North Dakota's Watchdog Update | Dustin Gawrylow | Substack

Anti-"out-of-state" protectionism is built into the DNA of every North Dakotan, and has been the basis for our politics since statehood. It is also a self-inflicted handicap to economic development.

Dustin Gawrylow

Feb 3

NTU: Grave Constitutional Concerns about ND’s Proposed Tax on Out-of-State Political Money Watch now (18 min) | National Taxpayers Union issues opinion on HB 1452's attempt to tax out-of-state political contributions.

Dustin Gawrylow

Feb 2

Below is the committee hearing list, and the current Watchdog Watchlist for the week of February 6th, 2023 for the 2023 North Dakota Legislative Session.

Dustin Gawrylow

Feb 6

Senate Committee Passes Huge Expansion of Renaissance Zone Program Watch now (11 min) | SB 2391 represents the largest expansion of the selective tax exemption program since its creation in 1999.

Dustin Gawrylow

Feb 2

Urgent: Help Needed On Mobile Home Property Tax Reform Watch now (9 min) | House Tax and Finance issues 13-1 Do Not Pass on addressing unfair tax policies on Mobile Home Parks; declined to consider suggested amendments.

Dustin Gawrylow

Feb 2

Senate Human Services issued a 5-1 DO NOT PASS recommendation on SB 2031

Feb 2

Audio: DSU Professor Updates Public On Open Records and Tenure Bills Listen now (16 min) | Dr. Eric Grabowsky speaks with Steve Bakken on AM 1270 SuperTalk's "Talk of the Town" about the bills that seem to be seeking to…

Feb 1

SB 2391 Renaissance Zone Expansion Full Testimony Watch now (61 min) | Above is the full hearing of SB 2391 to expanded the Renaissance Zone program. The committee amended the bill and gave it a 5-1 DO…

Feb 1

Why do some legislators feel the need to change the state constitution to protect it, rather than to conserve what is already there? And a solution…

Jan 31

Video: HB 1328 Committee Work Watch now (18 min) | The above is video of the January 30th Committee work done on HB 1328 (Mobile Home Property Tax Reform). North Dakota's Watchdog…

Jan 30

Unreasonable Renaissance Zone Bill Threatens The Reasonable Approach Watch now (24 min) | Earlier this session, I testified Neutral (with caveats) on HB 1266, a bill that would simply allow a city that failed to have it’s…

Jan 30

HB 1491 appropriated just under $90 million to make school lunches a covered part of school for all students.

Jan 29

Here are this week’s bills with committee hearings to watch. Consider making your voice heard to those committees and your legislators on the bills you…

Jan 29

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