Port: A bill drafting error, made during the end-of-session rush, could call lawmakers back to Bismarck
MINOT — I've been going on and on - ad nauseum, some of you readers tell me - about how...
Port: North Dakota has banned gender-care for children, but the debate should continue
MINOT, N.D. — One of the most contentious issues before the just-completed legislative session in Bismarck was a ban on...
Port: For North Dakota’s budget, the pandemic has never really ended
MINOT, N.D. — At the national level, the Biden administration, in conjunction with Congress, is in the process of winding...
Port: Nearly 15% of North Dakota’s House was absent for the last vote of the session
MINOT, N.D. — Over the weekend, North Dakota's lawmakers finished what has been a grueling legislative session. Officially they ended...
Port: The lawyers are going to make a mint off these culture war bills
MINOT, N.D. — If I were asked to pick a single word that might describe this legislative session, I would...
Port: These legislative bullies should spare us the whining about vetoes
MINOT, N.D. — This Legislature in Bismarck has spent much of its session bullying librarians, teachers, trans kids, gay kids,...
Port: Some interest is polling a ballot measure to bring jungle primaries to North Dakota
MINOT, N.D. — Someone is running polling in North Dakota asking voters how they might feel about a ballot measure...
Plain Talk: ‘I’m not interested in a feud with the attorney general’
MINOT, N.D. — A debate over a bill to implement what supporters call "presumptive minimum" sentences for certain crimes like...
Port: This ‘conservative’ Legislature is on pace for a whopping 25% increase in spending
MINOT, N.D. — "We're facing a hell of a crisis if we're not careful," a state lawmaker texted me late...
Port: As this ignominious legislative session nears an end, the NDGOP charts a course for more of the same
MINOT, N.D. — I began the first draft of this column by arguing that this Legislature, currently in the closing...
