Senator Lonnie Laffen (R-Grand Forks) submitted an op/ed to SAB and elsewhere taking aim at Democrats for opposing reform of the state’s oil taxes. Republicans sought to reform oil taxes to lower the top rate in exchange for getting rid of two tax exemptions which trigger with lower oil prices. I’ve written at-length about these...Senator Lonnie Laffen (R-Grand Forks) submitted an op/ed to SAB and elsewhere taking aim at Democrats for opposing reform of the state’s oil taxes. Republicans sought to reform oil taxes to lower the top rate in exchange for getting rid of two tax exemptions which trigger with lower oil prices. I’ve written at-length about these...