LLOYD OMDAHL
Omdahl: Tuition drives debt load
At a time when the nation needs to capitalize on the natural talents of all of its young people, skyrocketing tuition and borrowing have become major barriers for young people wishing to get a college degree. Even though a college degree is worth every dime in the long run, the upfront costs are forbidding.
By Lloyd Omdahl , February 05, 2012
Omdahl: Cramer upends process 
By announcing that he will bypass the North Dakota Republican endorsing convention and go straight to the party primary in his quest for a U.S. House seat, Public Service Commissioner Kevin Cramer has thrown the party endorsing process into turmoil.
By Lloyd Omdahl , January 29, 2012
Oil boom requires balance
We welcome the development in the North Dakota Oil Patch and celebrate the benefits that will enrich mineral owners, landlords, community businesses, oil companies and the state treasury.
By Lloyd Omdahl , January 24, 2012
Omdahl: Leave no North Dakota child behind
Ten years ago, President George W. Bush saw the entrepreneurial leadership of the United States in the world slipping away, with China, Japan, India and Brazil becoming leading players in the global economy.
By Lloyd Omdahl , January 15, 2012
Omdahl: Mythical holiday bargains
The credit card bills for our wild holiday spending have started arriving, and they attest to the fact that we did not get as many Black Friday bargains as we had thought.
By Lloyd Omdahl , January 08, 2012
Omdahl: Postal model obsolete
With the U.S. Postal Service on the edge of bankruptcy, Postmaster General Patrick Donahue – backed by the General Accountability Office – is proposing drastic across-the-board cuts to stabilize the agency.
By Lloyd Omdahl , December 18, 2011
Omdahl: You are being heard!
While each group consists of divergent motives and opinions, the tea party and Occupy Wall Street have one common thread – the demand to be heard. History tells us that this is not a new complaint.
By Lloyd Omdahl , November 20, 2011
Omdahl: Census will cost the west
We just about held a statewide “Populationfest” when the U.S. Census Bureau reported that the state had an increase of 31,000 residents – a 4.7 percent – in 2010 over the 2000 count.
By Lloyd Omdahl , October 09, 2011
Omdahl: ND ‘dirt farmer’ left mark
‘I’m just a dirt farmer from Crosby” was the way Rolland Redlin modestly described himself when he was chosen to serve as the floor leader for a bunch of upstart political insurgents at a Jamestown morning caucus in 1950.
By Lloyd Omdahl , October 02, 2011
Omdahl: Summer of 2011 gets failing grade
Labor Day seems to mark a division between summer and fall even though the calendar doesn’t figure it that way. Anyway, it’s a good time to look back and evaluate what should be the best season of the year.
By Lloyd Omdahl , September 04, 2011
Omdahl: Measure a recipe for chaos
Looking at the possible passage of a North Dakota constitutional amendment abolishing the property tax, legislators have already started considering methods for getting around the consequences of such precipitous action.
By Lloyd Omdahl , August 29, 2011
Omdahl: Studies create problems
Two recent studies by the Council on State Taxation have raised serious doubts about North Dakota’s business climate and warrant the concern of the state Legislature and economic development leaders.
By Lloyd Omdahl , August 15, 2011
Omdahl: It will be country vs. city in redistricting
The first meeting of the legislative redistricting committee provided a good indication of the rural-urban split that will enter into negotiations over the new district boundaries for electing legislators over the next 10 years.
By Lloyd Omdahl , August 08, 2011
Omdahl: ‘Turning Points’ confirms Sinner never left priesthood
the aid of his former press secretary, Bob Jansen, Gov. George Sinner has recorded his life’s story in an autobiography titled “Turning Points,” now on sale at local book stores.
By Lloyd Omdahl , August 01, 2011
Omdahl: Republic, if we can keep it
Last year, the League of Women Voters launched a campaign to initiate a constitutional amendment to provide for a new method of redistricting the seats of the state Legislature.
By Lloyd Omdahl , July 30, 2011
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