“Oil boom a loser for North Dakota cities, counties, study finds,” was the headline for a McClatchy news article, picked up by the Drudge Report over the weekend. The article cited findings published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, a group that previously tried to tie fracking to increased high school dropout rates. That obviously runs contrary to…
Highway Patrol Notified Of Harassing Phone Call To Lawmaker Over SB2279
Given the furious response to the failure of SB2279 last week – up to and including the state’s largest newspaper listing lawmakers who voted against the bill on a sort of “wanted poster” on the front page – it’s not surprising that lawmakers are getting some ugly feedback. But it seems today the feedback got…
UPDATED: North Dakota District 37 Convention Primer
This is the first of several posts which will highlight the potential state legislative candidates from each district for their party’s nomination. For more information on this series, refer to the “SAB’s Guide To North Dakota District Conventions: A Government Of People Who Show Up” post. The District: 37 District 37 is located in the…
Amendment To Let State Of North Dakota Write Checks To Individuals Fails
It’s a bit ironic that HCR3036 failed today. The constitutional amendment, introduced by Rep. Vicki Steiner, would add to the Article X Section 18 state constitution the following language allowing the state government to cut checks directly to individuals. The legislative assembly may provide by law for direct general allocations of state funds to North…