The universal DH seemingly ends our long national nightmare of watching pitchers at bat
MINOT, N.D. — My beat is politics, and on the political beat, there is little in the way of good...
Month: February 2022
Plain Talk: Drew Wrigley talks about his new job, Commerce Commissioner James Leiman talks carbon capture
MINOT, N.D. — Since Gov. Doug Burgum announced a goal of making North Dakota's economy carbon neutral by the year...
Bismarck NDGOP gives Senate endorsement to man who lost insurance license amid fraud accusations
MINOT, N.D. — On Wednesday, in District 33, in North Dakota's coal country, a legislative incumbent, Sen. Jessica Bell, lost the...
She saved a coal plant and thousands of jobs, and then she was denied her party’s endorsement
MINOT, N.D. — I don't believe it's an exaggeration to say that without Sen. Jessica Bell of Beulah, who has...
Plain Talk: Hot talk about cold gazpacho, term limits, ballot measures, and US Senate primary
MINOT, N.D. — On this episode of Plain Talk, we spent more time talking about gazpacho than I ever imagined...
Dickinson mayor decides not to run for statewide office
MINOT, N.D. — Scott Decker, the mayor of Dickinson, has decided against a campaign to replace retiring Secretary of State...
NDSU’s record-breaking ‘In Our Hands’ fundraising campaign mostly benefits athletics
MINOT, N.D. — This week the folks at North Dakota State University threw themselves a party over the success of...
Term limits campaign pays its way onto North Dakota’s ballot
MINOT, N.D. — Another election cycle, another deep-pocketed special interest group buys its way onto North Dakota's statewide ballot. This...
We can’t let local NIMBY campaigns benefit China
MINOT, N.D. — In 2018, during one of the most high-profile U.S. Senate campaigns in the nation, soybeans, unexpectedly, took...
The futility of Fargo’s hate crime ordinance revealed
MINOT, N.D. — The city of Fargo is using its new hate crime ordinance for the first time. They're applying...
