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North Dakota Watchdog year in review: Accountability for government
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North Dakota Watchdog broke several stories in 2015 bringing accountability to the state government.
Read More →North Dakota Watchdog year in review: Protecting free speech
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In 2015 North Dakota Watchdog covered several stories protecting free speech.
Read More →Watchdog’s Scariest People of 2015: No. 20
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Part 6 of 25 in the series Watchdog’s Scariest People of 2015
Now that Christmas is over and the New Year beckons, it’s time for Watchdog.org’s annual parade of malfeasance and miscreants.
The Scariest People of 2015 is a frightening list indeed, filled with bureaucrats and functionaries who, shall we say, do not share an affinity for […]
West Fargo school assigned students to support raising taxes
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A public school in West Fargo made tax hikes an assignment for a group of high school students, telling them to write letters to local lawmakers.
Read More →Amid low oil prices, North Dakota tax revenue $152 million short
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North Dakota general fund tax revenues have come up $152 million short so far in the 2015-2017 biennium amid low oil prices.
Read More →Audit: Unfunded liabilities in public workers pension grow to over $680 million
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The unfunded liabilities in North Dakota’s largest public worker’s pension have grew to over $680 million in 2015.
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