Port: Prigs and prudes in the Legislature send book ban to Gov. Burgum’s desk
MINOT, N.D. — It was hard not to feel depressed last night, as I watched a majority of the North...
Month: April 2023
Port: ND’s self-righteous lawmakers unwittingly aligned themselves with communist China today
MINOT, N.D. — That our Legislature has, this year, been frequently waylaid by fracas around culture war trivialities is evident...
Port: Pension reform proponents are playing with fire by hiding costs
MINOT, N.D. — I want to tell you, dear reader, about a very interesting meeting of the House Government Operations...
Plain Talk: The fight over Bison World, and fake legislative days
MINOT, N.D. — Did you know there's such a thing as a fake legislative day? OK, maybe that's not the...
Port: Fox News won’t be accountable until Fox News viewers stop wanting lies
MINOT, N.D. — A few weeks ago, I had lunch with a politically engaged Republican friend who described Dominion Voting...
Port: If North Dakota’s Democrats want to gain ground, they have to be more serious than the Republicans
MINOT, N.D. — It is an unfortunate reality that this Legislature in Bismarck has given the public plenty of reasons to...
Port: Obsessed with culture war, this Legislature can’t get its work done, and it’s costing taxpayers
MINOT, N.D. — North Dakota's lawmakers operate under some significant time restraints. Per Article IV, section 7 of the state constitution, the...
Port: Let’s consider the whole school lunch story, shall we Sen. Schaible?
MINOT, N.D. — "There’s been a few headlines lately criticizing the Legislature for bills related to school lunch and school...
Port: Former Republican lawmaker was at the ‘Stop the Steal’ rally with man arrested for Jan. 6 violence
MINOT, N.D. — Last week, we got the news that Rockne Earles, a man formerly of Oriska, North Dakota, who...
Port: Head of major education lobbying group accuses lawmakers of ‘stupidity’ and calls some ‘extreme’
MINOT, N.D. — Per their website, "The North Dakota Council of Educational Leaders is the state professional association devoted exclusively to protecting...
