Month: January 2017

Rob Port January 11, 2017 0

Over the past eight years, few states have witnessed both the extraordinary potential of the American energy economy and the...

Rob Port January 10, 2017 0

Roughly 132 years ago, four years before statehood, the leaders of the Dakota Territory created in law the requirement for...

Rob Port January 10, 2017 0

Love it or hate it, same sex marriage is legal now in all fifty states thanks to a ruling of...

Rob Port January 10, 2017 0

At one point last year the North Dakota Industrial Commission (the executive branch triumvirate which regulates oil and gas activity in...

Rob Port January 10, 2017 0

Back in 2015 there was a controversy over prayer at high school sports events here in North Dakota. At the...

Rob Port January 10, 2017 0

One tactic often deployed by the #NoDAPL activists fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline project was to obstruct roads. The protesters...

Rob Port January 10, 2017 0

Under the sweeping restrictions imposed by HB1185, currently before the 2017 legislative session in Bismarck, any device which is capable of...

Rob Port January 10, 2017 0

After reading The Forum's opinion, one would think Fargo is awash in plastic bags with garbage lining the streets. Every...

Rob Port January 9, 2017 0

Extra-territorial zoning has been a controversial area of policy in North Dakota for some time now. Essentially it's state law...

Rob Port January 9, 2017 0

In North Dakota state lawmakers are expected to dress up. The rules for the chambers require that male lawmakers wear...