If first-term Gov. Kelly Armstrong wanted to make an impression right out of the gate, his controversial vetoes of school choice legislation and a bill protecting minors from sexually explicit…
Should people of faith have any influence on our state and nation? Is their influence dangerous? These are increasingly frequent questions, sometimes being asked outright and sometimes merely being implied. The term…
In the second major court ruling stemming from the Dakota Access Pipeline protests in recent weeks, a judge in Bismarck has ordered the federal government to reimburse the State of…
We all may remember hearing about “Separation of Powers,” but what does it really mean? How should it work? When is it abused? Does it matter? These are important questions, and…
The North Dakota Monitor reported yesterday on a bill intended to “keep North Dakota at the forefront of developing rare earth minerals.” It’s an important step toward meeting the many…
A week after passage, supporters and opponents of legislation to further restrict explicit materials available to minors in taxpayer-funded libraries and schools in North Dakota remain in limbo as to…
Happy Earth Day! Today is a day to celebrate human flourishing and the ability of capitalism, innovation, and property rights to better conserve the environment than top-down mandates. Between 1970…
A common objection to school choice is the claim that “public funds” should not be used for non-public schools. The term “public funds” itself is inaccurate. There is no such…
The American Legislative Exchange Council released its fourth Energy Affordability Report this month, ranking the 50 states by the weighted average price of electricity. The results truly demonstrate the damage…
Federal subsidies enjoyed by wind and solar power developers would be phased out and eliminated over five years under legislation introduced by North Dakota Rep. Julie Fedorchak. The first-term GOP…
Fargo became the first city in North Dakota to adopt so-called approval voting for local elections in 2018, and the way things look now, it will be the last. North…
It’s far from the biggest or most visible target for the federal budget cutters at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). But the latest indication that virtually no federal agency…
An Education Savings Account (ESA) bill got a thumbs-up from the North Dakota Senate Education Committee this week with a “Do Pass” recommendation. H.B. 1540 allows parents to direct a…
Five years after the pandemic opened up the spigot for trillions in deficit spending, the federal government has had enough. Some $11 billion still in the pipeline for state and…
Photo credit: presidentialscholars.org Thirty-two U.S. Presidential Scholar candidates from public and private schools were honored in Fargo Wednesday night after being invited to apply for the prestigious program based on…
A Tesla Cybertruck was keyed in the West Fargo Costco parking lot just before 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 29. The same folks that, not so long ago, advocated for…