The Minot Public Library is hosting a silent "read-in" protesting bills before the North Dakota Legislature representing broad restrictions on the books and art that can be displayed publicly.
"The legislation would mandate at least two women as chairs of House committees, but only if they support their party's political platform, including being pro-life, if that's a part of the platform."
"If we treat children like toddlers who must be protected from everything that might run contrary to what their parents have taught them, we aren't doing them any favors."
"I wasn't aware of that," House Majority Leader Mike Lefor, who is in charge of committee assignments, told me when I asked him about it. "I should have been."
Sen. David Hogue and Rep. Mike Lefor, the newly elected majority leaders of North Dakota's Senate and House chambers, respectively, joined this episode of Plain Talk to discuss the upcoming legislative session.
