Sitemap - 2023 - North Dakota's Watchdog Update
Forum's Criticism Of City's Media Strategy Well-Founded
Governor Burgum: China Meddling In American Energy Is A National Security Risk
Survey: Do you need to be educated or re-educated on carbon?
Campaign To Demonize Opposition TO CO2 Pipeline Agenda Expands
Audio: Property Tax Q&A on WDAY with Jay Thomas
Fargo Airport Parking Ramp Looks Like Another Boondoggle
Filmmakers Renew Calls For Accountability On $700,000 Grant Package
Bismarck Public Information Meeting Scheduled
Is The State-Subsidized Fertilizer Plant Already Scientifically Obsolete Before Its Built?
Burleigh County To Consider Local Property Tax Reform Plan
Senate Kills Income Tax Cut Expansion Bill
House Passes Income Tax Cut Expansion Bill
Governor and Legislature Have Different View of "Narrow Focus"
Dozens of Bills Submitted By Legislators For Special Session
Breaking Down What The Special Session Needs To Get Done
Single-Subject And The Supreme Court
Is the Commerce Dept playing fast and loose with grant money?
Local Tax and Fee Increases Begin Around North Dakota
Recent Economic Numbers Are Deceptive
Audio: Watchdog Wednesday Property Tax Debate
Radio Alert: Property Tax Debate
Minnesota's "Free Tuition" Plan Demands Long-Needed Evaluation Of Higher Ed Policy
Legislative Scorecard for the 2023 Session
Pipeline Not A "With Us Or Against Us" Issue
Burleigh County To Form Home Rule Charter Commission to Address Budget Shortfalls
Video and Audio: Session Wrap-up
KFYR's Watchdog Wednesday - May 3rd, 2023
IRS and State of North Dakota Filings
Legislative Roundup: Tax Cuts, Pension Reform, and The Auditor's War
Republicans Reach Tax Deal With Themselves
Senate Passes Public Pension Reform Bill
Audio: KFYR's Watchdog Wednesday (April 19th, 2023)
Audio: WDAY's Tuesday With Tony
Is the State Senate Holding Tax Cuts Hostage?
Video: Interviewing Grover Norquist on BEK-TV
KFYR Watchdog Wednesday (April 12th, 2023)
CBDC Fix Passes Senate, Moves To House
Audio: KFYR Watchdog Wednesday (April 5th, 2023)
Audio: KFYR Discussing PipelinePetition.com, and the Senate Passing Pension Reform
Audio: Guest Hosting On WDAY w/ Ed Schafer and Jason Spiess
Senate "Hoghouses" Tax Reform Bill
Senate Should Reconsider School Lunch Vote
Former State Treasurer Questions "Shark Tank" Strategy, Transparency, and Measurables
Editorial: Picking Winners and Losers
Audio: KFYR Watchdog Wednesday (March 22nd, 2023)
Crypto, Carbon, and Corporate Welfare
Senate Leader: Hybrid Of Flat Tax And Property Tax Buy-Downs Likely
Audio: Talk of the Town (March 17th, 2023)
Audio: KFYR Watchdog Wednesday (March 15th, 2023)
Audio: Jay Thomas Show (March 15th, 2023)
Alert: Governor Burgum Should Veto HB 1082
Bank President Reacts To Concerns Raised By Watchdog
Initiated Measure Modernization Act Defeated
HCR 3020 House Debate On Extended Sessions
HCR 3031 Floor Debate on Modernizing The Initiated Measure Process
HCR 3019 House Floor Debate on Term Limits
The Week Ahead (March 13th, 2023)
Is the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank a harbinger for North Dakota?
Carbon Pipeline Backlash Is Overwhelming Local Officials
Audio: KFYR Watchdog Wednesday with Ed Schafer
Media Alert: Hosting KFYR This Afternoon
The Week Ahead (March 6th, 2023)
Forum Editorial: Legacy Fund Trajectory Unsustainable
Ed Schafer: Original Intent of Legacy Fund Has Been Lost
KFYR's Watchdog Wednesday (March 1st, 2023)
Auditor Fight Demands Solutions, Here Are Two
North Dakota Shark Tank Program Embraces ESG and DEI
PSC to Hold Four Public Hearings for Proposed Carbon Pipeline Project
Watchdog's 2023 Cross-Over Round-Up
The Week Ahead - March 1st, 2023
Legislature Today w/ Dale Wetzel (February 27th, 2023)
Watchdog Watch-List of Passed Legislation At Crossover
Discussing Term Limits and Property Taxes w/ Joel Heitkamp
Watchdog Watch-List of Defeated Legislation At Crossover
Legislative Records Show Distrust Of Auditor's Office Pre-dates Gallion's Tenure
House and Senate Miles Apart On Pension Reform
SB 2239 (Pension Bailout and Status Quo)
House Passes HB 1040 (Pension Reform)
HCR 3019 Attempts To Violate Constitution To Repeal and Replace Term Limits
House Gives Senate A "Buffet" Of Income Tax Cut Options
Press Release: Constitutional Amendment Introduced To Modernize Initiated Measures
Talk of the Town w/ Steve Bakken (February 17th, 2023)
The Silent Decade of Recession
Legislature Must Approve Governor Burgum’s Flat Tax Plan If It Passes A Flat Tax For Oil
Special Report: Financing Schemes Put The Legacy Fund In Danger
Property Tax Reforms Not Fairing Well So Far
The War On The Auditor's Office Heats Up
Two House Votes Shows The Difficulty In Getting Significant Tax Reform To Pass
How do we protect the state constitution, protect citizen rights, and North Dakota traditions?
KFYR Watchdog Wednesday February 8th, 2023
Property Tax Reform Update: Committee Accepts Amendments, Work Remains
Burleigh County Addresses Budget Snafu, But Questions Remain
The Week Ahead & Current Watchlist
How can North Dakota attract business and investment by treating everything "out-of-state" as evil?
NTU: Grave Constitutional Concerns about ND’s Proposed Tax on Out-of-State Political Money
Senate Committee Passes Huge Expansion of Renaissance Zone Program
Urgent: Help Needed On Mobile Home Property Tax Reform
Committee Says No To Price Controls On Prescription Drugs
Audio: DSU Professor Updates Public On Open Records and Tenure Bills
SB 2391 Renaissance Zone Expansion Full Testimony
Unreasonable Renaissance Zone Bill Threatens The Reasonable Approach
School Is Mandatory, School Lunches Should Be Too
The Week Ahead (January 30th, 2023)
Weekly Round-Up for Week Ending January 27th, 2023
Don't Make Tax Cuts "Us vs. Them"
KFYR: Discussing Burleigh County's Budget Situation
KFYR: Discussing The Latest Attack On Initiated Measures
Episode 4: Government Is Terrible At Business
Senate Passes Latest WAWS Bailout; Admits Failure
Kudos To Senator Ron Sorvaag For Admitting The WAWS Industrial Sales Model Failed
Where does the public's money go when a project falls apart?
State's Handling of ESG Policy Is Inconsistent
Audio: Ground Hog Day On Initiated Measures
The Annual Attack On The "Powers Reserved To The People" Has Begun
The Local vs. State Battle On Property Taxes
Audio: DSU Professor Speaks Out
News and Views: Whistleblowers and Property Taxes
Talk of the Town: Burleigh County Budget Issues
Why do some legislators want to keep school board election financing secret?
The Week Ahead (January 23rd, 2023)
Is there a legislative agenda to silence whistleblowers at Dickinson State University?
Bailing-Out Republican Socialism
Press Release: Watchdog Requests AG Review Of Possible Open Meeting Violation
Support Property Tax Reform For Mobile Home Parks
KFYR Kafe Segment On Property Tax Reform
Video: The Property Tax Discussion Governor Burgum Should Want
SB 2031 Full Hearing Testimony
Watchdog Watchlist for Week of January 15th, 2023
Jason Spiess: ND Introduces ESG Awareness Bill (HB 1347)
The Fight For Pension Reform Begins
State Senator Dick Dever Opposing Pension Reform
Representative Jim Kasper on Pension Reform Bills
House Majority Leader Mike Lefor Makes The Case For Pension Reform
Video: Pension Reform Bills (Full Video)
NTU: North Dakota's Price Control Bill Threatens Prescription Drug Access
Video: When A Republican Opposes Tax Cuts
Audio and Video: Discussing Income Tax and Property Tax
HB 1158 - House Finance and Tax Committee Hearing
Bismarck City Commission Special Assessment Policy Discussion
Discussion with Bismarck School Board President, Jon Lee
Alert: Guest Hosting KFYR Kafe This Afternoon
Bill Would End Anonymous Open Record Requests
2023 Legislative Hearings - Week of January 9th, 2023
Bill Tracking List As Of January 9th, 2023
Audio: KFYR's Watchdog Wednesday for January 4th, 2023