Plain Talk: Shouldn’t a constitutional amendment require 60% of the vote?
MINOT, N.D. — North Dakota's initiated measure process has become a venue for deep-pocketed special interests to hire local fronts,...
Month: April 2022
Man’s sexual assault claim surfaces amid scrutiny of North Dakota lawmaker
MINOT, N.D. — A 2020 Twitter thread about an alleged sexual assault has risen to the surface as a North...
Plain Talk: Fargo commission candidate says mayor’s emails to detectives crossed ‘ethical boundaries’
MINOT, N.D. — Ves Marinov serves the state of North Dakota as a member of the Highway Patrol. He's also...
How can a legislative candidate serve central North Dakota and attend law school in Minnesota?
MINOT, N.D. — Article IV, section 5 of the North Dakota Constitution spells out the residency requirements for people who wish to...
Sen. Ray Holmberg resigns from powerful committee, hires criminal defense attorney
MINOT, N.D. — State Sen. Ray Holmberg is stepping down as chairman of Legislative Management, a powerful committee that oversees...
Plain Talk: A new campaign to legalize marijuana in North Dakota
MINOT, N.D. — Medical marijuana is legal in North Dakota, having been approved by voters by way of a ballot...
There are legitimate arguments to be made against the Commission on Presidential Debates
MINOT, N.D. — One of the side effects of the GOP's continued embrace of disgraced former President Donald Trump is...
Democratic-NPL’s current Senate candidate raises less money than … Heidi Heitkamp’s campaign?
MINOT, N.D. — When it comes to campaigns, incumbents have lots of advantages. One is name recognition. An incumbent doesn't...
Bill requiring disclosure of lawmaker-owned property is, with some tweaks, a good idea
MINOT, N.D. — North Dakotans want their state lawmakers to be part-timers. I don't have, like, polling data on this...
Port: Let’s hear it for the heroes who kept working through the blizzard
MINOT, N.D. — If you live in western North Dakota, like I do, you were probably snowed in this week....
