The former CEO of Equifax, Richard Smith, had a tough week. Smith faced Congress to explain how in the world 145 million Americans’ personal information was compromised on his watch. His answer, blame it on one guy who was supposed to update software. U.S. Senator Al Franken was unimpressed with the answer and joined me […]
The Fargo-Moorhead Diversion debate has been ongoing for at least six years. Six years of heated back and forth, and we’re just now getting together? Six years of demonizing neighbors of differing interests, and now people are trying to get together and act in good faith? Six years and hundreds of millions of dollars spent, […]
In a Friday afternoon “news dump” Tom Price resigned from leading The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The resignation came after mounting public outrage at Price’s wasting of tax dollars on private jets. The next day, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funding expired leaving an estimated nine million children in limbo. Another […]
For the first time in state history, the Legislative body went into executive session, barring the public from their discussion. The closed-door meeting allowed the Legislative Management Committee to hear from outside legal counsel and ask questions about how to proceed in litigation against Governor Doug Burgum. Following the executive session, Legislators voted 12-4 to […]
Last Friday, North Dakota’s University Chancellor Mark Hagerott called into KFGO’s News and Views with Joel Heitkamp. It was the Chancellor’s first public comments following the firing of Lisa Feldner and a compromising 2016 compliance report. The unscheduled call by a heated Hagerott exposed a troubling claim; Republican legislators and partisan power brokers tried to intimidate […]
During a Friday afternoon news dump, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a list of which states’ elections system had been targeted by Russian hackers. Twenty-one states were on the list. North Dakota was one of them. At the moment, it is unclear the outcome of the attempted hack. In fact, it appeared […]
Did Governor Doug Burgum ask his Director of Medicaid Services what her thoughts were on proposed Medicaid changes under the Graham-Cassidy bill? Did he walk down the hall, knock on Maggie Anderson’s door, and ask if there were any concerns about the long-term implications this bill would have on state administration of Medicaid Services? How […]
Former U.S. Attorney for North Dakota, Tim Purdon, joined me on “Afternoons Live” to break down the bombshell report that Donald Trump’s former campaign chair, Paul Manafort, was under surveillance. According to multiple sources, Paul Manafort was the subject of a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant in 2014 and again in the later part […]
The last minute, strictly partisan push by Senate Republicans has seemingly ruined bipartisan efforts to stabilize health care. Senate Republicans are hoping to get to 51 votes by September 30th so they can repeal and replace parts of Obamacare and live up to their campaign promises of the last seven years. They should be ashamed. […]
Republicans in the U.S. Senate are quietly inching closer to repealing and replacing Obamacare. The last-ditch effort comes after failed attempts earlier this summer. According to reports, the latest version already has 49 GOP votes and only needs one more with the help of Vice President Mike Pence to pass. North Dakota’s Senator John Hoeven […]