Frerichs Says Respect the Voters, Leave Initiative and Referendum Alone! At the end of yesterday’s Aberdeen crackerbarrel, my neighbor and local orchestra teacher Joe Berns…
Month: February 2018
At today’s Legislative crackerbarrel in Aberdeen, Northern State e-learning prof Greg Francom asked who would benefit from and what problem would be solved by House Bill…
Rep. Shawn Bordeaux (D-26A/Mission) has what looks like a good American Indian rights bill in the hopper. House Bill 1252 would prohibit the state, counties, towns,…
Shannon Marvel notices one good bill among the 529 now piled into the Legislative hopper. House Bill 1223 would place a moratorium on the construction…
In today’s Tea Leaves Department, House Bill 1304 hints that (1) some powerful special interests are planning to challenge any remaining initiative petitions that the…
O.K., I’ll admit it: I enjoy talking about poop. For one thing, poop is one of the funniest words in the English language. It’s right up…
TakeItBack.org founders Rick Weiland and Drey Samuelson combat the big corporate money lining up to defeat their prescription drug price cap initiative by noting that…
The glut of bills in the hopper include some measures closely connected to initiated measures that have either made the ballot or may still make…
At his anti-Muslim speech in Aberdeen Tuesday, Republican Congressional candidate Neal Tapio claimed he has “a pretty heavy legislative agenda that I want to push…
Let’s kill initiative and referendum altogether! must have been what Rep. Steven Haugaard and Senator Al Novstrup meant when they prime-sponsored House Bill 1275, a…