2015 legislature

Rob Port March 23, 2015 0

According to Chancellor Larry Skogen, the idea that the state's university system and its institutions have problem with transparency is...

Rob Port March 23, 2015 0

Earlier this legislative session the state Senate passed a bill, SB2208, which takes aim at stores opening on holidays like...

Rob Port March 23, 2015 0

Analysis of Week 12 continues in this post, where we will discuss bill activities for Tuesday, March 24 and Wednesday,...

Rob Port March 22, 2015 0

Monday starts Week 12 of the 64th Legislative Assembly, with Day 52. This will put them at 65% through their...

Rob Port March 20, 2015 0

In what is a bit of a sea change in agriculture policy here in North Dakota the Legislature rolled back...

Rob Port March 20, 2015 0

There's an old saw, usually attributed erroneously to Albert Einstein, about insanity being defined as doing the same thing over...

Rob Port March 20, 2015 0

In the parlance of the North Dakota Legislature, a "hog house" amendment is a change to a bill that completely...

Rob Port March 20, 2015 0

Yesterday the state Senate defeated HB1434, introduced by Rep. Marie Strinden (D-Grand Forks), which is the the so-called "brunch bill"...

Rob Port March 20, 2015 0

Way back in 2013 I broke a story about a number of lawmakers - Democrats and Republicans - not living in...

Rob Port March 20, 2015 0

Yesterday we got news that no fewer than 19 candidates had applied to be the next chancellor of the North...