Plain Talk: Sen. Cramer talks debt ceiling, carbon capture, and Bugrum for president
MINOT, N.D. — "I just think it's cool," Sen. Kevin Cramer said on this episode of Plain Talk when asked...
Port: Former Gov. Ed Schafer couldn’t get elected to a precinct committee
MINOT, N.D. — "They don't want us anymore," former Gov. Ed Schafer told me. Schafer, whose hugely successful tenure as...
Port: Doug Burgum is really going to do it
MINOT, N.D. — Is Gov. Doug Burgum actually running for president? It's a question that's been buzzing in North Dakota's...
Plain Talk: Port: Legislative leader says Fargo’s stand against pronouns and bathrooms bill is “arrogance”
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Port: We can measure where the stupidity started
MINOT, N.D. — The anti-vaccine movement didn't begin when our nation was convulsed by the COVID-19 pandemic, but those fraught...
Port: Here’s a scary and deeply unsatisfying column about North Dakota’s growing crime problem
MINOT, N.D. — In the wee hours of Feb. 3, 2023, law enforcement officers in my community responded to a...
Port: The worst thing Biden could do to Republicans is give them precisely what they want
MINOT, N.D. — With North Dakota's discreditable legislative session having wheezed and gasped itself to a close, with Gov. Doug...
Port: Don’t be fooled by anti-carbon pipeline hype
MINOT, N.D. — The Midwest Express carbon pipeline has made a lot of headlines recently thanks to an organized political campaign...
Port: Far-right activists continue their take over local NDGOP leadership positions across the state
MINOT, N.D. — If you didn't like how this just-completed legislative session went in Bismarck, what with the intense focus...
Port: Lawmaker suggests cutting of funds for Fargo School District after trans bill pushback
MINOT, N.D. — Yesterday we got news that Rupak Gandhi, the superintendent of Fargo Public Schools, was planning, with the apparent backing...
