Plain Talk: A conservative North Dakota lawmaker talks about her struggles with the culture warriors
MINOT, N.D. — Sen. Jessica Bell, a Republican from District 33, has a lengthy track record of reliably conservative policy...
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Fractures in the North Dakota Republican Party loom over proposed carbon pipeline
MINOT, N.D. — According to Daryl Lies, president of the North Dakota Farm Bureau, the CO2 pipeline proposed by Summit...
The roots of hate
MINOT, N.D. — I'm sure that many of you, like me, have watched disturbing videos of racist demonstrations, have seen...
It’s just Twitter, you guys
MINOT, N.D. — A simultaneously annoying and amusing reality of journalism is that what constitutes "news" tends to skew heavily...
Why did Sen. Ray Holmberg choose June 1 to resign?
MINOT, N.D. — Sen. Ray Holmberg announced on Monday, April 25, that he would be resigning from the state Senate....
Ray Holmberg resignation spares his fellow lawmakers the pain of expelling him
MINOT, N.D. — In the first 131 years, four months, and two days of its history, North Dakota's lawmakers had...
Is it too much to ask that North Dakota’s political campaigns be about North Dakota?
MINOT, N.D. — During the 2020 election cycle the race for treasurer between Republicans Dan Johnston and Thomas Beadle in...
Plain Talk: Shouldn’t a constitutional amendment require 60% of the vote?
MINOT, N.D. — North Dakota's initiated measure process has become a venue for deep-pocketed special interests to hire local fronts,...
Man’s sexual assault claim surfaces amid scrutiny of North Dakota lawmaker
MINOT, N.D. — A 2020 Twitter thread about an alleged sexual assault has risen to the surface as a North...
Plain Talk: Fargo commission candidate says mayor’s emails to detectives crossed ‘ethical boundaries’
MINOT, N.D. — Ves Marinov serves the state of North Dakota as a member of the Highway Patrol. He's also...
