Remember earlier this year when social media was full of rage that Congress, and President Trump, had blocked an Obama-era internet privacy rule from going into effect? The most common refrain was that Congress, and the President, had given internet service providers the ability to sell your browsing history. Dozens of online fundraising efforts sprung…
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Turns Out Those Efforts to Buy the Internet Histories of Politicians Were Kind of a Scam
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Former Congressman Rick Berg Not Ruling Out 2018 Campaign
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Video: Things Got a Little Weird at the End of North Dakota’s 2017 Session
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Republican Legislative Leaders: We Balanced the Budget and Didn’t Raise Taxes
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Turns Out Those Efforts to Buy the Internet Histories of Politicians Were Kind of a Scam
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Video: Things Got a Little Weird at the End of North Dakota’s 2017 Session
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Legislators End Session, State General Fund Spending Down More Than 38 Percent From Oil Boom Peak
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Former Lt. Governor Drew Wrigley Being Promoted to Trump Administration for Second Appointment as U.S. Attorney
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Cramer on Trump’s Tax Proposal: “More of a Pro-Growth Strategy With Less Concern With the Deficit”
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That Wasn’t Slut Shaming, and We Need to Talk About This Double Standard for Female Victims
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Breaking Campaign Promise, Governor Doug Burgum Signs $10 Million Tax Hike
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Not a Single Member of the North Dakota Senate Voted to Cap Property Taxes Yesterday
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Will Governor Doug Burgum Sign a Bill Instituting a $10 Million Tax Hike on Phone Lines?
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Bailout for Embattled Dickinson State University May Bog Down Efforts to End Legislative Session
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Former Congressman Rick Berg Not Ruling Out 2018 Campaign
In 2010 Rick Berg, a long time Republican state lawmaker from Fargo, ran for Congress and defeated 10-term incumbent Earl Pomeroy ending a decades-long stranglehold Democrats had on North Dakota’s federal delegation. But in 2012 Berg opted to leave his House seat behind and run for the Senate seat which was being vacated at that…
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We Can’t Have Justice if We Don’t Scrutinize Accusers
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Environmental Activist: “We Have a Moral Responsibility to Blow up Wells and Eliminate Fracking and Workers”
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Lawmakers Probably Aren’t Finishing Today: “My Guess Is Day or Two More”
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As Legislative Session Ends North Dakota Still Has More Revenues, and More Spending, Than It Did Before the Oil Boom
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The Idea That North Dakota Republicans Cut Taxes for the Oil Industry Is Fake News
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Video: House Members Laugh as They Vote Down “Dollar Doug” Amendment
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Senator Heidi Heitkamp Took a Mountain of Money From Special Interest Committees
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Lawmaker: “There’s Absolutely Zero Chance We’ll Be Done on Tuesday”
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Rep. Rick Becker on New Voter ID Bill: “All You Have to Have Is Enough Gumption to Go in and Get an ID”
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Republican Legislative Leaders: We Balanced the Budget and Didn’t Raise Taxes
This guest post was submitted by House Majority Leader Al Carlson and Senate Majority Leader Rich Wardner As the legislature leaves Bismarck, we are returning home with a balanced budget and no tax increases. This session has proven the importance of exercising fiscal responsibility and saving for lean times. Despite facing one of the largest…
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John Andrist: Trying to Think Like a Rich Man Thinks
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Democrat on Why He’s Going to Primary Heidi Heitkamp: “There Are People Who Aren’t Satisfied”
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Kathy Neset: Thanks to Lawmakers, Sanford for Fixing Flawed Nursing School Deal
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John Andrist: Some Good News and a Confession
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Daryl Lies: Beware the Dreaded Land Carp
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Guest Post: Port Lacks Understanding and Compassion
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Rep. Robin Weisz: Legislature Has Fixed the Medical Marijuana Measure
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John Andrist: Downsizing Without Pain Is Difficult
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Tony Gehrig: Fact Checking Claims About Economic Incentives
