State Senator Kristin Roers (R-Fargo) is a cousin to state Rep. Shannon Roers Jones (R-Fargo). The latter Roers introduced legislation to decriminalize marijuana earlier this session only to see it defeated. That prompted the former Roers to resurrect it by way of floor amendment in the Senate. To give the legislation its “day in court”…
Decriminalizing Marijuana Isn’t Enough
Kudos to state Senator Kristin Roers for bringing back legislation to decriminalize marijuana by way of a floor amendment this week. The bill passed on a 37-10 vote, and thanks to the amendment brought by Senator Roers it would reduce the penalty for possessing less than a half ounce of marijuana to a $250 fine.…
Podcast: “The Only Thing Grindr Is Good for Is Making Sausages and Hamburgers”
Republican state Representative Randy Boehning was last on the ballot in 2014. In 2015, contemporaneous to a contentious vote on gay rights legislation, Boehning admitted to sending a man unsolicited and explicit pictures of himself on Grindr. That’s an app which bills itself as “the world’s largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and…
This Is the Sort of Thing That Will Make Heidi Heitkamp’s Tax Vote Hurt
Senator Heidi Heitkamp is still trying to defend her vote against tax reform by claiming it doesn’t help middle class Americans. The problem is, even as she’s making those claims, this is the reality many North Dakotans are finding in their paychecks: First paycheck with my new tax rate…+ $89 every two weeks. I promise…
Podcast: That Blue Alert Thing, Legislative Candidate Kristin Roers, and Senator John Hoeven
Is the Government going to shut down tonight? “I hope not,” Senator John Hoeven told me on today’s radio show. He made a really good point about the Democratic filibuster of legislation to keep the government running. What, exactly, is in the bill that they don’t like? Are they really willing to shut down the…