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Rob Port January 26, 2013 25

There are two mistaken ideas about economics that, throughout history, significant numbers of people make again and again. One is...

Rob Port January 26, 2013 7

We now have two major tax initiatives in front of the legislature. SB2037 is the property tax relief bill proposed...

Rob Port January 21, 2013 23

Senate Democrats, who apparently think budgeting is like inaugurating presidents in that it's only to happen every four years, have...

Rob Port January 20, 2013 7

Remember "peak oil?" The theory that we would one day run out of oil - just a few decades ago...

Rob Port January 17, 2013 17

The Bismarck Tribune sounds a note on energy taxation and regulation that legislators ought to heed: Although the state has...

Rob Port January 16, 2013 47

One of the chores North Dakota's leaders are tasked with is what to do with the state's Legacy Fund. Per...

Rob Port January 15, 2013 10

Last year a group of deep-pocket conservation interests spent well in excess of $100,000 on collecting signatures to put a...

Rob Port January 8, 2013 23

After receiving heavy legislative criticism for their use, and abuse, of their private airplane the folks at North Dakota State...

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 6, 2013 7

In Promised Land, Steve (Matt Damon) was sent to a small, poor town to lease land to drill for natural gas. ...