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Rob Port March 3, 2017 0

North Dakota has a big budget problem resulting from lawmakers building huge spending increases on top of a oil-boom-era revenue...

Rob Port March 2, 2017 0

The months long pipeline protest is apparently over, and the pipeline is now being completed as it was planned through...

Rob Port February 28, 2017 0

Here's a simple truth about governance: Spending increases are easy. Spending cuts are really, really hard. North Dakota is currently...

Rob Port February 28, 2017 0

In a recent letter to the editor attorney Jason McLean, a divorce lawyer and opponent to reforming our state's child custody...

Rob Port February 27, 2017 0

Back during their 2015 session North Dakota lawmakers passed a bill which gives some legal immunity to people who overdose...

Rob Port February 27, 2017 0

Lawmakers are taking a break the first part of this week for crossover, the midway point of the legislative session...

Rob Port February 24, 2017 0

This guest post was authored by Senate Majority Leader Rich Wardner (R-Dickinson) and House Majority Leader Al Carlson (R-Fargo) We...

Rob Port February 23, 2017 0

One of the many peculiarities of the North Dakota legislative process is legal prohibition on the governor threatening to veto...

Rob Port February 23, 2017 0

On February 22, 2017, The Forum published an article on the Legislature’s potential elimination of income-tax breaks for new businesses...

Rob Port February 22, 2017 0

The North Dakota Center for Tobacco Prevention and Control is a state agency you know better, from their obnoxiously preachy...