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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
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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March 2024

Solution For Fargo On Public Comments: Open Mic Night
Local governments need to provide "venting sessions" for citizens rather than shutting down public comment they don't like, think is irrelevant, or feel…
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Dustin Gawrylow
Fargo Forum: Student costs, tuition waivers increasing on North Dakota campuses
As the University System scrabbles to create "free tuition" programs and expand waiver programs, the cost of tuition for the remaining students paying…
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Dustin Gawrylow
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North Dakota Colleges Enter "Free Tuition" Arms Race With Each Other
Legislators voice concerns about reactions to Minnesota Promise "free tuition" policies. Discussion points to the need for legislature to create a…
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Dustin Gawrylow
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South Dakota Citizens Fight Back
South Dakota House Republican Majority Leader is immediately bashing his own citizens who dare to think that The People might know better than the…
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Dustin Gawrylow
Roundup: PSC, CO2, Fertilizer, Propaganda, Tuition, and Tariffs
Here's what you may have missed, and follow-ups to issues previously exposed.
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Dustin Gawrylow
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South Dakota Ends Tuition Reciprocity With Minnesota
South Dakota Board of Regents says "Our state has excellent higher education institutions and opportunities, and our goal as the public university…
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Dustin Gawrylow
ND Legislature Set Path To The Green Agenda With Non-Binding Resolutions
For 20 years, the North Dakota legislature passed non-binding resolutions paving the way to North Dakota's adoption of the Green Agenda and…
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Dustin Gawrylow
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