oil prices

Rob Port January 16, 2015 0

You have to hand it to North Dakota Democrats. What they lack in electability they make up for in chutzpah. Yesterday...

Rob Port January 10, 2015 0

North Dakota Democrats have been marginalized in state government for decades now. They haven't elected a Governor since 1988. They...

Rob Port January 9, 2015 0

Back during the election last year Senate Minority Leader Mac Schneider was throwing political bombs over Republican efforts to reform...

Rob Port January 6, 2015 0

The video above is of Governor Jack Dalrymple's 2015 State of the State address (jump forward to about the 25...

Rob Port January 6, 2015 0

"It's a big, black cloud hanging over the session," Senator Dwight Cook, a Republican from Mandan and chairman of the...

Rob Port January 5, 2015 0

With oil prices plunging one major area of concern for North Dakota, aside from the economic downturn that would result...

Rob Port January 5, 2015 0

The North Dakota legislature will grapple with many challenging issues during the upcoming session. Issues of infrastructure, tax relief, and...

Rob Port January 2, 2015 0

Alaska's economy and state budget are based on oil. Not surprisingly, the recent freefall in oil prices has not been...

Rob Port December 30, 2014 0

Gas prices, since they're one of the most universal and visible costs of day-to-day life, are always of great concern...

Rob Port December 29, 2014 0

Rob had an interesting blog story on Saturday evening about the possibility that the oil boom in Western North Dakota...