BY: MICHAEL ACHTERLING (North Dakota Monitor) It may have been unconventional to roll a beat-up pickup onto a political convention floor, but that was in character for Rep. Randy Schobinger. In 1996, that was a resounding success for the Minot lawmaker, according to his friend and former campaign staffer. Schobinger, 54, who died Tuesday, started […]
Mike Blessum joins Minot Matters to talk the 2025 prelim city budget. He talks about the presentation by the City, Federal Funding, Employee Pay Packages, and the goal of decreasing property taxes. Jonathan Starr
BY: MARY STEURER (North Dakota Monitor) The North Dakota Industrial Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to select a candidate who made his career in the oil and gas industry to be the state’s top oil regulator. Nathan Anderson is slated to take over as Department of Mineral Resources director on Sept. 16, an announcement from the […]
By: BY: MICHAEL ACHTERLING (North Dakota Monitor) North Dakota medical marijuana businesses are high on the list of donors backing the state’s legalized pot ballot measure, according to campaign finance reports. More than $287,000 has been donated to the ballot initiative’s sponsoring committee by two organizations associated with North Dakota medical marijuana dispensaries, with only […]
BY: ELAINE S. POVICH (North Dakota Monitor) No state illustrates this year’s flurry of ballot measures to cut property taxes better than Colorado. There, the results of two likely voter questions could reduce funding for schools, roads, emergency responders and other local government services. Colorado’s ballot measures are just two of nearly a dozen upcoming […]
BY: SETH TUPPER AND JOHN HULT (North Dakota Monitor) Three people died in motorcycle accidents during the recently concluded Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, according to the official tally of the state Department of Public Safety, but the actual number of motorcycle-involved traffic deaths in the state from the days before, during and after the event is […]
By JASON HOPKINS (Daily Caller News Foundation) Over a million migrants hailing from Central America have crossed illegally into the U.S. since Vice President Kamala Harris was tapped to address the illegal immigration crisis stemming from that region. Since the launch of her presidential campaign, Harris and her allies have vehemently pushed back on the […]
By: WALLACE WHITE (Daily Caller News Foundation) A rule requiring the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to publish annual reports on wasteful spending has saved billions of taxpayer dollars since 2011, according to an Open the Books report released Wednesday. Former Republican Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn amended the Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 to require the GAO to include […]
By: NICOLE SILVERIO (Daily Caller News Foundation) Republican Florida Rep. Byron Donalds hit back at CNN host Kate Bolduan as she asked him about Republican nominee Donald Trump’s age during a Wednesday segment. Bolduan repeatedly pressed Donalds on whether 78-year-old Trump’s age is a cause for concern for Republicans since President Joe Biden, who is 81, dropped […]
Fargo, ND - Arizona Sheriff Mark Lamb is scheduled to speak Tuesday, September 10th at 5:30 p.m. at the Avalon Event Center. Lamb will share his frontline experience at the southern border, fighting criminal cartels supplying the deadly flow of fentanyl and human trafficking at the event – titled ‘Law and Border: Crisis in America.’ Lamb has […]
