Regulations put in place to govern the development of things like oil pipelines and refineries were intended to facilitate those projects, not block them. The point was not to inhibit the build-out of that sort of infrastructure, which serves the production of energy products we all use, but rather to ensure it is done safely…
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Politician Inadvertently Illustrates Why Economic Development Incentives Are Dumb Public Policy
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Regulations Should Facilitate Industry Not Block It
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These Are the Changes Lawmakers Will Have to Make to Comply With Measure 1
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Burgum’s Proposal for Governing North Dakota’s Universities Isn’t Likely to Fix Anything
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Regulations Should Facilitate Industry Not Block It
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Burgum’s Proposal for Governing North Dakota’s Universities Isn’t Likely to Fix Anything
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North Dakotans Vote Down Recreational Marijuana but Re-Elect Drunk Drivers
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Does North Dakota Really Need Democrats?
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Someone Should Tell the North Dakota Democrats the First Native American Woman to Serve in the Legislature Was a Republican
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Republican Obsession With the “Caravan” Was as Obnoxious as the Democrats Claiming Voter Suppression in North Dakota
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Heidi Heitkamp Still Hasn’t Called Kevin Cramer and That’s Kind of Sad
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Heidi Heitkamp Spent Over $111 Per Vote to Lose by 11 Percentage Points
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Democrats Have Been Ignoring Western North Dakota for Years, and Tonight Heidi Heitkamp Paid the Price
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Oversen Rips Opponent for DUI Then Sends Out Mailer Promoting Fellow Democrat With Multiple Alcohol Convictions
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Politician Inadvertently Illustrates Why Economic Development Incentives Are Dumb Public Policy
Amazon has been causing quite a stir with its announcement the building of a new, two-campus east coast headquarters to be located in Virginia and New York. Those states lured the company in with hefty economic development incentives and – hold on to your hats – I find myself agreeing with newly-elected Democratic congresswoman and…
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These Are the Changes Lawmakers Will Have to Make to Comply With Measure 1
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Al Carlson’s Replacement as House Majority Leader Won by Promising to Keep Everything the Same
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The Heitkamps Think They’re Entitled to Deference, and That’s Exactly Why They Shouldn’t Hold Power
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North Dakota Voters Are Very Forgiving of Politicians Who Struggle With Alcohol
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We Should Pay More Attention to Local Journalists, and Less to National Media Outlets
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Let’s All Be Glad This Is Al Jaeger’s Last Term
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Despite Claims of Voter Suppression, North Dakota’s Native Americans Got Out the Vote in a Big Away
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Election Predictions: How Will North Dakota’s Ballots Be Cast?
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New York Times Uses Same Misleading Photo of Soybean Pile the Heitkamp Campaign Got Caught Using
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Print Column: Heitkamps Feel They’re Entitled to Power, and That’s Exactly Why They Shouldn’t Have It
MINOT, N.D. — Believe it or not, the point of politics isn’t the campaigns. Those are supposed to be nothing more than the means by which we choose who gets to do the much more important job of governing. Sadly, it can seem as though the whole governing thing is just something the politicians do…
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My Daily Radio Show Ends This Week
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Print Column: Measure 1 Should Be Challenged in Court Immediately
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Podcast: Cramer Says He Wants to Focus on Marijuana Policy Immediately, Armstrong Says He’ll “Fight” Trump Impeachment Efforts
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Print Column: The Heitkamp Era Has Been Terrible for North Dakota Democrats
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Kari Bitz: What President Trump’s ‘Buy American’ Order Means to My Local Business
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Podcast: Kevin Cramer, Eric Trump, Kelly Armstrong, Tom Emmer
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Matt Evans: Flyer From Democrats Spreads Lies About Republican Lawmaker Larry Luick
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Print Column: Heitkamp Drags North Dakota Through the Mud to the Finish Line
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Podcast: Voting on the Reservations, the NRA Blasts Heitkamp Over Hunting Ad, Ed Schafer Talks Measure 1