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"Profit continues to trump the environment," columnist Tony Bender writes.

William O. Scouton passed away on July 21, 2022, after a long battle with dementia.

4/23/2013: North Dakota was poised to play a game of chance and change on this date in 1977. “Bingo – It’s legal in North Dakota” read the lead sentence of The Forum in Fargo. As Saturday began at the stroke of 12 AM, legal charity gambling began for the first time in North Dakota’s history.

There are five states that do not have lieutenant governors – Arizona, Maine, New Hampshire, Oregon and Wyoming. North Dakota has one, but that will probably be abolished when the oil money runs out. After all, it’s only an appendix, or a tonsil.

Omdahl writes, "There are five states that do not have lieutenant governors – Arizona, Maine, New Hampshire, Oregon and Wyoming. North Dakota has one but that will probably be abolished when the oil money runs out. After all, it’s only an appendix or a tonsil."

So in 2022 the Dem-NPL is now groping for candidates in the face of a dominant Republican Party that passes voting laws that will shrink the Dem-NPL even more.

Omdahl writes, "It is time for the Dem-NPL to look at the limited options. The only one that makes sense is use of the citizens’ right to initiate and refer laws. Lacking in cognitive flexibility, the organization hasn’t been able to get out of the conventional rut."

By Katie O'Keeffe

From his favorite governor to his proudest accomplishments to what lays ahead for his beloved state, Sen. Ray Holmberg, a constant in North Dakota politics for almost five decades, speaks out on this episode of Plain Talk.

From his favorite governor to his proudest accomplishments to what lays ahead for his beloved state, Sen. Ray Holmberg, a constant in North Dakota politics for almost five decades, speaks out on this episode of Plain Talk.