The nationwide release of fourth- and eighth-grade student performance in reading and math has been set for Jan. 29, 2025, as announced by the National Assessment Governing Board of the…
The International Energy Agency (IEA) last week again predicted a decline in global coal use, expecting demand to plateau through 2027 and decline thereafter “as renewable energy sources play a…
Merry Christmas! Those in good favor this year didn’t include a number of union bosses who found themselves caught up in illegal shenanigans. Perhaps their New Year’s resolutions will include…
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives typically purport goals of combating bias and promoting inclusivity, but an experiment on the topic has found that its pedagogy produces hostile attribution bias.…
After just a few weeks of trying it out, Fargo’s plan to give homeless individuals with nowhere to go a break from the city’s recently passed ban on encampments in…
President Joe Biden’s unprecedented commutation of the sentences of nearly 1,500 federal prisoners has drawn an equally unprecedented rebuke from U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Hovland in Bismarck. Fifteen federal…
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…