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Rob Port March 14, 2017 0

UPDATE: The post below was based on the linked article from the Bismarck Tribune, but lawmakers are telling me that report...

Rob Port March 13, 2017 0

Revenue forecasts in North Dakota are extremely important. That's because our Legislature doesn't meet very often (nor do most citizens...

Rob Port March 8, 2017 0

There is no question that Governor Doug Burgum is a bit of a booster when it comes to developing downtown...

Rob Port March 7, 2017 0

Today HB1337, introduced by Rep. Mike Schatz (R-New England), got a hearing in the Senate Education Committee (it passed a...

Rob Port March 7, 2017 0

Recently Rep. Kevin Cramer set off something of a firestorm of outrageous outrage when he insulted a group of Democratic women...

Rob Port March 7, 2017 0

Yesterday, in an act of rank parochialism, a majority in North Dakota's Senate voted down a resolution which would have...

Rob Port March 7, 2017 0

We are getting a new forecast this week for tax revenues in North Dakota. Or so we are told. I’ve...

Rob Port March 6, 2017 0

In a letter to the Grand Forks Herald today University of North Dakota professor Thomasine Heitkamp (sister to U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp)...

Rob Port March 6, 2017 0

"Senate Bill 2327 would transfer the powers of the Environmental Health Section in the North Dakota Department of Health to...

Rob Port March 3, 2017 0

Legislating is a fraught process, whether it's at the national level or right here in North Dakota. Sometimes emotions run...