DUSTIN GAWRYLOW: N.D. HOUSE GUTS SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION FINANCE BILL
The bill which had emerged as the best candidate to promote an expanded role for the Bank of North Dakota to help local taxpayers by financing school construction needs has…...
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Monday, April 06, 2015
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
DUSTIN GAWRYLOW: INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OPPOSES WAWS REFORM BILLS
Since last month's update on the WAWS Reform effort, the Senate overwhelmingly approved both bills that were introduced to start the process of reining in the Western Area Water Supply…...
Thursday, March 05, 2015
DUSTIN GAWRYLOW: LET’S PREVENT A 2017 BUDGET CRISIS
While legislators await a new more formal revenue forecast due by the middle of March, it is worth pointing out where things stand now that the legislature has returned from…...
Monday, November 24, 2014
DUSTIN GAWRYLOW: THE CITY OF BISMARCK IS ABUSING TAX EXEMPTION POWER
For all the talk in North Dakota about reforming and reducing property taxes, one area that is not getting enough attention is the way in which local governments abuse their…...
Thursday, November 13, 2014
DUSTIN GAWRYLOW: IS WAWS PULLING A FAST ONE ON THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION?
Last week we alerted you to the Western Area Water Supply's (WAWS) plans to increase its scope and budget to levels that are so high the legislature will be stuck…...
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
DUSTIN GAWRLOW: STATE’ APPROACH TO FIGHTING MEASURE #5 MISSES THE MARK
Measure #5 on the November ballot is one of the most heated issues there is is. It would create a new state program and dedicate a full 5% of oil…...
Thursday, August 28, 2014
DUSTIN GAWRYLOW: PROPERTY TAX RELIEF SHELL-GAME CONTINUES
It’s no secret that many of us have been critical of the way the state legislature has approached property tax relief over the past eight years. To rehash the problems:…...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
DUSTIN GAWRYLOW: WAWS: THE MONSTER THE LEGISLATURE CREATED AND NOW MUST TAME
“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
DUSTIN GAWRLOW: HOW TO FIX HIGHER EDUCATION IN NORTH DAKOTA
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
DUSTIN GAWRYLOW: N.D. HOUSE DEFEATS WATER EXTRACTION TAX EFFORT
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
DUSTIN GAWRYLOW: GROUP LAUNCHES RADIO AD QUESTIONING PROPOSED NEW TAX
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
DUSTIN GAWRYLOW: THE PERPETUAL UNIVERSITY SYSTEM PROBLEM
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
DUSTIN GAWRYLOW: TIME TO START ESTABLISHING PURPOSE FOR ND LEGACY FUND
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
DUSTIN GAWRYLOW: THE TIME HAS COME FOR NEW MANAGEMENT IN NORTH DAKOTA’S UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
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
DUSTIN GAWRYLOW: Tax Foundation Memo - A Roadmap to Improve North Dakota’s Business Tax Climate
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
HERMAN CAIN IN BISMARCK
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
DUSTIN GAWRYLOW: NDTA TO HOST PROPERTY TAX TOWNHALL MEETINGS
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
DUSTIN GAWRYLOW: DICKINSON STATE UNIVERSITY FIASCO IS PROOF THAT ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS
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
DUSTIN GAWRYLOW: REPORT - NORTH DAKOTA’S BUSINESS TAX CLIMATE NOT GREAT
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
DUSTIN GAWRLOW: TAX EXEMPTIONS, CORPORATE CAPITALISM, AND N.D. OBAMANOMICS
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
DUSTIN GAWRYLOW: EPA TARGETS “FRACKING” IN WYOMING
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
DUSTIN GAWRYLOW: RICK BERG - DONT TRUST EPA
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
DUSTIN GAWRYLOW: SHOULD NORTH DAKOTA RACE TO IMPLEMENT THE OBAMACARE HEALTHCARE LAW?
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
DUSTIN GAWRYLOW: HAVE REPUBLICANS FORGOTTEN THAT T.E.A. STANDS FOR “TAXED ENOUGH ALREADY”?
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
Dustin Gawrylow: What is “Tax Fairness”?
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
DUSTIN GAWRYLOW: IS HIGHER ED INTENTIONALLY DEFYING LAWMAKERS?
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
DUSTIN GAWRYLOW: SHOULD NORTH DAKOTA IMPLEMENT OBAMACARE?
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
DUSTIN GAWRYLOW: TAXPAYERS NEED WHISTLE-BLOWERS
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
DUSTIN GAWRYLOW: DSU INVESTIGATION ENTERS NEW PHASE
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
DUSTIN GAWRYLOW: WHAT DID CHANCELLOR BILL GOETZ KNOW, AND WHEN DID HE KNOW IT?
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…...
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