Port: Fargo’s gun ordinance tantrum is a contrived controversy
MINOT, N.D. — To hear some of Fargo's city leaders tell it, our state legislators are a bunch of bullies who are...
Leier: Why not become a hunter education instructor?
Guest post from North Dakota Game & Fish outreach biologist Doug Lier. If you’ve ever wondered why a hunter education class...
Port: Want to give property owners some relief? Give the firefighters back their full funding
MINOT, N.D. — Property tax relief is something that is often talked about and seldom accomplished. But that's a whole...
Port: Finally, a straight answer from the feds about Fufeng
MINOT, N.D. — The Department of the Air Force has, finally, provided some clarity to a long-simmering local controversy over a wet...
Port: Golden parachute for fired NDSU president casts a long shadow amid a budget shortfall
MINOT, N.D. — With North Dakota's lawmakers in session in Bismarck, higher education officials are in the process of negotiating...
Port: Lawmaker fighting carbon pipeline because of ‘property rights’ once tried to seize neighbor’s property
MINOT, N.D. — "I believe that if we don’t protect our property rights, we won’t be free anymore.” So said...
Port: This is why North Dakota’s Legislature has become a battleground in the culture wars
MINOT, N.D. — In these first weeks of North Dakota's legislative session, we've been inundated with one news story after...
Port: School district wants apology from lawmaker who says their football team ‘beat up’ a trans student
MINOT, N.D. — Rep. Scott Dyk is a Republican from Williston-area District 23. Currently serving in the first legislative session...
Port: North Dakota has got to start paying its judges more
MINOT, N.D. — In his State of the Judiciary address to state lawmakers earlier this month, Justice Jon Jensen, chief of North...
Port: No more debtor’s prisons for people who aren’t paying child support
MINOT, N.D. — When someone is put in jail, you've probably heard it said that they've been sent to "the...
