Month: February 2013

Rob Port February 22, 2013 48

Rep. Dennis Johnson's bill, HB1385, originally would have required drug testing for all recipients of public assistance. As I wrote...

Rob Port February 22, 2013 12

Rep. Rick Becker's bill, HB1373, which would require law enforcement obtain a warrant before conducting surveillance on private citizens got...

Rob Port February 22, 2013 9

HCR3038 has just been introduced by Rep. Rick Becker, and a group of other legislators, to study ways to move...

Rob Port February 22, 2013 4

Last month, I alerted you to the introduction of a bill (HB 1398) that would create an entirely new tax on...

Rob Port February 22, 2013 21

Wow. Detroit — Nearly half of the owners of Detroit's 305,000 properties failed to pay their tax bills last year,...

Rob Port February 22, 2013 51

Earlier in the legislative session North Dakota Democrats rushed to the floor of the state House to pull a couple...

Rob Port February 22, 2013 5

I agree with Rob that there is a better governance model for higher education in North Dakota. However, I don’t...

Rob Port February 22, 2013 33

The ND House of Representatives defeated HB 1335 in floor session today by a vote of 40 to 52. If...

Rob Port February 21, 2013 11

The North Dakota House doesn't have a lot of love for transparency this session, it seems. Coming on the heels...

Rob Port February 21, 2013 157

Vice President Joe Biden has been offering some free gun advice lately, but it's not very good advice: “I said,...