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Rob Port

Columnist

Rob Port was a pioneer in political blogging in North Dakota, founding SayAnythingBlog.com in 2003. Before beginning his writing career, he spent 10 years working as a private investigator specializing in insurance fraud, accessing public records, and criminal defense.

He publishes digital and print columns covering North Dakota government and politics, and also hosts the Plain Talk podcast.

🔊 Rep. Julie Fedorchak takes questions on town halls, our relations with Canada, DOGE cuts and more. Also, a discussion of the latest revelations about former Sen. Ray Holmberg.
Public disdain for a ruling in a North Dakota DUI case is an echo of the assault on the judicial branch taking place at the national level.
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I hope that deep-pocketed activist groups inclined to use violent protesters as cannon fodder to achieve their political goals feel a chill down their spine.
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Attorney General Drew Wrigley wants to address crime with tougher penalties. It's a simplistic answer to a complex problem, and it doesn't work as well as you'd think.
On this Plain Talk, Sen. Scott Meyer and Andy Askew from Essentia Health talk about legislation to simplify the prior authorization process.
Supporters of a book ban bill, which is edging closer to approval in the Legislature, claim that it's not an attack on North Dakota's teachers and librarians. What else could it possibly be?
These are extraordinary times. Our congressional delegation owes us extraordinary explanations.
Those claiming such are basing their argument on constitutional language born of anti-Catholic bigotry.
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The report includes information about criminal accusations from Idaho and Montana, as well as evidence of accessing adult websites from a work computer and an inappropriate workplace relationship.
Had legislation supported by Minot officials passed, access to records pertaining to an ongoing investigation of Mayor Tom Ross would have been restricted.