Dec 23, 2025
The year 2025 is almost in the books. On this episode of Plain Talk, we took a look back at the last year, looking at some of the highlights (and lowlights, unfortunately) that made news.
The legislature passed massive property tax reform. It's a "sea change" for what's long been a thorny issue, I argued, but can it be...
Dec 23, 2025
The year 2025 is almost in the books. On this episode of Plain Talk, we took a look back at the last year, looking at some of the highlights (and lowlights, unfortunately) that made news.
The legislature passed massive property tax reform. It's a "sea change" for what's long been a thorny issue, I argued, but can it be...
Dec 18, 2025
Matt Perdue is the newly-elected president of the North Dakota Farmers Union. While he was campaigning among Farmers Union members for that office earlier this year, he said he spent a lot of time talking about health care. And not because he was asking about it.
"I've spent the last few months traveling the state,...
Dec 18, 2025
Matt Perdue is the newly-elected president of the North Dakota Farmers Union. While he was campaigning among Farmers Union members for that office earlier this year, he said he spent a lot of time talking about health care. And not because he was asking about it.
"I've spent the last few months traveling the state,...
Dec 17, 2025
North Dakota has made large strides towards using investments of public funds not just as a way to generate revenue for the for the state but also, by making those investments in North Dakota companies, to benefit the state's economy. But these investments are happening in a lot of different ways, and when some...