Plain Talk: Sen. Kevin Cramer on the Texas Blackouts, Wind Power, Rush Limbaugh, and Ted Cruz
Power outages touched millions of Americans this week, including North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer. "I actually had a 45-minute blackout," he...
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Friday Mailbag: Rush Limbaugh, Power Outages, Gerrymandering, and Donald Trump
MINOT, N.D. — It's Friday, my friends, and life is good here in the Port household. Nobody has COVID-19, and...
Plain Talk: Could North Dakota See Longer School Years to Make up for Pandemic Learning Loss?
"We have a bit of a crisis in K-12 education right now," North Dakota Superintendent Kirsten Baesler said on this...
Rush Limbaugh, and Speaking Ill of the Dead
MINOT, N.D. — De mortuis nil nisi bonum dicendum est. Or, translated from the Latin, "of the dead nothing but...
Yes, Our Increasing Reliance on Intermittent Wind Power Really Is a Problem
MINOT, N.D. — The problem with debating energy policy in modern America is that so much of the discourse is...
Gov. Doug Burgum: Grateful for COVID Efforts and an Effective Emergency Process
This guest post was submitted by North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum From early on in this pandemic, it was clear...
Plain Talk: ‘We Can’t Afford to Shut Down Any More Coal Plants’
Rep. Dave Nehring is a Republican from District 8, an area that covers what might fairly be described as the...
Shortages Were an Inevitable Outcome of Politicized Energy Policy
MINOT, N.D. — Rarely do things end well when the politicians take it upon themselves to dictate a market's direction....
Power Grid Serving North Dakota Announces ‘Controlled Interruptions’ Amid Arctic Weather
After more than a week of arctic temperatures one of these power grids, the SPP, has called on its member...
Texas Blackouts Are a Chilly Breeze for North Dakota’s Wind Proponents
MINOT, N.D. — "Carlee McLeod, president of Utility Shareholders of North Dakota, which represents investor-owned utilities, said the state’s grid...
