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Rob Port February 12, 2013 15

The 2007 U.S. energy bill mandated that a total of 15 billion gallons of renewable ethanol must be produced by...

Rob Port February 12, 2013 9

Today the North Dakota House and Senate appropriations committees are holding a joint session to discuss the state's new budget...

Rob Port February 8, 2013 9

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times By this, I am not suggesting extensive expertise...

Rob Port January 18, 2013 11

Today there was floor debate over Governor Jack Darlymple's Housing Incentive Fund. The fund asks for private sector donations to...

Rob Port January 18, 2013 27

Like a lot of North Dakotans, I've grown a little weary of the national media attention paid to the Bakken...

Rob Port January 13, 2013 7

One continually frustrating aspect of the North Dakota media's coverage of rising traffic fatality rates is the fact that they...

Rob Port January 12, 2013 62

Tonight I was on television for the first time ever. Chris Berg had me on the 6:30 Point of View...

Rob Port January 11, 2013 17

North Dakota's top oil regulator, Lynn Helms, told legislators yesterday that the federal government wants to try and force all...

Rob Port January 10, 2013 4

Lynn Helms, North Dakota's Mineral Resources Director, says it's "not all roses and sunshine" in the oil patch. He's warning...

Rob Port January 9, 2013 15

One of the wonderful things about our federalist system of government is that our states can act as "laboratories of...