Port: State Rep. Brandon Prichard still refuses to provide specifics about his academic claims
MINOT, N.D. — When you visit the online biography pages for North Dakota's lawmakers, you're greeted with a lot of...
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Port: Lawmaker barred from flight after altercation with airport security backs bill banning frisk searches
MINOT, N.D. — In October of 2021, state Rep. Jeff Hoverson, a Republican from Minot, was barred from boarding a...
Port: Many Republicans have stopped paying even lip service to the concept of individual liberty
MINOT, N.D. — I came to believe in conservatism because of its emphasis on individualism. I am in love with...
Port: Republicans would like you to believe they care about the national debt again
MINOT, N.D. — Back in 2011, when a Republican-controlled House refused to raise the debt ceiling to force significant spending concessions from...
Port: One lawmaker’s petty feud with Gov. Burgum puts North Dakota’s economic wellbeing at risk
MINOT, N.D. — Over the last few decades, North Dakota has prided itself as being a place that's open for...
Port: A poison pill was just dropped into debate over North Dakota’s public worker pensions
MINOT, N.D. — One of the most consequential debates in Bismarck this session will be the one over the state's...
Plain Talk: Prescription drug prices and income tax cuts
MINOT, N.D. — Two state officials joined this episode of Plain Talk to discuss a couple of the more complicated...
Port: Who knew our public libraries were such dens of iniquity?
MINOT, N.D. — It is instructive, before we delve into the censorious agenda some state lawmakers have brought to the...
Port: At the Legislature, some hypocrisy over ‘sanctuary’ policies when it comes to guns and people
MINOT, N.D. — Yesterday, the state House of Representatives passed, by a wide margin, House Bill 1155 . The bill, introduced by...
Port: Responding to term limits fracas, this bill would strengthen state’s ability to block ballot measures
MINOT, N.D. — A legal fight around a controversial constitutional amendment implementing term limits has prompted lawmakers to introduce a...
