North Dakota Treasurer Kelly Schmidt, a Republican, has announced she won’t seek a fifth four-year term in office during the 2020 election cycle. “This is not something I have taken lightly,” she told Bismarck Tribune reporter Jack Dura. “I have thought about it. I have prayed about it. I have visited with my family about…
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UPDATED: With Incumbent Kelly Schmidt Retiring, Fargo Republican Says He’s Interested in Running for State Treasurer
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If Local Stores Want Local Shopping They Should Give Local Shoppers Something They Can’t Get Online
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The Fisher Industries Border Wall Contract Is Among the Cheapest Awarded
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President Trump, It’s Time to Withdraw From Afghanistan
North Dakota
UPDATED: With Incumbent Kelly Schmidt Retiring, Fargo Republican Says He’s Interested in Running for State Treasurer
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The Fisher Industries Border Wall Contract Is Among the Cheapest Awarded
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Uproar Over Delay in Armenian Genocide Resolution Is the Perfect Distillation of Dumb Twitter Politics
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Despite Controversy City of Minot Approves Roughly $1 Million Contract for City Manager
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Thanks to a Legislative Oversight, Can North Dakota Cities Even Make You Pay Higher Traffic Fines?
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A Kid in Fargo Thinks Climate Change Might Kill Him Before He’s 50, How Did We Get to This Point?
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Fargo Choosing to Double Traffic Fines Just Opened a Legal Can of Worms
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Minot’s City Manager Took the Fire Chief on a Pricey Trip to Nashville
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South Dakota’s “We’re on Meth” Ad Is Hokey, but the More Important Question Is Whether These Ads Even Work
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North Dakota Republican Group Votes for Making Access to Recreational Marijuana a Constitutional Right
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If Local Stores Want Local Shopping They Should Give Local Shoppers Something They Can’t Get Online
In a recent editorial, the Grand Forks Herald teed off on people who resort to petitions to try and stop retail store closings in their communities. The petitions “are disingenuous and slathered in irony, since they often attract thousands of people who sign their name but obviously rarely shopped at those stores in the past,”…
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President Trump, It’s Time to Withdraw From Afghanistan
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If Auditor Gallion’s Zeal Turns Bad Government Actors Into Martyrs What Exactly Is He Accomplishing?
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The Nativity Scene at North Dakota’s Capitol Is Great, but What Happens When the Muslims Want a Display?
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This Conservative Group’s Fargo Office Has Been Vandalized Repeatedly Since It Was Opened
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Do We Really Think So Little of the Value of Voting That We’re Willing to Let Children Do It?
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Why Are So Few North Dakotans Seeking Pardons for Marijuana Convictions?
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We Should Be Governed by the Law, Not by Politics
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Governor Burgum Tells Trump Administration That North Dakota Will Continue to Accept Refugees
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“If This Didn’t Have the Name Keystone on It, Nobody Would Really Be Paying Much Attention to It”
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Print Column: North Dakota Opened Its Arms to Oil Workers, Why Not Refugees Too?
MINOT, N.D. — The Trump administration has given the states and local governments the ability to opt-out of federal refugee resettlement. The feds, or the private groups doing resettlement for the feds, haven’t always been cooperative. City and county governments, not to mention school districts and social service organizations, have often found themselves struggling to…
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Print Column: The Left Can’t Complain About Trump’s Fabulism While They Perpetuate Their Own
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Print Column: Shame on You, Hunters
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Print Column: Be Thankful That Americans Choose to Do So Much of What They Don’t Have To
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Jason Bohrer: The Coal Industry Loves Electric Cars
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Print Column: Maybe Parents Shouldn’t Be Allowed at Sporting Events
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Senator Kevin Cramer: Congress Should Put Aside Political Theatrics and Fix Our Nation’s Infrastructure
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Print Column: Please, Conservatives, Don’t Abandon Local Media
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Guest Post: Reduction in Hours at US Ports of Entry Won’t Save Money but Will Cause Economic Harm
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Guest Post: Impeachment Hearing Gave Little Reason for Anyone to Change Their Minds