inforum1dOpinion
Port: Indigent defense in North Dakota 'perilously close to a constitutional failure'
North Dakota lawmakers have underfunded our state's public defenders to the point where the taxpayers are dangerously close ...
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inforum7hOpinion
Port: Many of North Dakota's charitable gaming organizations don't seem that charitable
Is skydiving a charitable purpose? How about fireworks or a ski resort? North Dakota's definition of a "public-spirited" charity is so broad that just about any organization complies.
Grand Forks Herald1dOpinion
Port: Sorry, Gov. Armstrong, but we need to talk about shutting down some of North Dakota's colleges
The North Dakota University System is comprised of 11 campuses, eight of which are mandated by the state Constitution. Our ...
Jamestown Sun6dOpinion
Port: Do you have rights if you can be punished for exercising them?
North Dakota has become a hotbed for jurisprudence at the intersection of police searches and the Fourth Amendment in DUI ...
Jamestown Sun6dOpinion
Port: Why should elected officials care about ethics when the voters seemingly don't?
Are the voters not paying attention? Or are the clannish politics of party loyalty leading them to tolerate things from ...
Grand Forks Herald7d
Port: Former Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford expected to be appointed as interim Bismarck State College president
MINOT — When the North Dakota University System announced on Jan. 2 that Dr. Dan Leingang, Bismarck State College's vice president for academic affairs, would be serving as that institution's ...
Vote Now for the Detroit Free Press Boys Prep Athlete of the Week for Jan. 5-11
It's time to vote for the Detroit Free Press Boys Prep Athlete of the Week for Jan. 5-11. This week's poll features four ...
Dickinson Press7d
Port: Gov. Kelly Armstrong puts North Dakota on path to eliminating property taxes for primary residences
MINOT — Now that voters have again rejected a ballot proposal to eliminate North Dakota's tax on property values, two things remain true. One is that there is still a hearty appetite for ...
Dickinson Press6d
Port: Do you have rights if you can be punished for exercising them?
Until the Birchfield v. North Dakota U.S. Supreme Court decision, that's precisely how things worked if you refused a blood test for alcohol content during a traffic stop. By declining the test ...
They Stole Yogi Berra’s World Series Rings. Then They Did Something Really Crazy.
O n a Wednesday morning in October 2014, in a garage in the woods of Pennsylvania, Tommy Trotta tried on some new jewelry: a ...
North Dakota’s new governor eyes ‘path to zero’ property tax on people’s homes. Can it be done?
North Dakota is in a unique position to use its oil wealth to eventually end property taxes on people's homes under a plan ...
WPBF6d
Charges dropped against Port St. Lucie police sergeant in ‘Operation Martingate’
According to a court filing Monday in the 19 th Judicial Circuit, the charges of perjury by false written declaration and third-degree grand theft against Robert A. Vega, a Port St. Lucie Police ...