Who Is Really Afraid to Shop, Worship, or Go to School?
"We shouldn't be afraid to shop, worship or go to school," reads the headline over a recent column from Jim...
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Plain Talk: Lawmaker Explains Why We Need Initiated Measure Reform, Closer Look at Oil Boom Crime Stats Paints a Different Picture
On this episode of Plain Talk, state Senator David Hogue talks about his remarkable speech on the Senate floor to...
Even at Its Peak Violent Crime in the Bakken Oil Patch Was About the Same as the Surrounding Region
Recently my colleague April Baumgarten produced a very thorough report on crime in the region of the Bakken oil fields...
A.J. Schultz: Address Hate by Empowering Judges and Removing Politics
Everyone is aware of the incident involving those women in that Fargo Walmart parking lot, and the debate we now...
Judge Frank Racek: Offender Rehabilitation Needs to Be More Focused and More Flexible to Work
Recently, the North Dakota legislature passed bills referred to as “Justice Reinvestment.” These measures were designed to decrease the number...
Grand Forks County's Anonymous Crime Reporting App Sounds Like A Terrible Idea
Recently a man was nearly booted from a flight from Syracuse to Philadelphia because, after boarding, he started writing down symbols and...
Why Is Talking About Oil Patch Crime OK, But Not Refugee Crime?
The resettlement of foreign refugees in North Dakota communities has been creating angst in those communities for years now. Some...
New Reporting Metric Muddles Picture Of North Dakota Crime
North Dakota's crime report for 2014 is out and, not surprisingly, it's a mix bag of good and bad news....
North Dakota Leads The Nation In Dudes UPDATE: Not So Much
Update: Whoops, looks like the Washington Post got the numbers wrong. Alaska has the highest percentage of men while North...
North Dakota's Incarceration Rate Is Up 175%, But Crime Is Only Down 18%
North Dakota's incarteration rate has grown 175 percent since 1994, but the crime rate has only decreased by 18 percent....
