A sizable majority of North Dakotans (64 percent) support giving “parents the right to use tax dollars designated for their child’s education to send their child to the public or…
The Minot Police Department faces the same dual threat as many of its peers elsewhere — not only high crime rates but a shortage of officers to combat it. The blunt…
Almost half of the lawmakers (69) in the North Dakota Legislature will be out of a job in 2028, courtesy of term limits approved by state residents that restrict the…
Last week, South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden signed a bill banning the use of eminent domain for carbon dioxide pipelines. The Iowa House is considering a similar bill. It’s a…
The Grand Forks Herald reported last week about the concerns from residents about the newly-proposed Flickertail Wind Project: The nuisance of their presence, their impact on animals and the drain…
One of the most regrettable results of the COVID classroom lockdowns was a significant rise in chronic absenteeism, a.k.a. skipping school. It’s a problem nationwide that’s proven difficult to get…
The Trump administration this week signaled that it may roll back almost 50 years of regulations that created the lengthy and litigious permitting process in the U.S. That would be welcome news…
Public broadcasting makes the list of prime funding cuts for many conservatives on both the national and state level year after year, but always manages to survive by mobilizing supporters…
What should be the guiding principle of federal lands management? The House Subcommittee on Federal Lands heard from witnesses about just that last week. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) manages 245 million…
The push to pass a bill requiring offenders to serve a mandatory minimum sentence fell short in the 2023 legislative session. But North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley has revived…
The effort to standardize state election procedures by banning approval and ranked choice voting continues to move forward in the state legislature. The North Dakota House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted…
The North Dakota House of Representatives debated and passed HB 1540 establishing Education Savings Accounts (ESA) this week, rebounding from a setback in the Education Committee where it received a…
The U.S. Energy Department, under the leadership of Secretary Chris Wright, announced its priorities last week in a Secretarial order. The order reads, in part: 1. Advance Energy Addition, Not…
Center of the American Experiment announced today that former Minnesota House Majority Leader Matt Dean has been hired as a Policy Fellow covering state health care policy. Dean will replace…
Center of the American Experiment announced today that Peter Nelson, Senior Policy Fellow at the Center of the American Experiment, has been named by President Donald Trump to lead the…
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) published a brief on January 30, 2025, showing that the U.S. imports nearly all of the uranium concentrate used to power commercial nuclear reactors. In…