shannon roers jones

December 10, 2019 Rob Port

North Dakota Treasurer Kelly Schmidt, a Republican, has announced she won't seek a fifth four-year term in office during the...

April 25, 2019 Rob Port

State Rep. Shannon Roers Jones (R-Fargo) has spent a lot of time this legislative session pushing to decriminalize possession of...

April 10, 2019 Rob Port

State Senator Kristin Roers (R-Fargo) is a cousin to state Rep. Shannon Roers Jones (R-Fargo). The latter Roers introduced legislation...

April 9, 2019 Rob Port

Kudos to state Senator Kristin Roers for bringing back legislation to decriminalize marijuana by way of a floor amendment this...

February 26, 2019 Rob Port

The North Dakota Legislature has a tradition of giving every bill introduced, at the very least, a committee hearing and...

February 25, 2019 Rob Port

On this episode of Plain Talk, marijuana activist David Owen says the Legislature killing a decriminalization bill was "shameful" because...

January 17, 2019 Rob Port

The debate was long winded, but ultimately the vote wasn't close. The Sunday opening or "blue laws" bill, HB1097 introduced...

January 14, 2019 Rob Port

Are initiated measures a good way to make public policy? I don't think so, and I talk about it in...

January 11, 2019 Rob Port

Earlier this week I wrote about legislation introduced by Rep. Shannon Roers Jones (R-Fargo) which would allow criminals (except those...

January 9, 2019 Rob Port

On the ballot last year a measure which would have legalized medical marijuana, and expunged the records of those convicted...