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Rob Port October 16, 2019 0

MINOT, N.D. — Not so long ago we here in North Dakota had a debate about refugee resettlement. Some of...

Rob Port October 14, 2019 0

At a rally in Minneapolis President Donald Trump touted a change in federal policy giving states and cities a level...

Rob Port August 16, 2017 0

Apparently because they didn't have anything better to do, a couple of Republican lawmakers from West Fargo got their skirts...

Rob Port March 13, 2017 0

You wouldn't think that our state would need a law like the one SB2249 proposes. You'd think that, should a...

Rob Port February 21, 2017 0

HB1397 touches on a couple of the peculiarities to the North Dakota legislative process. The first is the tradition that...

Rob Port February 20, 2017 0

Earlier this month a bill which would have required more data collection on the social and fiscal impacts of refugee...

Rob Port February 3, 2017 0

UPDATE: After the committee hearing today this legislation was amended and turned into a study. In Bismarck lawmakers are debating HB1427 which...

Rob Port February 2, 2017 0

After a federal court stuck down North Dakota's voter ID law last year the state was forced to go back...

Rob Port February 2, 2017 0

The Grand Forks Herald today has a really, really good editorial about the refugee resettlement debate. It's both a national...

Rob Port January 27, 2017 0

The North Dakota House of Representatives today spent more than twenty minutes of floor time debating a bill which would...