Plain Talk: “We Have No Interest in Trying to Screw Landlords,” ACLU Leader Says of Call for a Moratorium on Evictions
The ACLU of North Dakota, among other organizations, has called on Governor Doug Burgum to issue a moratorium on evictions...
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Plain Talk: Should We Be Letting Prisoners Out of Jail During the Coronavirus Crisis?
The coronavirus crisis has prompted policy makers in North Dakota, and across the nation, to look at reducing jail and...
Plain Talk: Democratic House Candidate Criticizes His Party for Delays in Coronavirus Relief Bill
On this episode of Plain Talk, Zach Raknerud pointed out that many North Dakota Democrats are afraid to do interviews...
Plain Talk: Education Professor Says North Dakota’s Push for Remote Education Has Been “Overly Bureaucratic,” Tells Parents Not to Worry About Kids Losing Ground
Dan Conn is an Associate Professor of Teacher Education and Kinesiology at Minot State University. In this episode of Plain...
Plain Talk 146: Senator Cramer Says He Thinks Americans Should Have Their Stimulus Checks by April 6
Senator Kevin Cramer says Congress is aiming to get stimulus checks, a response to the coronavirus crisis, into the bank...
Plain Talk: Senator Cramer Says There’s Been Much “Distasteful Cheerleading for a Health Disaster” in Coronavirus Response
Much of the political and news media response to the coronavirus outbreak is "distasteful cheerleading for a health disaster." That's...
Plain Talk: Republican Legislative Incumbent Talks Pragmatism and Policy Versus Politics
Rep. Steve Vetter is a Republican from District 18 in Grand Forks. He was one of the Republican candidates elected...
Plain Talk: Seven Years in the Making, Fighting Sioux Documentary to Be in Theaters This Spring
Bismarck-based filmmaker Matt Fern has been making a documentary about the controversy around the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux...
Plain Talk: Burgum Talks About the Greta Thunberg Mural Controversy, His 2020 Challenger, Energy, Agriculture and Trump
"Art is art," Gov. Doug Burgum said of controversy in Bismarck over a mural of activist Greta Thunberg. "Art is...
Plain Talk: Who Is Dr. Shelley Lenz, the Veterinarian Who Wants to Be Governor of North Dakota?
"I don't have a party. I'm an independent." That's what Dr. Shelley Lenz told me on this episode of Plain...
