Tax Commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger should step down and focus on health
MINOT, N.D. — In 2014, I was tipped off to the fact that a vehicle registered to Tax Commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger had...
North Dakota
Believe what you can see, and not what politicos tell you
MINOT, N.D. — Of the many things that afflict our society in these deeply divided times is the decline in...
House majority leader responds to lawmaker’s bizarre anti-vax rant directed at health department
MINOT, N.D. — This morning my email box lit up messages from people in state government forwarding me copies of...
Citing ‘toxic’ and ‘divisive’ times, Republican state senator announces retirement
MINOT, N.D. — Sen. Nicole Poolman, a Republican from Bismarck first elected in 2012, used a floor speech at the special...
Bastiat lawmaker says he may be censured for disparaging remark
MINOT, N.D. — Rep. Jeff Hoverson (R-Minot) had to miss the anti-vaccine mandate rally he helped organize this week because he contracted...
On the ‘We the People’ rally, or when the Facebook bubble float into real life
MINOT, N.D. — We all know that the algorithms used to feed us content on social media platforms, Facebook in particular, can...
Don’t subdivide North Dakota’s legislative districts
MINOT, N.D. — The redistricting plan North Dakota's lawmakers will consider in special session next week includes two subdivided House districts. Currently,...
Friday Mailbag: Rick Becker, ‘let’s go Brandon,’ Donald Trump and Chris Berg
MINOT, N.D. — Every once in a while a correspondent will ask why their email didn't get included in this...
Bismarck rally has ties to Jan. 6 riot and election conspiracy theories
MINOT, N.D. — A group of Republicans aligned with the Bastiat Caucus, including four NDGOP district chairs from the Minot area,...
Perhaps the beginning of the end of the Trump movement
MINOT, N.D. — Political pundits like to read too much into off-year election outcomes. Starved for meaningful topics in non-campaign...
