Happy Thanksgiving! Did your dessert table include the pie flavor that is most uniquely popular in your state? Each year, Instacart analyzes Thanksgiving-week orders (in this case from Nov. 22-28,…
We’ve written previously about Fargo’s attempted land grab in its apparently endless quest for growth at any cost. It’s increasingly evident that the city isn’t acting in good faith and…
The oldest American Holiday is called “Thanksgiving” for a good reason. It was originally established for just that purpose—giving thanks.
Parents have always reached for easy tools to soothe young children. However, the advent of digital media and relatively cheap tablets have given parents a new choice. Will little Timmy…
As test score results continue to be quiet reminders of the millions of students who fell behind or dropped out entirely during years of disrupted learning, new research out of Stanford…
In a national landscape where academic outcomes vary widely by region, an analysis of demographically-adjusted 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores shows that conservative-leaning or “red” states occupy many…
This content originally appeared in the Put Kids First ND newsletter on Feb. 28, 2024. Happy Black History Month! Put Kids First ND is advocating for policies that promote school…
This summer, Congress passed The Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA) as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The ECCA allows every taxpayer nationwide to gain up to $1700…
The Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA) represents a major shift in how federal policy can expand educational opportunity without increasing federal spending. Passed just this summer, the ECCA has…
A campaign in support of a proposed ballot measure to guarantee “free” lunches, at your expense, will reportedly launch this week.
Price controls are famously known for being bad policy. Rent control, for instance, discourages housing development, reducing supply. This leads to even higher costs in the long run. A New…
Little has changed, recently, on the status of the North Dakota Ethics Commission, but divisions are deepening.
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up the question of whether states can count absentee ballots mailed on or before Election Day.
This content originally appeared in the Put Kids First ND newsletter on Feb. 21, 2024. These are the 10 most rural states in America. How many have private school choice?…
With increased scrutiny, people are asking how the money is being spent and whether the programs implemented are effectively treating and preventing opioid addiction or actually furthering addiction.
The economics of housing affordability The big buzzword in politics right now is “affordability.” Things aren’t affordable, the argument goes, or are becoming less so, and voters will reward the…