GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, April 10 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on April 10, 2025: * * * Written by Bill Walsh Connect the dots from teacher union dues to student failure Wisconsin implemented the first school choice program in 1990. Iowa passed school choice in 2023 under the leadership of Gov. Kim Reynolds. North Dakota is about to pass school choice with help from  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, April 10 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on March 31, 2025: * * * Written by Tom Steward North Dakota law requires annual review for tenured faculty For decades, students and faculty have been the ones questioning the status quo on college and university campuses. But a decline in enrollment, a rapidly changing workforce and uncertain funding h  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 10 [Category: Education] -- The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities posted the following news release: * * * HACU appoints director of Midwestern Regional Office April 10, 2025 # SAN ANTONIO - The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities has announced the appointment of Gilberto Ruiz as director of state government relations of its Midwestern Regional Office in Chicago. Ruiz will oversee HACU's legislative agenda on state government issues  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is Helping North Dakota Below is a list of good news arising from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act enacted by President Trump and congressional Republicans in 2017, and which now must be made permanent across the board. The average annual TCJA tax cut for North Dakota households is $1,488. ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL IRS DATA, THE TRUMP TAX CUTS PROVIDED THE FOLLO  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Greenpeace USA, an organization that says it uses protest and confrontation to expose environmental problems and promote solutions, issued the following news release: * * * Keystone oil spill shows need to protect rights to protest and free speech BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA (April 11, 2025)-In response to a reported 3,500 barrels of oil spilling from the Keystone pipeline this week in North Dakota, Sushma Raman, Interim Executive Director of Greenpeace USA, said: "We know   more

WASHINGTON, April 9 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Keystone Pipeline Burst Shows Continued Risk of Oil Reliance Fargo, ND \- A major burst and spill of 3,500 barrels of oil on the Keystone pipeline Tuesday marks the 23rd spill from the pipeline in its 15 years of operation. The North Dakota Sierra Club fought the pipeline at its inception and have repeatedly warned weak building materials and leaking pumping stations pose a threat to public  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 8 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Pacific Legal Foundation issued the following news release: * * * North Dakota Farmer fights against federal overreach in prairie pothole conservation dispute Bismarck, ND; February 12, 2025 : Today, Cody Peterson -- a third-generation farmer in North Dakota -- filed a federal lawsuit to stop the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) from reinterpreting decades-old conservation easements to expand its power and prohibit common farmin  more