The North Dakota Republican Party will hold its 2026 State Convention at the North Dakota State Fairgrounds in Minot on March 28-29, with early registration and a social event scheduled for the evening of March 27. Chairman Matthew Simon announced the convention[...]
Section: Politics & Government
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What to Watch in Minot’s 2026 Legislative Races
2026 will be an important election year for the city of Minot. This column will not address the mayoral race because it is supposed to be a nonpartisan race. The jury is out on whether or not nonpartisanship will be fact or[...]
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The Dollar Is Facing an End to Its Dominance | WIRED
The dollar isn’t going to collapse in 2026. But it might start to matter less. Countries are building alternatives—new payment systems, digital currencies, trade deals that bypass the greenback entirely. China’s cross-border system now handles more than half of its trade. Central[...]
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Zelensky set to meet Trump in Florida to discuss peace proposal to end Russia’s war (LIVE)
Volodymyr Zelensky landed in Florida Saturday evening for a high-stakes meeting with Donald Trump—one his own delegation says they’re approaching ready for “all scenarios.” On the table: security guarantees, economic cooperation, and a revised 20-point peace framework that Zelensky says is 90[...]
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Former North Dakota Gov. Allen Olson dies at 87
Allen Olson served one term as North Dakota’s governor, from 1981 to 1984. He lost his reelection bid after a newspaper report revealed he hadn’t filed his taxes—but he never held a grudge. The editor who ran that story said the two[...]
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Property Tax Relief Is Working—and We’re Just Getting Started
What a difference a year — and a bold policy change — makes. Across North Dakota, property tax statements have been arriving in mailboxes ahead of today’s deadline for counties to mail them to homeowners. And while it’s not a Christmas miracle,[...]
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U.S. Distillers Pay the Price for a Trade War They Never Wanted
The tariffs were supposed to help American industry. But for U.S. distillers, they’ve done the opposite. Canadian provinces pulled American alcohol from shelves, and sales collapsed—down 85 percent in the second quarter. Jim Beam just announced it’s closing its flagship Kentucky distillery[...]
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School meals ballot petition approved for circulation in North Dakota
North Dakota Secretary of State Michael Howe announced Tuesday he has approved the format of a constitutional ballot measure that would require the state to cover the cost of free school meals to K-12 students. Sponsors of the ballot measure have one[...]
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North Dakota leaders announce latest update on Statewide Interoperable Radio Network
When disaster strikes, you’d think every cop, firefighter, and paramedic in the state could talk to each other. They can’t—at least not easily. Right now, North Dakota’s emergency responders operate on a patchwork of separate radio systems, and getting them to communicate[...]
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Trump keeps investing millions of government money in one essential industry (and it’s not AI chips)
If you run a company, you know who owns a piece of it. Your investors, your co-founders, maybe some early employees. But what about the federal government? A New York Times analysis finds the Trump administration has quietly poured more than $10[...]
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How Trump’s ‘crony capitalism’ has shaken up U.S. business
In the America most business leaders grew up in, you competed on products, prices, and ideas. The government set the rules; the market picked the winners. But something has shifted. This year, CEOs have lined up at Mar-a-Lago with gold plaques and[...]
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An AI tool built by local government, for local government
Before a county planner can write a single word of a staff report, they often spend hours just gathering the basics—old decisions, existing laws, planning documents buried in filing systems. It’s the kind of tedious groundwork that eats up days. In Washoe[...]
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New Omaha Chamber report urges state business incentives overhaul, ways to stem ‘brain drain’
OMAHA — Critical that Nebraska has “stepped back” from its award-winning focus on economic development, Omaha area business leaders have launched an offensive plan to regain a competitive edge. The Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce today released a 24-page “Omaha Competes” report[...]
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Property taxes eliminated for 50,000 North Dakota households under new legislation
Roughly 50,000 North Dakota households will pay nothing in property taxes for the 2025 tax year, but some county officials are concerned about how limiting property taxes will affect their budgets. This year’s Primary Residence Credit program offers up to $1,600 per[...]
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North Dakota law accidentally lists fake critical minerals based on coal lawyers’ names
A landmark North Dakota law approved this year accidentally lumped in two fake names in a list of critical minerals that appear to be inspired by coal company lawyers who worked on the bill. The inclusion of fictional substances is being called[...]
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Some towns and counties are concerned about how North Dakota’s property tax cap will affect future budgets
North Dakota’s new 3% cap on local property tax increases sounds like straightforward relief for homeowners—and that’s how Governor Kelly Armstrong sold it. But for smaller cities like Cavalier and Devils Lake, the math looks different. Three percent of a small budget[...]