How can a legislative candidate serve central North Dakota and attend law school in Minnesota?
MINOT, N.D. — Article IV, section 5 of the North Dakota Constitution spells out the residency requirements for people who wish to...
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Sen. Ray Holmberg resigns from powerful committee, hires criminal defense attorney
MINOT, N.D. — State Sen. Ray Holmberg is stepping down as chairman of Legislative Management, a powerful committee that oversees...
Plain Talk: A new campaign to legalize marijuana in North Dakota
MINOT, N.D. — Medical marijuana is legal in North Dakota, having been approved by voters by way of a ballot...
There are legitimate arguments to be made against the Commission on Presidential Debates
MINOT, N.D. — One of the side effects of the GOP's continued embrace of disgraced former President Donald Trump is...
Democratic-NPL’s current Senate candidate raises less money than … Heidi Heitkamp’s campaign?
MINOT, N.D. — When it comes to campaigns, incumbents have lots of advantages. One is name recognition. An incumbent doesn't...
Bill requiring disclosure of lawmaker-owned property is, with some tweaks, a good idea
MINOT, N.D. — North Dakotans want their state lawmakers to be part-timers. I don't have, like, polling data on this...
Port: Let’s hear it for the heroes who kept working through the blizzard
MINOT, N.D. — If you live in western North Dakota, like I do, you were probably snowed in this week....
Port: North Dakota Democrats fail to find even a single candidate in 15 legislative districts
MINOT, N.D. — "I’ve been recruiting candidates for office for well over 20 years," my friend Jamie Selzler, a former...
Plain Talk: Is approval voting in Fargo inspiring more candidates to run for office?
MINOT, N.D. — Ben Hanson made an interesting point on this episode of Plain Talk. He's a former state lawmaker...
Biden’s new ‘ghost gun’ regulations are a meaningless bit of political theater
MINOT, N.D. — This week I read an article about a bunch of gun control activists in the Fargo-Moorhead area...
