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Commerce Dept. Issues Clarification On Huff Hills Grant
Grant was "awarded" but the money has not been disbursed as the invoices expenses have not occurred to be reimbursed. Also: elected officials are…
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Dustin Gawrylow
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$650,000 State Grant Doesn't Save Huff Hills
Huff Hills ski area south of Mandan announces it is closing, no word on whether they are returning the $650,000 grant the state gave them in November.
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Dustin Gawrylow
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Corporate Welfare Loan Forgiveness Is Worse Than Student Loan Forgiveness
North Dakota's opposition to Biden Admin student loan forgiveness is a hypocritical joke while hundreds of millions are given away to corporate…
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Dustin Gawrylow
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Again? Legislator's Alcohol Brewing Supply Business Receives $100,000 Grant
$100,000 grant to malt brewing company owned by a sitting State Senator renews questions about how lawmakers are benefiting from the slush-fund grant…
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Port: Secret meetings on carbon capture projects are not a good look
Carbon Capture supporter and Forum Communications columnist Rob Port: "...major players in the carbon industry are running their public and government…
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Dustin Gawrylow
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Breaking News: Former Governor Ed Schafer Helps Re-Boot ProtectND Campaign Against Measure #2
Effort will once again oppose November's Measure #2 efforts to make initiated measures harder for citizens to set the terms and conditions by which…
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Dustin Gawrylow
Tribune: Controversial legislator meetings to be opened to the media
Quick update: media will be allowed into "secret legislator meetings".
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Dustin Gawrylow
Oz: "Nothing To See Behind The Curtain"
Organizers and legislative supporters of "secret meeting" of say: there is nothing to see here.
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Dustin Gawrylow
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Follow-up: Ethics Commission Complaint Filed Regarding "Legislator Only" Lobbying Session
This morning, at the suggestion of the North Dakota Attorney Generals' Office, I filed a formal complaint related to unregistered lobbying and…
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Dustin Gawrylow
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Exclusive Investigation: Legislators Summoned To Private Meeting On Carbon Capture
Widely-circulated email/text "invite-only legislator-only" event designed to lobby and recruit legislative support for Carbon Capture project under the…
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Dustin Gawrylow
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