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Remembering 9/11
It’s been 11 years since 9/11. The time flies. For people my age, those attacks were probably the most significant thing to have happened in our lifetimes. Every year on the anniversary I think back...
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Hannah Thoreson: ISIS Industry Not Likely To Have Major Impact On Oil Prices
Reports have recently surfaced claiming that the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) is making millions of dollars per day selling oil at below-market prices. However, the logistical challenges that ISIS...
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University System Removes Termination For Auditor, Compliance Officer From...
Last night the North Dakota University System filed an updated agenda for the November 20th (tomorrow) meeting of the State Board of Higher Education. On the original agenda (I wish I’d kept a copy)...
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Lawmaker Says Relationship Between House, Senate Leaders Is “Worse I’ve Ever...
I was speaking with a lawmaker friend yesterday who clued me in to what is apparently a bad relationship between House Majority Leader Al Carlson and Senate Majority Leader Rich Wardner. I had both...
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Heidi Heitkamp, Party Switcher?
At Hot Air, Ed Morrissey says the Keystone debacle may have a couple of Senate Democrats “on the radar” for switching sides. “Even the Democratic leadership in the Senate left Landrieu twisting in the...
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House Passes Legislation To Prohibit Regulation Based On “Secret Science”
Back in August House Republicans, including North Dakota Rep. Kevin Cramer, released what they described as secret maps created by the EPA in relation to controversial Waters of the U.S. regulations....
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From The Left: A Note Of Thanksgiving
A week from today, families will be gathering together to enjoy a Thanksgiving Feast. It amazes me how much Thanksgiving has became the forgotten Holiday, a day that falls between the end of Halloween...
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Lawmakers Say They Won’t “Rubber Stamp” Appointment Of Higher Ed Board President
As I write this Tom Meredith, a consultant higher by the State Board of Higher Education, is warning board members that the defeat of Measure 3 earlier this month was not an endorsement from voters for...
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Hoeven On Heitkamp Wanting Credit For Keystone: “I’m Not Going To Get Into That”
Back before the Keystone XL vote Senator Heidi Heitkamp took to twitter to scold Republicans for trying to take credit for getting a vote on the pipeline: Now is time to work together. Disappointed...
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University System Proposes Exempting Personnel Reviews Of Presidents From...
At today’s meeting of the State Board of Higher Education Chancellor Larry Skogen announced a list of proposed bills for the upcoming session of the Legislature next year. Among them, as you can see...
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Skogen Attempts To Minimize Dickinson State University Foundation Fiasco
There’s no question that the chaotic finances at the Dickinson State University Foundation – which features the apparently wrongful use of restricted funds which may well rise to the level of a crime –...
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NDSU Pres. Dean Bresciani Cuts And Runs From Email Demands
Earlier this year NDSU President Dean Bresciani was throwing a fit over a plan to unify the North Dakota University System’s email accounts. After being accused multiple times of deleting emails on...
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Matt Evans: The Feminists Who Cried Wolf Over Matt Taylor’s Shirt
Do you remember the story of the boy who cried wolf? It’s a fairy tale, and like most fairy tales, it’s meant to teach young minds a basic and valuable lesson, one that helps shape them into...
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Did The State Board Of Higher Education Break Open Meeting Laws?
According to records from the Attorney General’s office, the North Dakota University System has broken open records and open meetings laws no fewer than 17 times since 2010. According to the AG’s...
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Republicans Should Help Restore Bipartisanship By Bringing Back The Filibuster
About a year ago Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid changed the rules in the Senate to remove the filibuster for confirming appointments. What was worse was how he did it. Normally rule changes in the...
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Attorney General: Higher Ed Board Violated Open Meetings Law Again
Earlier today I noted that the North Dakota University System has violated open meetings/records laws no fewer than 17 times since 2010. Make this number 18. Currently the university system is trying...
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As Usual Taxpayers Will Have To Bailout Supposedly “Independent” University...
The Dickinson Press today continues their excellent in-depth coverage of the Dickinson State University Foundation scandal, including this starting revelation of just how large an impact the...
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About That New York Times “Downside Of The Boom” Story
UPDATE: The New York Times disputes a portion of what I wrote in this post. See below. The New York Times has a very, very ugly profile of the North Dakota government’s handling of the state’s Bakken...
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Should North Dakota Get Rid Of The Income Tax?
The Associated Press today reports that a “North Dakota lawmaker wants no state income tax.” Of course, SAB readers knew about Rep. Scott Louser’s plan to take the income tax down to zero way back in...
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