ND Emergency Commission Should Support Fund Transfer for ROTC Scholarships

The North Dakota Emergency Commission will convene at 4 PM in the Capitol today. One of the items on their agenda is to consider transferring money to ensure National Guard students in college on ROTC scholarships are fully funded. The request is under $600,000 to fund the scholarship throughout the remainder of the biennium. The […]

Winners and Losers from the 2018 ND Midterm

Not all lobbyists lost in this election. Just the groups and councils who have secretly pulled some levers in North Dakota government and wanted desperately to keep their special level of coziness. The North Dakota Petroleum Council spent $60,000, the Lignite Council along with other lignite related groups spent $175,000, and the Greater North Dakota […]

Accomplishments Matter

Six years ago to the day, November 6th, 2012 North Dakota voters hired Heidi Heitkamp to the Senate and Kevin Cramer to the House of Representatives. November 6th, 2018 those two candidates elected by many of the same voters will find out which one was hired to six more years of work on our behalf. […]

Cozy Relationships Between North Dakota Industrial Commission and Lobbyist Groups Questioned by Measure 1

While lobbyists have poured money into opposing North Dakota’s anti-corruption measure, some of those same organizations and councils have been pouring your tax dollars into their own projects. In some cases, those special interest groups have such a cozy relationship with state government and elected officials they aren’t even required to report exactly how they […]

Voter Suppression and Continued Confusion Led to Latest Lawsuit

Following this month’s Supreme Court decision, North Dakota Native Americans rushed to adhere to the new voter requirements. They were told by the state’s top election officials if they didn’t currently meet the new requirements to follow a makeshift process and they’d be able to vote. We are now learning even after completing the process […]