Port: This elected official is paid to be a legislator and paid to represent the gambling industry too
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
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
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
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
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’
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
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
MINOT, N.D. — In October of 2021, state Rep. Jeff Hoverson, a Republican from Minot, was barred from boarding a...
Port: Many Republicans have stopped paying even lip service to the concept of individual liberty
MINOT, N.D. — I came to believe in conservatism because of its emphasis on individualism. I am in love with...
Port: Republicans would like you to believe they care about the national debt again
MINOT, N.D. — Back in 2011, when a Republican-controlled House refused to raise the debt ceiling to force significant spending concessions from...
