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Oil Tax Cuts Fall Flat In North Dakota House
With no debate, outside of bill carrier Rep. Craig Headland explaining his committee’s “do not pass” recommendation for the bill, the most controversial tax bill before this legislature fell flat on...
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Senate Appropriations Committee Poised To Chop $376 Million Out Of House...
Earlier this session the North Dakota House passed HB1250, introduced by Rep. Craig Headland, which represented over a half-billion in tax relief. Here’s what that bill does, as passed by the House on...
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Senate To Vote On $350 Million In Income Tax Cuts, $250 Million More Likely...
“We are bringing 1250 up to the floor for a vote,” a state Senator told me this morning. That’s the income tax cuts introduced by Rep. Craig Headland which, when passed in the House, totaled over $500...
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North Dakota Senate Kills $352 Million Income Tax Package
Yesterday I wrote of the food fight going on between the North Dakota House and the Senate over HB1250, a package of income tax cuts. Well, yesterday evening the House (after much contentions debate)...
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North Dakota House Caves, Approves Senate’s Smaller Income Tax Cuts
Back in February the House passed a bill sponsored by Rep. Craig Headland which would have reduced the state’s corporate and personal income taxes by more than $500 million. “The question now is, how...
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North Dakota District Conventions: Districts 12 and 29 Jamestown and...
This post is part of a continuing series highlighting the potential state legislative candidates from each district for their party’s nomination. For more information on this series, refer to the...
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Ironic: Governor Dalrymple Gets Credit For Other People’s Tax Cuts
The Cato Institute today released their analysis of gubernatorial performance on fiscal issues. North Dakota’s Jack Dalrymple got a pretty good grade, coming in 12th in the nation, though I’m not sure...
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Video: House Kills Tobacco Tax Increase, Increase Restrictions On E-Cigs
The House today had one of its most protracted debates of the session to date today. It was related to tobacco and e-cigarettes, and spread over three separate bills. HB1078 adds e-cigarettes to the...
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North Dakota Turns Away From Ban On Corporate Farming To Save Swine, Dairy Farms
For 83 years North Dakota has had one of the toughest bans on corporate farming in the nation. While corporations can own and work farmland in the state, those corporations can only exist among family...
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Video: House Passes Oil Tax Trigger Reform
This morning the House Finance and Taxation Committee heard testimony on HB1476, which would eliminate the looming “big trigger” oil tax exemption and replace it with a flat and permanent 4.5 percent...
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Millions In “Angel Investment” Tax Credits Going To Out Of State Companies
North Dakota lawmakers are putting some scrutiny business tax incentives, trying to determine whether or not these programs are paying off for the taxpayers. This is an area that’s ripe for review, I...
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Video: After a Lengthy Debate ND House Votes Down Bill Requiring Just One...
Rep. Mark Owens, a Republican from Grand Forks, argues in favor of his legislation to require just one license plate on North Dakota vehicles.The North Dakota House of Representatives today took up...
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The State of North Dakota Is Not Putting Meals on Wheels Funding “At Risk”
Liz Lindquist, left, Julie Kamrowski and Gerri Davis form an assembly line as they get the meals prepared for delivery on Wednesday, March 22, 2017 in Grand Forks, N.D. Davis', the kitchen manager for...
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Rep. Craig Headland: Setting the Record Straight on the Meals on Wheels Program
Rep. Craig Headland, R-Montpelier Mike McCleary / Bismarck TribuneWe 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...
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North Dakota Turns Away From Ban On Corporate Farming To Save Swine, Dairy Farms
For 83 years North Dakota has had one of the toughest bans on corporate farming in the nation. While corporations can own and work farmland in the state, those corporations can only exist among family...
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Video: House Passes Oil Tax Trigger Reform
This morning the House Finance and Taxation Committee heard testimony on HB1476, which would eliminate the looming “big trigger” oil tax exemption and replace it with a flat and permanent 4.5 percent...
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Millions In "Angel Investment" Tax Credits Going To Out Of State Companies
North Dakota lawmakers are putting some scrutiny business tax incentives, trying to determine whether or not these programs are paying off for the taxpayers. This is an area that’s ripe for review, I...
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The State of North Dakota Is Not Putting Meals on Wheels Funding “At Risk”
Liz Lindquist, left, Julie Kamrowski and Gerri Davis form an assembly line as they get the meals prepared for delivery on Wednesday, March 22, 2017 in Grand Forks, N.D. Davis', the kitchen manager for...
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Rep. Craig Headland: Setting the Record Straight on the Meals on Wheels Program
Rep. Craig Headland, R-Montpelier Mike McCleary / Bismarck Tribune 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...
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North Dakotans Could Enjoy an Additional $33.8 Million in Savings Thanks to...
President Donald Trump signs a sweeping tax bill in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, Dec. 22, 2017. Trump signed the bill on Friday that Republicans promise will benefit the middle...
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