North Dakota

Rob Port February 25, 2013 5

At the beginning of the legislative session there were two bills to allow churches and school districts to change their...

Rob Port February 25, 2013 9

Over the weekend the North Dakota Student Association, claiming to represent the state's 48,000 or so college students but really...

Rob Port February 25, 2013 10

I'm a little late getting to this week's Hall of Shame inductee thanks to a rough trip back from Phoenix...

Rob Port February 24, 2013 16

This week marks the "two minute warning" before the end of the first half of play in the 63rd Legislative...

Rob Port February 24, 2013 25

HB 1452 was originally introduced and ultimately amended with a Do Pass recommendation out of committee and received a similar...

Rob Port February 24, 2013 6

In my last column I accuse newspapers and faculties of protecting their self interests when it comes to reform of...

Rob Port February 23, 2013 26

Senator Dwight Cook (R), District 34, has filed SCR 4021 late Friday before the Legislature convened for the week. Co-sponsored...

Rob Port February 23, 2013 39

Adding to the clamor for removing controversial North Dakota University System Chancellor Hamid Shirvani, today, was a vote of no...

Rob Port February 23, 2013 5

One of the biggest mistakes we've made as a nation is assuming that subsidizing tuition - be it through low-interest,...

Rob Port February 23, 2013 2

All over the country, defined benefits pension plans are crumbling. Public sector plans for state and municipal workers are under...