With immigration much in the news these days, it’s maddening difficult to find concrete data on the phenomenon. Thousands of migrants are streaming across the southern border every day, but rigorous data collection lags…
A sweeping new ballot petition filed with North Dakota Secretary of State Michael Howe aims to significantly revamp the system for voting in North Dakota elections. The “Election Integrity Act…
Having destroyed their hometown of San Francisco, a new city is planned for rural Solano County. For years, a mystery has lingered around exactly who was buying up tens of…
What happened in Vegas didn’t stay in Vegas for the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. As word of the North Dakota tribes’ $115 million venture into…
North Dakotans are not represented in Washington by a 90-year old like California Senator Diane Feinstein, whose frail health and memory have prompted widespread calls for her resignation. They don’t…
Eighteen states and the District of Columbia allow absentee ballots received after Election Day to be counted for days afterward, as long as the envelope bears a pre-Election Day postmark.…
It’s hard to imagine a political party dominating a state legislature more than North Dakota Republicans. They have super-supermajorities in both bodies, 84-12 in the House and 43-4 in the…
It’s hard to take the appointment of yet another government task force too seriously for anyone who’s been around long enough. So there may not have been high expectations for…
Since when did it become the norm for libraries NOT to cordon off obscene and other obviously age-inappropriate materials from minors? It’s one of the obvious responsibilities certainly many parents…
The days of government entities meeting remotely online without an opportunity for constituents to be in the room are thankfully a thing of the past. Yet one vestige of the…
The term limits ballot measure passed by nearly two-thirds of North Dakota voters last year had hardly taken effect before legislators started messing with it. The constitutional amendment limits lawmakers…
Last year voters made North Dakota the first state in more than twenty years to impose term limits on the time legislators and the governor remain in office. Almost two-thirds…
Fargo car repair shop owner John Bultman didn’t appear to stand a chance against the city government’s threats to fine him up to $1,000 a day unless he shut down…
A proposed Chinese agricultural plant that divided Grand Forks for more than a year finally got shot down Monday as the city council unanimously voted to kill the controversial project…
The United States is one of the freest countries in the world. But in 2020 that freedom came under threat. In fact, according to Cato’s Human Freedom Index 2022 update, in 2020…
In a surprising about-face after more than a year of controversy, Grand Forks officials now say they plan to reject the Fufeng Chinese corn milling plant proposed in a location…