Port: North Dakota’s much-ballyhooed hate crime ordinances aren’t being used
MINOT, N.D. — I love words, as readers of this column probably know by now, and in particular, I love...
Month: June 2023
Port: Who runs for governor if Doug Burgum doesn’t seek a third term?
MINOT, N.D. — Gov. Doug Burgum is running for president. That might mean he won't seek a third term as...
Port: Failed U.S. Senate candidate Rick Becker backing initiated measure to abolish property taxes
MINOT, N.D. — Former state lawmaker Rick Becker, who left the Republican Party to run an unsuccessful independent campaign against...
Plain Talk: Congressman Kelly Armstrong has no regrets
MINOT, N.D. — The new chair of the North Dakota Republican Party, Sandi Sanford, doesn't like Republican Congressman Kelly Armstrong very...
Port: Doug Burgum fundraising on Donald Trump indictment
MINOT, N.D. — Is your email inbox as stuffed as mine is with campaign fundraising emails from Gov. Doug Burgum?...
Port: Under new leadership, the NDGOP is poised to target … Republicans?
MINOT, N.D. — You probably missed the news because you're a normal person who spent a beautiful summer weekend relaxing...
Port: North Dakota pro-life group says they’re under attack by Satan
MINOT, N.D. — The day after a news report indicated that North Dakota Right to Life's entire staff had departed,...
Port: Instead of ‘small-town values,’ how about just values?
MINOT, N.D. — When Gov. Doug Burgum announced his presidential campaign in Fargo, he spent a lot of time reviewing...
Port: Book-banning, anti-vaccine culture warriors take control of the North Dakota Republican Party
MINOT, N.D. — For weeks I've been writing about an impending shift in the control of the North Dakota Republican...
Port: Doug Burgum isn’t seeing a polling bump from his presidential campaign announcement
MINOT, N.D. — The first time Gov. Doug Burgum showed up in a national poll of the Republican Party's presidential...
