Rob Port

Rob Port is the editor of SayAnythingBlog.com, a columnist for the Forum News Service, and host of the Plain Talk Podcast which you can subscribe to by clicking here.

Port: North Dakota has got to start paying its judges more

January 27, 2023 Rob Port

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

January 27, 2023 Rob Port

MINOT, N.D. — When someone is put in jail, you've probably heard it said that they've been sent to "the...

Port: This elected official is paid to be a legislator and paid to represent the gambling industry too

January 26, 2023 Rob Port

MINOT, N.D. — Rep. Mike Motschenbacher is a freshman lawmaker currently serving his Bismarck-area constituents in the first legislative session...

Plain Talk: Wrigley backs off call to move crime lab under BCI

January 26, 2023 Rob Port

MINOT, N.D. — Drew Wrigley is asking a lot from state lawmakers in his first time before them as attorney...

Port: Bill would require female leadership of some standing committees in North Dakota’s House

January 25, 2023 Rob Port

MINOT, N.D. — Back in December, as North Dakota's lawmakers wrapped up their organizational session, and as committee assignments were...

Port: Elections in North Dakota should work the same way no matter where you live

January 25, 2023 Rob Port

MINOT, N.D. — Thanks to a local ballot initiative approved by voters, the city of Fargo has changed how municipal...

Port: North Dakota leaders to warn Minnesota of the ‘certainty’ of a lawsuit over proposed energy ban

January 25, 2023 Rob Port

MINOT, N.D. — Minnesota lawmakers are considering identical bills in the House and Senate legislative chambers that would seek to...

Plain Talk: ‘If we want to be a food desert let’s keep doing what we’re doing’

January 25, 2023 Rob Port

MINOT, N.D. — For about a century, North Dakota has had a ban on corporate farming. This is to say...

Port: State Rep. Brandon Prichard still refuses to provide specifics about his academic claims

January 24, 2023 Rob Port

MINOT, N.D. — When you visit the online biography pages for North Dakota's lawmakers, you're greeted with a lot of...

Port: Lawmaker barred from flight after altercation with airport security backs bill banning frisk searches

January 23, 2023 Rob Port

MINOT, N.D. — In October of 2021, state Rep. Jeff Hoverson, a Republican from Minot, was barred from boarding a...

Rob Port

Port: North Dakota has got to start paying its judges more

Port: No more debtor’s prisons for people who aren’t paying child support

Port: This elected official is paid to be a legislator and paid to represent the gambling industry too

Plain Talk: Wrigley backs off call to move crime lab under BCI

Port: Bill would require female leadership of some standing committees in North Dakota’s House

Port: Elections in North Dakota should work the same way no matter where you live

Port: North Dakota leaders to warn Minnesota of the ‘certainty’ of a lawsuit over proposed energy ban

Plain Talk: ‘If we want to be a food desert let’s keep doing what we’re doing’

Port: State Rep. Brandon Prichard still refuses to provide specifics about his academic claims

Port: Lawmaker barred from flight after altercation with airport security backs bill banning frisk searches

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