Plain Talk: ‘If we want to be a food desert let’s keep doing what we’re doing’
MINOT, N.D. — For about a century, North Dakota has had a ban on corporate farming. This is to say...
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Port: State Rep. Brandon Prichard still refuses to provide specifics about his academic claims
MINOT, N.D. — When you visit the online biography pages for North Dakota's lawmakers, you're greeted with a lot of...
Port: Lawmaker barred from flight after altercation with airport security backs bill banning frisk searches
MINOT, N.D. — In October of 2021, state Rep. Jeff Hoverson, a Republican from Minot, was barred from boarding a...
Port: Many Republicans have stopped paying even lip service to the concept of individual liberty
MINOT, N.D. — I came to believe in conservatism because of its emphasis on individualism. I am in love with...
Port: Republicans would like you to believe they care about the national debt again
MINOT, N.D. — Back in 2011, when a Republican-controlled House refused to raise the debt ceiling to force significant spending concessions from...
Port: One lawmaker’s petty feud with Gov. Burgum puts North Dakota’s economic wellbeing at risk
MINOT, N.D. — Over the last few decades, North Dakota has prided itself as being a place that's open for...
Port: A poison pill was just dropped into debate over North Dakota’s public worker pensions
MINOT, N.D. — One of the most consequential debates in Bismarck this session will be the one over the state's...
Plain Talk: Prescription drug prices and income tax cuts
MINOT, N.D. — Two state officials joined this episode of Plain Talk to discuss a couple of the more complicated...
Port: Who knew our public libraries were such dens of iniquity?
MINOT, N.D. — It is instructive, before we delve into the censorious agenda some state lawmakers have brought to the...
The reality of ice fishing impacts on North Dakota fish populations
Guest post from North Dakota Game & Fish outreach biologist Doug Lier. We’ve seen it before. A few ice shelters...
