Plain Talk: ‘There are a big number of legislators who are tired of politics’
MINOT, N.D. — Election Day has come and gone, and in North Dakota, that means a new session of the...
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Port: It’s time for Republicans to embrace early voting
MINOT, N.D. — Like so many of the things he's promoted, disgraced former President Donald Trump's insistance that Republicans vote...
Port: Let’s be thankful that the Trump moment seems to be passing
MINOT, N.D. — Thanksgiving isn't the most fashionable of holidays today, rooted as it is in our nation's founding mythologies....
Port: Data show the NDGOP has an extremism problem that’s distorting its candidate selection process
MINOT, N.D. — The NDGOP has a big problem with its candidate selection process. The people participating in it are...
Port: Let’s dispel some myths about the alleged success of North Dakota’s independent candidates
MINOT, N.D. — The weeks after Election Day is when politicos on the losing side of the vote spin the...
Port: Hoeven and Cramer on the wrong side of history, and probably their constituents, on same-sex marriage
MINOT, N.D. — Yesterday a bill to codify same-sex marriage in federal law passed cloture in the United States Senate....
Plain Talk: Congressman Armstrong on winning re-election, the new Congress, and Trump
MINOT, N.D. — Nationally, Republicans didn't perform as well in the midterm elections as expected. The "red wave" was more...
Port: Republicans must move on from Trump, and Trumpism too
MINOT, N.D. — I began to think that the midterm elections, in which Republicans seemingly had all the momentum before...
Port: With new leaders, North Dakota’s Legislature seemingly sees a power shift, from east to west
MINOT, N.D. — "After last night's House/Senate leadership elections, it's official, the power has moved out of the valley and...
Port: Democratic-NPL executive director Tyler Hogan placed on administrative leave due to ‘HR matter’
MINOT, N.D. — According to an email sent to Democratic-NPL party leaders last night, Tyler Hogan, the party's executive director,...
