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Three Burleigh County Commissioners Delinquent On Property Taxes
“A good example is the best sermon.” - Benjamin Franklin Burleigh County Commissioner Mark Armstrong, a former radio show host on KFYR-AM and current communications director at ND Workforce Safety...
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Grand Forks City Council Candidate 2 Years Behind on Property Taxes
Earlier today SAB reported how Burleigh County Commissioners Mark Armstrong, Jerry Woodcox, and Doug Schonert had an established track record of delinquency in paying their property taxes. Now,...
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Fargo City Commissioner And Cass County Commissioner Candidate In Arrears On...
The SAB Property Tax Hall of Shame inducted new members today, this time from Cass County. Thanks to another open records search, it has been discovered one county commission hopeful also has a...
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Dickinson City Commission Hopeful A Late Payer On Property Taxes
The SAB Property Tax Hall of Shame grew by one today based on another open records search, this time in Stark County. Shirley K. Dukart of Dickinson, ND is one of three candidates running for a seat on...
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The Problem With North Dakota’s Universities Is They’ve Stopped Serving Students
While reading the latest article in the Dickinson Press’ excellent coverage of the Dickinson State University Foundation’s financial woes over the weekend this passage jumped out at me: The Press’...
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Surprise: UND Apparently Still Profiting From “Racist” Sioux Logo/Nickname
The University of North Dakota is holding public forums about the selection of a new nickname to replace the eternally controversial “Fighting Sioux” logo and nickname. They’re even holding forums in...
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Open Records Exemption Requested By NDUS So Broad It Could Include Anything
A few weeks ago the North Dakota University System inspired eye-rolls when they announced their intention to seek an exemption from open records law for university president evaluations. It was so...
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Sometimes The Messenger Deserves To Be “Shot”
“It’s foolish to blame messenger.” That was the headline to a Fargo Forum editorial from over the weekend which fired back at critics of a recent New York Times article about the State of North...
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James Kerian: ND Liberals Join Obama’s Crusade For Subsidized Preschool
Back in October President Obama argued for preschool over parents when it comes to raising children. In Democrat jargon you could say that he announced his “war” on stay-at-home mothers as he insisted...
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Jack Dalrymple Needs To Get A Clue: The University System Isn’t Doing Well
In a meeting with the Fargo Forum editorial board, Governor Jack Dalrymple was asked about the request by the North Dakota University System to exempt evaluations of university presidents from open...
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Video: Your Property Tax Bill Is Now Easier To Understand
North Dakota Tax Commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger’s office created the video above explaining what your new property tax statements will look like. One of the major problems with the property tax is...
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Jason Stverak: Let The Wind Production Tax Credit Expire
The winds of change roared through the American political system this November, but clearly they didn’t blow hard enough to break congressional love for wasteful subsidies like the wind energy...
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“We don’t run the state on oil revenue”
Speaking with the editorial board of the Williston Herald, Governor Jack Dalrymple continued to try and tamp down concerns over oil prices after announcing an aggressive spending budget that makes a...
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AG Wayne Stenehjem Joins North Dakota To Texas Immigration Lawsuit
According to a source in the Legislature, North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has decided to join North Dakota to Texas Governor-elect Greg Abbott’s lawsuit over immigration. The suit asks...
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Rachel Woltjer: North Dakota’s Oil Patch Has Truly Become Home
A few weeks ago, I was in Minneapolis for a few meetings and asked my favorite college professor if we could go out for dinner. He said he would buy me dinner if I would speak in his night class about...
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LegitSlater: We Are Better Than This
In case your TV and smart devices wern’t working Tuesday, I’ll fill you in on the big story — the United States, led by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), set up secret detention facilities and...
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Exaggerating Complaints About Saltwater Spills
When citizens complain about the way they’re governed it’s always important to pay attention. But also worth paying attention to is the scope of the protests. Is dissatisfaction widespread, or isolated...
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It Begins? Oil Company Scales Down North Dakota Operations Due To Oil Prices
“In the next few months, everyone in the oil market will be intently watching the volume of new drilling activity in the shale plays of the United States for any signs of a slowdown in response to the...
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Order For Oil Conditioning Was Likely Too Much Micromanagement For Industry’s...
Back in November, as the North Dakota Industrial Commission was considering new regulations for conditioning crude oil before shipment, I interviewed North Dakota Petroleum Council Vice President Kari...
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North Dakota Is The Best Place In America To Speed
According to the folks at Popular Mechanics the best place in America to drive faster than the speed limit is North Dakota. Maybe the shale oil boom will change this state’s outlook on speeding, but...
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