Rob Port
Grand Forks Herald
North Dakota, United States
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Local officials say Auditor Josh Gallion is out to get them, but he says it isn't so
"We don’t play gotcha in the auditor’s office," Auditor Josh Gallion says, though multiple local officials, who say they were mistreated by Gallion's audits, disagree. → Read More
Port: Tension in the Legislature after lawmaker and Sanford Health employee is appointed to PERS Board
The appointment of Rep. Greg Stemen to the NDPERS board has at least one lawmaker's temper flaring. → Read More
Crime lab employee speaks against AG Wrigley's push to put cops in charge of crime lab scientists
Rob Port reports: North Dakota law requires that the state crime lab be separate from Bureau of Criminal Investigation. Attorney General Drew Wrigley wants to change that law, and put BCI in charge of the lab, but one lab employee is saying that would jeopardize the independence of the scientists who work there. → Read More
Man's sexual assault claim surfaces amid scrutiny of North Dakota lawmaker
When contacted by Forum News Service earlier this week, Sen. Ray Holmberg declined to comment and directed all inquiries to his new attorney, Mark Friese of the Vogel Law Firm in Fargo. → Read More
Port: Sen. Ray Holmberg resigns from powerful committee, hires criminal defense attorney
"Recent events and discussions have made it clear to me that the interim governing body of the legislature, Legislative Management, does not need to be any part of that discussion," Holmberg wrote in a released announcement. → Read More
Port: If North Dakota can't spend rental assistance money prudently, then we shouldn't spend it at all
We've been living with the COVID-19 pandemic, and the extraordinary government interventions it has provoked, for two years now. When should the river of deficit-exploding federal money, borrowed from our nation's creditors against the tax dollars our children will pay, dry up? → Read More
Plain Talk: Majority Leader Pollert reflects on career, Rep. Howe talks possible secretary of state campaign
Majority Leader Chet Pollert talks about his consequential career in the Legislature, including work as an influential appropriator and as a majority leader under whose leadership a lawmaker was expelled for the first time in history. Also, Rep. Michael Howe talks about a potential run for secretary of state. → Read More
Port: Is it illegal for Sen. John Hoeven to seek a third term?
Did everyone forget that North Dakota already has a term limits law on the books? → Read More
Port: There need to be resignations from the Biden administration over this
Before you left-of-center readers rush to defend the president, remember that Biden spent much of his campaign for the White House, and the bulk of his first year in office, talking about restoring the trust of the American people. I ask you, how does this restore trust? → Read More
Port: There need to be resignations from the Biden administration over this
Before you left-of-center readers rush to defend the president, remember that Biden spent much of his campaign for the White House, and the bulk of his first year in office, talking about restoring the trust of the American people. I ask you, how does this restore trust? → Read More
Port: There need to be resignations from the Biden administration over this
Before you left-of-center readers rush to defend the president, remember that Biden spent much of his campaign for the White House, and the bulk of his first year in office, talking about restoring the trust of the American people. I ask you, how does this restore trust? → Read More
Port: Sen. Cramer, you can't fight hypocrisy with hypocrisy
It is absolutely hypocritical that Democrats who revile the idea of requiring a state-issued ID to vote are enthusiastic about requiring a vaccine passport to eat a burger with a friend. Cramer is right to call that out. But he's wrong to try to fight that hypocrisy with more hypocrisy. → Read More
Port: Sen. Cramer, you can't fight hypocrisy with hypocrisy
It is absolutely hypocritical that Democrats who revile the idea of requiring a state-issued ID to vote are enthusiastic about requiring a vaccine passport to eat a burger with a friend. Cramer is right to call that out. But he's wrong to try to fight that hypocrisy with more hypocrisy. → Read More
Port: Sen. Cramer, you can't fight hypocrisy with hypocrisy
It is absolutely hypocritical that Democrats who revile the idea of requiring a state-issued ID to vote are enthusiastic about requiring a vaccine passport to eat a burger with a friend. Cramer is right to call that out. But he's wrong to try to fight that hypocrisy with more hypocrisy. → Read More
Port: Let's get the university presidents out of sports
The job duties of public university presidents should be focused exclusively on the reason why the public built and funded the universities in the first place, which is academic endeavors. Sports enterprises should be left to other leaders. → Read More
Plain Talk: An unsexy technology that could lead to some sexy outcomes for government
What is blockchain? North Dakota Chief Information Officer Shawn Riley knows. He's an advocate for it. He tried to explain it to this humble political wonk on this episode of Plain Talk, and what he said makes a lot of sense. → Read More
Port: Let's get the university presidents out of sports
The job duties of public university presidents should be focused exclusively on the reason why the public built and funded the universities in the first place, which is academic endeavors. Sports enterprises should be left to other leaders. → Read More
Port: Let's get the university presidents out of sports
The job duties of public university presidents should be focused exclusively on the reason why the public built and funded the universities in the first place, which is academic endeavors. Sports enterprises should be left to other leaders. → Read More
Plain Talk: An unsexy technology that could lead to some sexy outcomes for government
What is blockchain? North Dakota Chief Information Officer Shawn Riley knows. He's an advocate for it. He tried to explain it to this humble political wonk on this episode of Plain Talk, and what he said makes a lot of sense. → Read More
Plain Talk: An unsexy technology that could lead to some sexy outcomes for government
What is blockchain? North Dakota Chief Information Officer Shawn Riley knows. He's an advocate for it. He tried to explain it to this humble political wonk on this episode of Plain Talk, and what he said makes a lot of sense. → Read More