Postmaster General Louis DeJoy should have checked with his agencies’ customers in Minnesota and North Dakota before giving himself an “A” at a congressional oversight hearing last week in Washington.…
Here at the Center, we’ve been tracking the Tim Walz record on public policy since he first took office as governor of Minnesota in January 2019. To me, the most…
As Democrats scramble to assemble a ticket following Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the presidential race, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is putting himself out there as potential vice-presidential pick. He is…
It’s rare to find examples of bipartisanship these days given the divisiveness in Washington. But the breakdown in service and reliability of the U.S. Postal Service has gotten to the…
More than 60 percent of North Dakota primary voters approved a first-ever age limit of 80 for members of Congress, setting the stage for a likely legal challenge of the…
Historically only a handful of members of Congress from North Dakota have remained in office after the age of 80 years old. But an intensifying focus on the fitness of…
The post office faces a tricky dilemma when it comes to fixing the breakdown in mail delivery. Both the public and public officials have little, if any, confidence in the…
It’s taking longer than North Dakota residents would prefer for the U.S. Postal Service to provide answers on the problems plaguing mail delivery in much of the state. Not least…
The duel between Fargo and the state over whether North Dakota cities can restrict the sale of firearms and ammunition under their home rule authority appears to be over with…
North Dakota has joined a coalition of 25 Republican-led states coming to the defense of Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s escalating standoff with the Biden administration over the state’s effort to…
Now that Gov. Doug Burgum has decided against seeking a third term, whoever follows him in office will be the first North Dakota governor to be restricted to no more…
Nearly 50 million people in America were born somewhere else. On the first day of this month, I wrote a piece speculating on whether the share of foreign-born had reached an all-time…
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…