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Plain Talk: Rauschenberger resignation, special session, and why North Dakota's coal industry bought a Tesla

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North Dakota's coal industry is promoting electric cars.

The Lignite Energy Council bought a Tesla , emblazoned it with pro-coal messaging, and has been driving it around. It's an image so incongruous to some that The Washington Post recently featured the marketing effort in a national news article written by reporter Will Englund.

Jason Bohrer , president of the LEC, joined this episode of Plain Talk with co-host Chad Oban to discuss why he feels it's important for the debate over coal and energy not to be seen through the lenses of partisan politics or the culture war.

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Also discussed is the just-completed special session as well as the resignation of Tax Commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger as his struggles with sobriety continue.

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Rob Port, founder of SayAnythingBlog.com, is a Forum Communications commentator. Reach him on Twitter at @robport or via email at rport@forumcomm.com .

Opinion by Rob Port
Rob Port is a news reporter, columnist, and podcast host for the Forum News Service. He has an extensive background in investigations and public records. He has covered political events in North Dakota and the upper Midwest for two decades. Reach him at rport@forumcomm.com. Click here to subscribe to his Plain Talk podcast.
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