A recent Gallup poll puts my fair state, North Dakota, at the top of list for job creation for the third straight year.  Another poll, released earlier this week placed it as the second happiest state in the union, losing only to Hawaii.  (How can you be unhappy in Hawaii?)  The next closest “state” to [...]

This June, as so many others will, I will be going to the polls to make my vote heard.  One of the many things that I’ll get to vote on is a state-wide measure to get rid of property taxes.  Pretty cool, no?  How often do you get to vote on things that directly affect [...]

Goodness!  Did you see what the markets did yesterday?  Down almost 400 points!  If you haven’t already, you had better join the rest of the world in getting out while you still can.  The era of easy gains in the stock market and guaranteed returns has officially ended, and it isn’t pretty.  It’s time to [...]

For the past three years, I have participated in the ND Technology Occupations Student Loan Forgiveness program.  The rules were pretty simple.  You had to have a College Degree in a technology related field, and have a job in North Dakota in a technology related field.  If you met the rules and got your application [...]