If you live near Pittsburgh, you may have noticed a rodeo tour here. In 1992, the city of Pittsburgh banned practices used at rodeos, like electric prods and bucking straps, which inflict intense pain ...

In a perfect world, customers decide whether a business thrives or dies. But we all know this world isn't perfect. Regulatory burdens coupled with out-of-control lawsuit abuse are driving up the cost ...

The Alaska Legislature’s March 18 failure to override the governor’s veto of the education funding bill was an orgy of cowardice. Only a few weeks ago, 56 legislators voted for a compromise bill that ...

Years ago the Bismarck Tribune published a daily bill voting summary. A list of legislators voting “nay or yea” for each bill voted on during the previous legislative day was published. It was simple ...

I live in Minnesota which some people have renamed, "The Land of 10,000 Taxes." On July 10, The Forum carried an MPR news story about Minnesota taxing officials needing to correct what was called a ...

The recent announcement of two potential dairy operations in eastern North Dakota, including a 25,000-cow dairy herd in Traill County (near Hillsboro) and a 12,500-head dairy north of Wahpeton in ...

If you don’t like school closures or oversized classes, you can blame 10 legislators in particular. They ignored Judge Sharon Gleason’s 2007 rulings that denying children the chance to meet the ...

In both small and large ways, the Trump administration and its supporters know no bounds when it comes to cruelty. As the Fargo Forum reported, immediate “small” cuts to North Dakota programs include ...

To the editor: Thank you for your Aug. 3 editorial “This is (still) no way to legislate." This session was a missed opportunity to make the commonwealth a climate leader. The Legislature's inaction is ...

Our Republican state legislators, facing vetos of their extreme bills by the Governor, have put six constitutional amendment and five statutory amendment proposals on our ballots. Every one deserve a ...

Yesterday (July 1) we can read in The Columbian that the state gas tax goes up 2 percent ANNUALLY because of inflation, which means that inflation in Washington state is now being taxed until the cows ...