Yes, priorities are screwed up here. Last I read, the highest paid state employee in ND was the dean of the medical school.

43 out of 50 states have a football, basketball, or hockey coach as highest paid public employee. www.olbg.com/blogs/highes...

Excellent work reporting on this important case. How any modern society can hold onto the death penalty and call itself civilized is a mystery. There is a reason no other developed nation maintains the practice.

It’s got real Frost/Nixon vibes. “When the President does it, it’s not illegal.”

Policy takes time to craft. Apparently 9 years isn’t long enough.

The standard answer is “only jobs intended for teenagers make minimum wage.”

I like the “nominally represents” part because we all know he is really just “the king’s representative” in Congress.

Hypocrisy is the Republican brand.

The suffering is intentional.