Governor’s Office Turned Away Constituents Who Wanted to Talk About Medicaid Changes

Following my Friday post where I stated why I think Governor Doug Burgum needs to tell us his position on Medicaid changes in the Republican “health care” bill, I received messages from individuals around the state. Apparently, constituents have been turned away from the Governor’s office when they’ve wanted to talk about Medicaid, its impacts […]

Governor Burgum Should Tell Us His Position on Potential Medicaid Changes

Yesterday the Senate Republicans released their second version of health care reform. I wrote one thing that was left unchanged from previous versions was the cost shift of Medicaid from the federal government to the states. Because of that persistent focus to change Medicaid funding, we should know where North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum stands. […]

Legislative Leadership Looking To Undermine State Control on Rail Safety

On the same day news broke that 20,000 gallons of oil spilled from a derailed train in Illinois, we learned Republican Legislative leadership in North Dakota is looking to scrap the relatively new state-run rail inspection program. The state-run program debate started in North Dakota during the 2014 campaign for the Public Service Commission. You […]

RYAN TAYLOR: Medicaid and North Dakota Healthcare

Real people, real issues, real close to home. In October, 2010, I was campaigning for my third term in the North Dakota senate in the town of Rugby, the biggest city in my district with a population of 2,900 people. I was going door to door–introducing myself, leaving my brochure, asking to earn their vote. […]

Carlson Continues Vindictive Behavior Over Committee Chairs

While the issue at hand for Legislative Management yesterday was to determine how to handle Governor Burgum’s vetoes, Rep. Al Carlson retreated to his usual vindictive behavior on a separate topic. Carlson attempted to remove Senator Erin Oban as Chair of the Interim Education Committee. This is his second attempt to block Democrats from chairing […]