In the State of North Dakota it is illegal to communicate via text (including things like emailing, texting, tweeting, etc.) while driving. Here’s the actual law, section 39-08-23 of the North Dakota Century Code: The law does ban any use of an electronic device by minors under the age of 18 (that’s section 39-08-24 of the code),…
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North Dakota Supreme Court Overturns Drug Charges Because Driver Was Playing Music on His Phone Not Texting
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William Brotherton: Let’s Build the Teddy Roosevelt Library
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Plain Talk: Energy Transfer Partners Talks About DAPL’s Impacts, and Should the Christchurch Shooting Video Have Been Censored?
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Maybe North Dakotans and Minnesotans Spurn Heating Assistance Because They Think Self Sufficiency Is a Good Thing
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North Dakota Supreme Court Overturns Drug Charges Because Driver Was Playing Music on His Phone Not Texting
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Is North Dakota’s First Openly Gay Lawmaker an Anti-Gay Bigot?
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Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Says Something Pretty Stupid About the Dakota Access Pipeline
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This Is the Sort of Citizen Activist Measure 1 Will Hurt
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Occupational Licensing Reciprocity Is Good for Military Spouses, but Why Not for Everyone?
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North Dakota’s Collegiate Athletes Wouldn’t Be So Susceptible to Gamblers if They Weren’t (Basically) Free Labor
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Video: The Koch Brothers Sure Did Senator Kevin Cramer a Favor When They Opposed His Candidacy
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Cramer Is Wrong to Support Trump’s Emergency Declaration
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Are We Going to Have a Civil War in North Dakota’s Corrections System?
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North Dakota’s College Students May Not Be as Liberal as You Think
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Maybe North Dakotans and Minnesotans Spurn Heating Assistance Because They Think Self Sufficiency Is a Good Thing
“Most North Dakotans, Minnesotans who qualify for heating assistance don’t seek it,” reads a headline over a recent article by my colleague April Baumgarten. “Of the 55,358 households eligible for heating assistance in North Dakota, only 22 percent (12,331 households) received it in 2017, according to the most recent analysis by the National Energy and…
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Governor Burgum Blasts “Disingenuous” Legislators Over Revenue Picture, and He’s Right
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Environmental Activists Promote Fake News About Coal Ash
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Wind Energy Companies Shouldn’t Be Dismissive of Their Inability to Produce Power When It’s Frigid Outside
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Law Enforcement Found No “Legitimate Threat” to Rep. Ruth Buffalo
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Why Should Only Republicans Fear Socialism?
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Heidi Heitkamp: I Lost Because of Hillary Clinton and Because I Was Branded as a Democrat
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Nearly Three Years After Standing Rock Protests North Dakota Signs Agreement With Tribal Government to Facilitate Oil Production
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It’s Easy to Amend the State Constitution When Hollywood Celebrities and Billionaires Are Paying to Collect Signatures
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University System Chancellor Admits He Isn’t Candid in Written Evaluations of University Presidents
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William Brotherton: Let’s Build the Teddy Roosevelt Library
This guest post was submitted by William J. Brotherton. He’s a UND graduate (1980), a member of the TR Medora Foundation, a licensed attorney in North Dakota and Texas, and the author of Burlington Northern Adventures: Railroading in the Days of the Caboose (South Platte Press, 2004). He lives in Argyle, Texas. Bravo to Governor…
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Plain Talk: Energy Transfer Partners Talks About DAPL’s Impacts, and Should the Christchurch Shooting Video Have Been Censored?
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Plain Talk: Is It Ok to Treat People Differently Based on Their Race?
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Print Column: The Left’s New Anti-Fossil Fuel McCarthyism
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Plain Talk: Rep. Armstrong Says Amount of “Anti-Capitalist” Thinking in Washington D.C. Is “Very, Very Scary”
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Roscoe Streyle: The Law Is Not Ambiguous, Lawmakers Must Make the State’s Constitutional Funds Whole
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Plain Talk: Senator Cramer on Ocasio-Cortez: “I Think She’s a Paid Actress by the Republican Party”
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Plain Talk Podcast: ND United Keeping Options Open for Lawsuit Over Mistake in Allocations to Constitutional Funds
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Guest Post: Build the Theodore Roosevelt Library and It Will Be North Dakota’s Top Tourist Attraction
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Plain Talk: Democratic Leader Says This Legislative Session Has Been Less Partisan Than Those in the Past