MINOT, N.D. — The recent Washington Post profile of racism inflicted upon Liberian immigrants in the Fargo area was a hard one to read, both as an American and as a North Dakotan. Nobody likes to be confronted with ugly truths about the places we live, but it’s a medicine we must swallow. Some of our neighbors…
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Port: Whatever the courts decide, North Dakota must address its unworkable abortion ban
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Port: True American patriots would welcome our Liberian friends with open arms
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Port: While you weren’t looking, North Dakota became a national leader when it comes to carbon capture
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Port: Republicans can’t just walk away from Trump, they must turn on him
North Dakota
Port: True American patriots would welcome our Liberian friends with open arms
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Port: Republicans can’t just walk away from Trump, they must turn on him
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Port: It’s time for Republicans to embrace early voting
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Port: Data show the NDGOP has an extremism problem that’s distorting its candidate selection process
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Port: Hoeven and Cramer on the wrong side of history, and probably their constituents, on same-sex marriage
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Port: With new leaders, North Dakota’s Legislature seemingly sees a power shift, from east to west
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Port: The NDGOP has eschewed Trump’s excesses, and it’s served them well
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Port: What if what wins elections isn’t what’s good for the country?
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Port: What if Republicans just acknowledged that we have an extremism problem and took responsibility for it?
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Port: Mund still isn’t raising much money, and she’s spending even less
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Port: Whatever the courts decide, North Dakota must address its unworkable abortion ban
MINOT, N.D. — North Dakota’s near-total ban on abortions, which but for the reticence of our judicial branch of state government would be the law post-Roe v. Wade, is not good public policy. It was introduced by Democratic lawmakers during the 2007 legislative session and passed by a bipartisan majority that, I am convinced, never believed the…
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Port: While you weren’t looking, North Dakota became a national leader when it comes to carbon capture
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Port: The deleted emails saga has been a master class in how to lose the public’s trust
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Port: Let’s be thankful that the Trump moment seems to be passing
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Port: Let’s dispel some myths about the alleged success of North Dakota’s independent candidates
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Port: Republicans must move on from Trump, and Trumpism too
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Port: Democratic-NPL executive director Tyler Hogan placed on administrative leave due to ‘HR matter’
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Port: Abortion ban injunction is an egregious act of judicial activism and the judge ought to be recalled
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Port: We don’t need more angry people in Washington
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Port: Yes, carbon capture really is progress
This And That
Plain Talk: ‘There are a big number of legislators who are tired of politics’
MINOT, N.D. — Election Day has come and gone, and in North Dakota, that means a new session of the state Legislature is looming. There will be an organizational meeting and a budget address from Gov. Doug Burgum in December, and then the regular session commences in January, tasked with tackling issues ranging from income…
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Plain Talk: Congressman Armstrong on winning re-election, the new Congress, and Trump
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Plain Talk: Former California cop says North Dakota’s marijuana ballot measure won’t make our state like hers
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Plain Talk: In first debate, North Dakota Senate candidates spar on farm policy, energy, abortion, Ukraine
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Plain Talk: PSC candidates Sheri Haugen-Hoffart and Trygve Hammer debate
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Plain Talk: Pro-marijuana campaign responds to emergence of opposition group
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Plain Talk: North Dakota Farmers Union president speaks out against term limits proposal
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Plain Talk: Pioneer in North Dakota term limits policy says term limits measure is ‘anti-North Dakota’
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Plain Talk: Lawmaker talks property tax proposal, attorney general office space scandal
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Plain Talk: A local candidate sounds off, and Cramer talks Jan. 6 texts, funding bill, gun tracking, and more