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…
Not so long ago, citizens could go to the polls to vote for one candidate per office and expect to learn who straight out won or lost sometime before midnight.…
It’s in the math. Advocates for the ranked-choice voting method claim many advantages for their voting system, not least among them producing a nicer, more moderate politics. Something closer to…
Grand Forks has racked up some $235,000 in legal bills this year in the effort to win approval for a controversial $700 million Fufeng Chinese ag plant that remains in…
It’s not exactly a pleasant subject to write about, much less personally encounter while shopping, sight seeing or on a lunch break downtown. But workers and visitors to city center…
One of the front lines in the showdown over the Chinese threat to national security continues to be in one of the seemingly most unlikely of places — North Dakota.…
It’s the magic of Ranked-Choice Voting! We’ve previously discussed the truly bizarre election system in Alaska, which has perfected the art of counting ballots until the correct result is reached. The results…
On terms favorable to his firm, of course. As recently as last month, Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of FTX, was promoting a bill in the U.S. Senate that would place new restrictions…
Less than half of North Dakota registered voters turned out to cast a ballot in the midterm elections, the lowest participation level in years. But those who did show up…
It’s been more than two decades since residents of a state have voted to impose legislative term limits on elected officials. North Dakotans could end that dry spell on November…
The 2022 U.S. midterm elections are 17 days away (Nov. 8). Voting is often identified as a right and privilege of citizenship, but it is also a civic duty. The…
The latest fallout stemming from the proposed Chinese ag plant in Grand Forks involves the strategic air force base at the center of the national security review underway of the…