The on-again, off-again review of the extent to which North Dakota’s public colleges and universities should rein in the job protections enjoyed by tenured professors is on-again. Any consideration of…
The Biden administration has repeatedly thrown Alaskans to the wolves when it comes to natural resource development in the state. Last week, the administration did it again. The Bureau of Land Management…
An argument used against expanding educational freedom, particularly in states with large rural populations, is that rural areas don’t benefit from school choice programs. The other argument is that education…
The Washington Free Beacon reported recently on China’s expanded export ban of the critical minerals antimony, gallium, and germanium — all necessary for military and energy applications — and a…
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.…
Back in June, I wrote an article titled “Why abolishing property taxes is a bad idea.” It’s fair to say that it didn’t get me on many people’s Christmas card…
A new report by Grid Strategies anticipates that U.S. electricity demand will increase five times faster than previously estimated over the next five years. The culprit? Data centers, manufacturing, and…
Last month, North Dakota’s voters rejected a measure to “Prohibit Taxes on Assessed Value of Real Property” by 63.5% to 36.5%. This does not mean that the problem of excessive…
More exciting news on the permitting front! The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County. It’s a case that has significant implications…
The Iowa company behind a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline spanning five states got a big boost recently with approval of a state route permit by the North Dakota Public Service…
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has called for expanding educational freedom in the state through education savings accounts (ESAs). In his budget address delivered Wednesday, Gov. Burgum reminded North Dakotans…
There’s a lot more on the line for a powerful federal environmental agency than anyone anticipated when 21 states filed a legal case in U.S. District Court in Bismarck earlier…
Alpha News reported this week on information from The Center Square, indicating an alarming number Known or Suspected Terrorists (KSTs) attempting to enter the United States through our northern border with…
The United Kingdom is experiencing record curtailment costs for wind power in 2024. Curtailment costs are the costs associated with reducing electricity supply when demand is lower. Because wind and…
The U.S. District Court of Appeals for North Dakota has heard Iowa v. Council on Environmental Quality, which challenges a new rule that transforms permitting “into a substantive set of requirements to achieve broad…
Multiple media outlets have reported that United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, of Maple Grove, Minnesota, was shot and killed this morning outside a Manhattan hotel in what authorities are describing as a…