Mike Schatz
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
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on May 29, 2012 at 10:28 am
Things are finally quieting down on the Republican side of the presidential election with Rick Santorum suspending his campaign. Unless something strange happens, Mitt Romney should be the Republican candidate…...
Thursday, January 12, 2012
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on January 12, 2012 at 07:51 pm
I had an eye opening experience a while ago as I took U.S. 85 up to Watford City. This was a nostalgic trip for me because when I drove water truck for…...
Thursday, August 11, 2011
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on August 11, 2011 at 09:02 am
Patti and I were in Pensacola, Florida, this week visiting our son, Josh, who is a Marine Officer in flight training. This is quite an experience for us. We have…...
Friday, June 03, 2011
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on June 3, 2011 at 09:36 am
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in the print version of The Dakota Beacon, and is being added to the website about a month after being written. As the…...
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
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on May 3, 2011 at 12:44 pm
Editor's Note: This article was originally published in the March print edition of The Dakota Beacon The Legislature is in the home stretch as all of the major funding bills…...
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
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on January 19, 2011 at 01:16 pm
In November, the Legislators all got a pamphlet called “2010 North Dakota Finance Facts.” It is published by the North Dakota Legislative Council which is a non partisan, unbiased…...
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
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on December 29, 2010 at 10:54 am
The election is over and the people have spoken. They have told those who govern how they feel with their votes. Now it is up to the politicians to figure…...
Monday, November 08, 2010
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on November 8, 2010 at 08:12 am
I don’t know if I am longing for the good ole days of football rivalry or what, but it seems odd to see UND playing South Utah for homecoming,…...
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
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on October 6, 2010 at 07:55 am
We had, what might be, our final Industry, Business, and Labor Interim Committee meeting, at which time we finalized a report on what the federal health insurance law is going…...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
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on September 21, 2010 at 11:29 am
The president has decided to sue Arizona. I for one question the wisdom of this. A state passes a law to enforce a federal law that the president refuses to…...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
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on July 27, 2010 at 03:10 pm
This past month we had an IBL (Industry, Business, & Labor) committee meeting dealing with the Obama health care law. Over the next ten years, it is going to cost…...
Friday, July 09, 2010
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on July 9, 2010 at 08:55 am
I got a really good email the other day. Many of you may have seen it. It talked about the punishments for crossing the borders of various countries around the…...
Thursday, June 17, 2010
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on June 17, 2010 at 11:29 am
Well, the Board of Higher Education decided to get rid of the UND Sioux logo (odd how they had a meeting the day after the State Supreme Court ruled that…...
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