirements for forfeitures conducted in the state. The bill did well in the House Judiciary Committee, emerging with an 11-3 “do…
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After the Furor Over North Dakota’s Voter ID Laws Study Finds Those Sort of Policies Don’t Actually Suppress Votes
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If You’re Skeptical of the Legislature Making Changes to the Initiated Measure Process Please Watch This Video
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Survey Says Most North Dakotans Would Flunk the U.S. Citizenship Test
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Rise in Praise for Socialism (Including From North Dakota Democrats) Should Alarm Us All
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UND Employee to Be Allowed to Work From Texas Got a Promotion and $30,000 Raise in November
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Video: Lawmakers Rip Department of Transportation for “Ridiculous” $50 Million Fiscal Note on Speed Limit Bill
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It Sure Seems Like Senator Kevin Cramer Is Throwing Shade at His Predecessor Heidi Heitkamp Over Delaying Senate Confirmations
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State House Overwhelmingly Passes Bill Banning Sobriety Checkpoints
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Don’t Call Them a “Sheriff’s Department” Any More
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Plain Talk: Lawmaker Explains Why We Need Initiated Measure Reform, Closer Look at Oil Boom Crime Stats Paints a Different Picture
On this episode of Plain Talk, state Senator David Hogue talks about his remarkable speech on the Senate floor to flip a unanimous “do not pass” committee recommendation on his resolution to reform initiated measures into a lopsided win in the floor vote. Also, a recent article about crime during the Bakken oil boom was…
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Print Column: Nobody, Not Even Voters, Should Be Able to Make Laws Unilaterally
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Plain Talk: Sen. Cramer “Doubts” Trump’s Emergency Will Stand up in Court, Says Trump’s “Treason” Accusation Not an Exaggeration
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Plain Talk: A Prosecutor and a Defense Attorney Debate North Dakota’s Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws
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Rep. Jake Blum: State Agencies Lobbying via Fiscal Notes Must End
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Plain Talk: Congressman Armstrong Takes Listener Questions, House Passes Bill to Eliminate Income Taxes With Legacy Fund
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Plain Talk: Senator Cramer Says of Border Deal, “I Like It Ok. I Certainly Don’t Love It.”
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Tara Brandner: Support Legislation Requiring Insurers to Support Infertility Care
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Ladd Erickson: Law Enforcement Shouldn’t Need a Conviction to Exercise Civil Asset Forfeiture
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Plain Talk: Minnesota Governor Continue’s His Predecessor’s Politically-Driven Delay of Line 3 Pipeline Project