Property taxes have been big news in North Dakota in recent years as bills have soared. It will be cold comfort to know that the state is not alone in…
Fargo’s insatiable appetite for growth, along with a familiar willingness to trample the rights and preferences of businesses, individuals, and neighbors, is again on display. It recently came to light…
Interactions among agencies and branches of government in North Dakota have apparently disintegrated into a tangled web of confusion, accusation and contradiction. The mess stems not just from the longstanding,…
Much of the discussion around the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBB) has centered around its reforms to Medicaid eligibility but, of course, the bill contained much else — it was “Big,” after…
Every year, the U.S. Census Bureau publishes the Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances. This is the country’s only source for state and local spending data, allowing a…
With the passage of new legislation allowing charter schools in North Dakota for the first time, American Experiment will soon launch an online platform to support charter school founders and…
Support for a choice policy that would allow families to direct a portion of the education dollars already allocated by the state for their child toward a variety of educational…
Ultimately, the Legislature “blinked”…at least for now.
As of this year, North Dakota is now the 47th state to allow public charter schools. To support charter school founders and other charter school innovators committed to building out…
The White House announced a “crime emergency” today in Washington, D.C. and laid out a plan “to protect public servants, citizens, and tourists, and ensure the safe functioning of the Federal…
In the early morning hours of Sunday August 3rd, Fargo experienced its first homicide in nearly 9 months.
All states, including North Dakota, get a substantial amount of funding from the federal government. Yet as the federal government battles worsening fiscal woes, particularly growing national debt, this reliance on…
Don’t be misled by all the talk of “cuts.” There are none-only limits on the amount of increased taxation and the spending which results.
Despite being pigeonholed as a “voucher” or a “diversion” of funds from public schools, the recently passed federal tax-credit scholarship provision created under the Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA)…
Last week, we took a close look at the components of human capital — employment, average annual hours worked, the skills each worker has arising from education, and those he…
This week, we have been looking at the growth — or otherwise — of human capital in North Dakota in the last few years in an attempt to understand why…