American Experiment North Dakota announced today that Kim Koppelman, former Speaker of the North Dakota House of Representatives, will join the team as a Policy Fellow. Koppelman will use his…
For decades students and faculty have been the ones questioning the status quo on college and university campuses. But a decline in enrollment, a rapidly changing workforce and uncertain funding…
The steady decline in the quality of mail service in recent years has been well documented by MinnPost and other media outlets across the country. The saga over unreliable mail…
Earlier this month, South Dakota signed into law a ban on the use of eminent domain for carbon dioxide pipelines. Now Summit Carbon Solutions, the developer seeking permitting approval for…
Yesterday, the White House announced an executive order titled “Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production.” The order is intended to increase domestic mineral production and decrease reliance on foreign…
It would be difficult to overstate the likely impact of the jury's decision in the defamation case brought by the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline against environmental icon Greenpeace…
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…