bette grande

Rob Port March 26, 2013 0

Recently here in North Dakota we had a debate over school choice policies and how they relate to archaic, bigoted...

Rob Port March 22, 2013 0

The Huffington Post has an article up today about Rep. Kathy Hawken organizing a protest of Republican legislators against the...

Rob Port March 18, 2013 0

I've written before about North Dakota's "Blaine amendment" language in the state constitution. The language prohibits the use of tax...

Rob Port March 17, 2013 0

On Friday, with no small amount of drama, North Dakota's state Senate passed two laws restricting abortion. One would prohibit...

Rob Port March 15, 2013 0

Today the North Dakota Senate passed HB1305 and HB1456, both introduced by Rep. Bette Grande. HB1456, which bans abortions in...

Rob Port March 12, 2013 0

I apologize up front for the length of this piece. I have had many requests to lay out the constitutional...

Rob Port March 7, 2013 0

So-called "Blaine amendments" are changes made to state constitutions around the turn of the 19th - 20th century which prohibited...

Rob Port February 27, 2013 7

Just weeks ago we marked 40 years since the Roe v Wade decision. Most people will tell you that they...

Rob Port February 22, 2013 48

Rep. Dennis Johnson's bill, HB1385, originally would have required drug testing for all recipients of public assistance. As I wrote...

Rob Port February 19, 2013 10

Lost in the media celebration following the Attorney General Opinion on the NDSU issue is the fact that nothing has...