Plain Talk: Dot’s Pretzels, the special session, redistricting, and the culture wars
North Dakota snack food startup Dot's Pretzels has been acquired for $1.2 billion. The special session of the Legislature continues...
Month: November 2021
The elected leaders overseeing the Legacy Fund haven’t been doing their jobs
MINOT, N.D. — I've argued, for more than a year now, that the North Dakota leaders charged with oversight of...
Bastiat lawmaker says he may be censured for disparaging remark
MINOT, N.D. — Rep. Jeff Hoverson (R-Minot) had to miss the anti-vaccine mandate rally he helped organize this week because he contracted...
Legislature on path to use inequality to create political equality
MINOT, N.D. — The state Legislature is in session to, among other issues, attend to the necessity of redistricting. Currently,...
Plain Talk: Tony Bender on ‘We the People’ rally, political tribalism, and special legislative session
On this episode, Rob talks to fellow columnist Tony Bender about the divides in the North Dakota Republican Party, the...
On the ‘We the People’ rally, or when the Facebook bubble float into real life
MINOT, N.D. — We all know that the algorithms used to feed us content on social media platforms, Facebook in particular, can...
Anti-vax North Dakota lawmaker, an organizer of today’s We The People rally, comes down with COVID-19
MINOT, N.D. — Rep. Jeff Hoverson is a Republican from Minot who is deeply involved in the anti-vaccination and anti-masking movement in...
Don’t subdivide North Dakota’s legislative districts
MINOT, N.D. — The redistricting plan North Dakota's lawmakers will consider in special session next week includes two subdivided House districts. Currently,...
North Dakota’s special session is already so off the rails the lobbyists are calling for an end to distractions
MINOT, N.D. — It's come to this, my friends: The lobbyists have become the voice of reason. The special session of North...
Friday Mailbag: Rick Becker, ‘let’s go Brandon,’ Donald Trump and Chris Berg
MINOT, N.D. — Every once in a while a correspondent will ask why their email didn't get included in this...
