Port: North Dakota’s reputation as a business-friendly state is sure taking a beating
MINOT, N.D. — North Dakota is a business-friendly state, and that's been a key to our state's recent fortunes. Over...
Rob Port
Rob Port is the editor of SayAnythingBlog.com, a columnist for the Forum News Service, and host of the Plain Talk Podcast which you can subscribe to by clicking here.
Port: We didn’t elect these people to indulge themselves
MINOT, N.D. — Indulgence, I think, is the word for these times in North Dakota politics. In Bismarck, this winter...
Port: Pro golfer Amy Olson elected district chair for the North Dakota Republican Party
MINOT, N.D. — Amy Olson is a professional golfer from Fargo, and, while six months pregnant, just qualified to play in the...
Port: Sandra Sanford, wife of ex-lieutenant governor, may be the culture warrior candidate for NDGOP chair
MINOT, N.D. — Next month the North Dakota Republican Party will hold its reorganization event, and the stakes are high....
Port: Are we sure North Dakota is open for business?
MINOT, N.D. — The politics of populism and culture war may have a big price tag for North Dakota. We're...
Port: Shameless lawmakers set to attack carbon pipeline over supposed foreign ownership
MINOT, N.D. — About a decade ago, the Greater North Dakota Chamber of Commerce ran a marketing campaign touting North...
Port: Don’t bet against Doug Burgum
MINOT, N.D. — Over the Thanksgiving holiday in November of 2015, I met soon-to-be governor Doug Burgum for the first...
Plain Talk: Sen. Cramer talks debt ceiling, carbon capture, and Bugrum for president
MINOT, N.D. — "I just think it's cool," Sen. Kevin Cramer said on this episode of Plain Talk when asked...
Port: Former Gov. Ed Schafer couldn’t get elected to a precinct committee
MINOT, N.D. — "They don't want us anymore," former Gov. Ed Schafer told me. Schafer, whose hugely successful tenure as...
Port: Doug Burgum is really going to do it
MINOT, N.D. — Is Gov. Doug Burgum actually running for president? It's a question that's been buzzing in North Dakota's...
