budget

Rob Port January 9, 2013 13

One of the more useful reports used by the legislature is the Budget and Fiscal Trends report produced for legislators...

Rob Port January 8, 2013 17

North Dakotans have become used to stories, in the past few years, extolling the state's booming economy. North Dakota has...

Rob Port January 8, 2013 15

Occasionally we are treated to news stories like this one which detail the use of government welfare funds - programs...

Rob Port January 7, 2013 124

Why reduce spending when you can just print more money? First of all, we have the weird and destructive institution...

Rob Port January 7, 2013 47

I'm not sure how I feel about this: Police in the northeastern North Dakota city of Devils Lake have barred...

Rob Port January 7, 2013 298

How will you avoid falling over your own “Fiscal Cliff” in the New Year? In this economy, nobody can make...

Rob Port January 7, 2013 12

Senator Heidi Heitkamp is quick to name as her mentor the man she replaced in the Senate, Kent Conrad. That...

Rob Port January 6, 2013 11

The precise use of language is vital in politics. After all, that language is the basis upon which the laws...

Rob Port January 6, 2013 23

"For the first time in two decades, we raised taxes on the wealthiest 2% of Americans in a bipartisan way,...

Rob Port January 5, 2013 9

Obamacare, or the Affordable Care Act as it is officially known, has been held up by its supporters as a...