Port: It seems personal connections matter a lot when it comes to judicial appointments in North Dakota
MINOT, N.D. — Recently, we saw headlines about Judge Douglas Bahr getting appointed by Gov. Doug Burgum to finish the...
Port: Burgum called for pension reform, now one of his former staffers is calling for a bailout instead
MINOT, N.D. — Sen. Sean Cleary, a Republican from Bismarck, is a former staffer for Governor Gov. Burgum. Last year,...
Plain Talk: Can this Republican majority in the U.S. House govern?
MINOT, N.D. — The Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives is an exceeding slim majority. All the more...
Port: There’s good populism, and there’s bad populism, and it’s important for us to know the difference
MINOT, N.D. — It probably doesn't surprise those who read my work consistently to learn that I am not a...
Port: Stiffer punishments could be coming for those guilty of petition fraud in North Dakota
MINOT, N.D. — An ultimately successful constitutional amendment implementing term limits took a rocky path through North Dakota's ballot measure...
Plain Talk: Sports betting, school administration bloat, and a conflict of interest
MINOT, N.D. — Should sports betting be legal in North Dakota? Should a lawmaker who works for a company that...
Port: I’m worried that some left-wing enemies of income tax cuts are innumerate
MINOT, N.D. — One of the challenges in politics, when evaluating many of the arguments made, is discerning whether those...
A big picture look at North Dakota winter fishing
Guest post from North Dakota Game & Fish outreach biologist Doug Lier. When the first storm iced some parts of...
Port: What is America a beacon of now?
MINOT, N.D. — Maybe it's because I'm a child of the Ronald Reagan years, and he talked about this concept...
Port: Bill seeks to stick a needle in the balloon of North Dakota school administration
MINOT, N.D. — Here's a remarkable statistic touted by a group of lawmakers who are looking to take on administrative...
