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Rob Port

Columnist

Rob Port was a pioneer in political blogging in North Dakota, founding SayAnythingBlog.com in 2003. Before beginning his writing career, he spent 10 years working as a private investigator specializing in insurance fraud, accessing public records, and criminal defense.

He publishes digital and print columns covering North Dakota government and politics, and also hosts the Plain Talk podcast.

Lawmakers sent the attorney general's budget back to committee over concerns about a vaping amendment that would have been a lollipop for certain major players in the tobacco industry.
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The Senate wants to cap the amount of property tax relief North Dakotans can receive, pitting itself against the House and the governor. Would Armstrong use a special session to get them to cave?
The private schools let the perfect be the enemy of the good, and now they're going to get nothing.
Rep. Lawrence Klemin, a Bismarck Republican, compared a casino project backed by the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa to something controlled by Chinese communists.
🎙️ On this Plain Talk, Gov. Kelly Armstrong discusses his vetoes of a book ban bill and school vouchers legislation. Also, North Dakota Troubador Chuck Suchy performs live.
"Senate Majority Leader David Hogue's insistence on so-called 'skin in the game' amendments to property tax relief would hit rural homeowners the hardest," Rob Port writes.
According to a vaping product supplier and a retailer, the amendment is crafted to protect only vaping products made by certain large tobacco companies.
There’s no need for the North Dakota University System to go through a lengthy and expensive search for a new chancellor. They already have the ideal choice before them.
If Gov. Kelly Armstrong doesn't veto House Bill 1540, it will likely be referred to the ballot, where it will almost certainly be defeated by the majority of voters it doesn't help.
Lawmakers already have a study of sentencing issues in the works for the interim, but Wrigley wants a task force controlled by himself and his allies.