Port: Lawmaker fighting carbon pipeline because of ‘property rights’ once tried to seize neighbor’s property
MINOT, N.D. — "I believe that if we don’t protect our property rights, we won’t be free anymore.” So said...
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Port: This is why North Dakota’s Legislature has become a battleground in the culture wars
MINOT, N.D. — In these first weeks of North Dakota's legislative session, we've been inundated with one news story after...
Port: School district wants apology from lawmaker who says their football team ‘beat up’ a trans student
MINOT, N.D. — Rep. Scott Dyk is a Republican from Williston-area District 23. Currently serving in the first legislative session...
Port: North Dakota has got to start paying its judges more
MINOT, N.D. — In his State of the Judiciary address to state lawmakers earlier this month, Justice Jon Jensen, chief of North...
Port: No more debtor’s prisons for people who aren’t paying child support
MINOT, N.D. — When someone is put in jail, you've probably heard it said that they've been sent to "the...
Port: This elected official is paid to be a legislator and paid to represent the gambling industry too
MINOT, N.D. — Rep. Mike Motschenbacher is a freshman lawmaker currently serving his Bismarck-area constituents in the first legislative session...
Plain Talk: Wrigley backs off call to move crime lab under BCI
MINOT, N.D. — Drew Wrigley is asking a lot from state lawmakers in his first time before them as attorney...
Port: Bill would require female leadership of some standing committees in North Dakota’s House
MINOT, N.D. — Back in December, as North Dakota's lawmakers wrapped up their organizational session, and as committee assignments were...
Port: Elections in North Dakota should work the same way no matter where you live
MINOT, N.D. — Thanks to a local ballot initiative approved by voters, the city of Fargo has changed how municipal...
Port: North Dakota leaders to warn Minnesota of the ‘certainty’ of a lawsuit over proposed energy ban
MINOT, N.D. — Minnesota lawmakers are considering identical bills in the House and Senate legislative chambers that would seek to...
