Dustin Gawrylow
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
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Dustin Gawrylow
on March 20, 2013 at 12:05 pm
“Government should only do what the private sector cannot or will not.” In 2011, the North Dakota Legislature approved the creation of a water project commonly known as WAWS (the…...
Tuesday, March 05, 2013
By
Dustin Gawrylow
on March 5, 2013 at 09:43 am
The battle in North Dakota’s university system has entered “The Theatre of the Absurd”.Late in February, the North Dakota Student Association (NDSA) took a vote of “no confidence” against university…...
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
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Dustin Gawrylow
on February 26, 2013 at 03:09 pm
This morning, the North Dakota House of Representatives defeated House Bill 1398 by a vote of 36 Yeas to 57 Nays (a constitutional majority of 48 yeas is required to…...
Friday, February 22, 2013
By
Dustin Gawrylow
on February 22, 2013 at 10:51 am
Last month, we alerted you to the introduction of a bill (HB 1398) that would create an entirely new tax on water used for industrial purposes. Since that point, the…...
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
By
Dustin Gawrylow
on February 12, 2013 at 10:07 am
Once again, like seems to happen every couple months, there is more turmoil in North Dakota's University System. Senator Tony Grindberg (R-Fargo) has introduced an amendment to the University System’s…...
Thursday, February 07, 2013
By
Dustin Gawrylow
on February 7, 2013 at 10:18 am
In 2010, North Dakota voters approved the establishment of the Legacy Fund, a constitutionally mandated state savings account that would collect 30% of all oil tax revenues. The fund, however,…...
Friday, March 02, 2012
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Beacon Author
on March 2, 2012 at 07:43 am
The headline of today's editorial in The Bismarck Tribune sums it up perfectly: "Higher Ed Board Doesn't Get It". For months, it has been one scandal after another in the…...
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
By
Beacon Author
on February 22, 2012 at 07:16 pm
Earlier this month we wrote about the latest annual report from the non-partisan Tax Foundation ranking North Dakota 29th in the nation in the area of "Business Friendly Tax Policy."…...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
By
Beacon Author
on February 21, 2012 at 09:04 am
Last year, over 200 people attended NDTA's annual dinner with keynote speaker Herman Cain. We just received word that Cain is coming to Bismarck on March 30th - the…...
Monday, February 20, 2012
By
Beacon Author
on February 20, 2012 at 01:55 pm
In June, North Dakota's voters will be ask to do something that would never enter the realm of possibility in any other state - eliminating local property taxes. The…...
Monday, February 13, 2012
By
Beacon Author
on February 13, 2012 at 12:05 pm
The opening line of today's editorial in the Minot Daily News sums it up perfectly: "what in the world is going on at Dickinson State University"? North Dakota's higher…...
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
By
Beacon Author
on February 1, 2012 at 01:15 pm
The latest annual report from the non-partisan Tax Foundation ranks North Dakota 29th in the nation in the area of "Business Friendly Tax Policy." (The full PDF of the report…...
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
By
Beacon Author
on January 18, 2012 at 11:51 am
Picking Winners and Losers in North Dakota Last week, we told you about how a company in oil boom country was given a five-year exemption on income taxes due…...
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
By
Beacon Author
on December 14, 2011 at 10:02 am
EPA Report stokes fears of crackdown in North Dakota Yesterday afternoon, a story broke that caused further panic in the oil Is the EPA targeting North Dakota's…...
Monday, December 05, 2011
By
Beacon Author
on December 5, 2011 at 09:15 am
Berg rightly rejects Senator Hoeven's backing of EPA's assurances Congressman Rick Berg has justifiably come out in disagreement with Senator John Hoeven's support of "assurances" the EPA has…...
Monday, November 07, 2011
By
Beacon Author
on November 7, 2011 at 12:30 pm
To implement or not implement ObamaCare - that is the question facing every state in the nation. Unfortunately, the State legislature is making it very difficult for…...
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
By
Beacon Author
on October 18, 2011 at 09:31 am
This weekend, the Bismarck Tribune came out with an editorial saying much of the same things that NDTA has been saying with regard to the plans to implement federal legislation…...
Monday, October 17, 2011
By
Beacon Author
on October 17, 2011 at 01:27 pm
There are many people who think that "tax fairness" is defined by someone else paying more. The recent issue of internet taxation has brought this issue to the forefront.With…...
Friday, September 02, 2011
By
Beacon Author
on September 2, 2011 at 07:14 am
Over the last few days, several issues involving Higher Education have developed due to an interim legislative committee hearing on Tuesday, August 30th. Separately these seem may…...
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
By
Beacon Author
on August 30, 2011 at 04:20 am
Take the Survey! This week the North Dakota Insurance Department will start holding public hearings regarding the establishment of the "healthcare exchanges" as dictated by ObamaCare. The first…...
Thursday, August 18, 2011
By
Beacon Author
on August 18, 2011 at 10:00 am
In college, anyone who takes courses in Management has reviewed the work of W. Edwards Demming and has studied how fear in the workplace is the most destructive force to…...
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
By
Beacon Author
on August 17, 2011 at 09:31 am
DSU Investigation Enters New Phase Chancellor Bill Goetz Properly Hands Off Investigation To Auditor's Office As the investigation of the Dickinson State University scandal expands,…...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
By
Beacon Author
on August 16, 2011 at 04:02 am
How much is Chancellor Bill Goetz's actions going to cost North Dakota Taxpayers in legal fees and severance pay? Yesterday, we told you how new information uncovered by…...
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
By
Beacon Author
on August 9, 2011 at 06:48 am
The developing drama regarding "fake students" at Dickinson State University is a symptom of a bigger problem in higher education. There has been a culture in higher education that rejects…...
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
By
Beacon Author
on August 3, 2011 at 09:12 am
Now that the deal struck by Congress has been signed into law, it is important to debunk the myth-based statements regarding this deal before such statements become accepted as conventional…...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
By
Beacon Author
on July 19, 2011 at 07:44 am
North Dakota Leads The Nation In Subsidizing Out-Of-State College Students A major policy issue that NDTA has long focused on is now getting national attention in the…...
Thursday, July 14, 2011
By
Beacon Author
on July 14, 2011 at 08:32 am
This morning, Governor Jack Dalrymple appeared on CNBC's Squak Box. On worldwide cable TV he more than implied that the flooding problems that North Dakota is having would have some…...
Monday, May 23, 2011
By
Beacon Author
on May 23, 2011 at 08:54 am
Last week, the story of NDSU's massive tuition increase continued as NDSU President Dean Bresciani went on talk radio to say that quote: "NDSU has been steadily starved to death."…...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
By
Beacon Author
on May 18, 2011 at 07:23 am
Over the last several weeks there has been a lot of noise coming out of Washington D.C. regarding the potential to jack up energy taxes, a move which would only…...
Monday, May 16, 2011
By
Beacon Author
on May 16, 2011 at 06:37 am
This morning, the Bismarck Tribune editorial nailed it when it comes to the Board of Higher Education's approach to dealing with the NDSU tuition issue: The decision by the…...
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