Port: Nearly 15% of North Dakota’s House was absent for the last vote of the session
MINOT, N.D. — Over the weekend, North Dakota's lawmakers finished what has been a grueling legislative session. Officially they ended...
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Port: The lawyers are going to make a mint off these culture war bills
MINOT, N.D. — If I were asked to pick a single word that might describe this legislative session, I would...
Port: These legislative bullies should spare us the whining about vetoes
MINOT, N.D. — This Legislature in Bismarck has spent much of its session bullying librarians, teachers, trans kids, gay kids,...
Port: Some interest is polling a ballot measure to bring jungle primaries to North Dakota
MINOT, N.D. — Someone is running polling in North Dakota asking voters how they might feel about a ballot measure...
Plain Talk: ‘I’m not interested in a feud with the attorney general’
MINOT, N.D. — A debate over a bill to implement what supporters call "presumptive minimum" sentences for certain crimes like...
Port: This ‘conservative’ Legislature is on pace for a whopping 25% increase in spending
MINOT, N.D. — "We're facing a hell of a crisis if we're not careful," a state lawmaker texted me late...
Port: As this ignominious legislative session nears an end, the NDGOP charts a course for more of the same
MINOT, N.D. — I began the first draft of this column by arguing that this Legislature, currently in the closing...
Port: North Dakota’s public employee pension director needs to be fired
MINOT, N.D. — North Dakota's lawmakers have sent to Gov. Doug Burgum legislation that will close the state's defined-benefit pension for...
Port: Why would North Dakota taxpayers help subsidize a Minnesota law we’re also challenging in court?
MINOT, N.D. — When Minnesota's lawmakers passed a new ban on energy from carbon-producing sources, like coal, the North Dakota...
Port: North Dakota Republicans replace Democrat-backed abortion ban with something more moderate
MINOT, N.D. — Yes, I'm being specious with the headline, but it's on purpose. Yesterday Gov. Doug Burgum signed into law Senate...
