Video: After a Lengthy Debate ND House Votes Down Bill Requiring Just One...
The North Dakota House of Representatives today took up HB1084, sponsored by Rep. Mark Owens of Grand Forks. The legislation, had it passed, would have ended the requirement for two license plates on...
View ArticleThe State of North Dakota Is Not Putting Meals on Wheels Funding “At Risk”
“Meals on Wheels funds at risk with ND bill and Trump budget,” reads a recent headline. That’s an unfortunate headline though it does make for a nice talking point for the state’s liberals, who have...
View ArticleRep. Craig Headland: Setting the Record Straight on the Meals on Wheels Program
We need to set the record straight on state funding for the Senior Mill Levy Match. The state funding for Meals on Wheels is not being cut. In fact, the proposed appropriation for the program in the...
View ArticleNorth Dakotans Could Enjoy an Additional $33.8 Million in Savings Thanks to...
I had to laugh a bit when I saw this headline over my colleague John Hageman’s piece about the impact of federal tax reform on state-level revenues. “ND tax office expects revenue hit from new tax law,...
View ArticleNorth Dakota Voters Are Very Forgiving of Politicians Who Struggle With Alcohol
Here’s a wild story out of Walsh County (a rural community north of Grand Forks). Shortly before election day, on November 2nd, Walsh County Commissioner Ernest George Barta was arrested for DUI and...
View ArticlePlain Talk Podcast: Burgum Opposes Using Legacy Fund Earnings to Replace...
Governor Doug Burgum was kind enough to be my guest for the first episode of my podcast, Plain Talk. I asked him about what some have described as a frosty relationship between his administration and...
View ArticlePlain Talk: Lawmaker Makes the Case for Using Legacy Fund to Abolish North...
State Rep. Craig Headland, a Republican from Montpelier and Chairman of the House Committee on Finance and Taxation, has introduced legislation to use earnings from North Dakota’s multi-billion dollar...
View ArticleHouse Passes Bill to Use Legacy Fund to Replace the Income Tax, Democrats...
Not so long ago I interviewed Rep. Craig Headland for Plain Talk about his bill to use Legacy Fund earnings to replace the personal and corporate income taxes. Here’s the audio: The bill, HB1530, would...
View ArticleLet’s Use the Legacy Fund to Lower Taxes, Not Just Grow Government
As the legislative session in Bismarck nears its end, some lawmakers have brought back the idea of using Legacy Fund earnings – earnings, mind you, not the principal – to buy down and perhaps...
View ArticleUsing the Legacy Fund to Eliminate Income Taxes Would Not Make North Dakota...
During the last legislative session there was a bill, passed by the state House by a wide margin but shot down by the Senate, which would have used revenues from the state’s Legacy Fund to reduce and...
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