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    April 24, 2019
    Fargo firefighters responding to a fire at Dunbar Hall, the outdated chemistry building at North Dakota State University that does not meet current fire and safety codes. Legislators are backing a $51.2 million replacement, but the proposal still needs final approval. Forum file photo
    Port: The fight over NDSU’s Dunbar Hall reveals an ugly truth about our priorities in higher education
    Dunbar Hall is a chemistry lab building on the North Dakota State University campus. It’s also in embarrassingly bad condition, and has been...
    opinion/columns21 hours 54 min ago
    Plain Talk Podcast: State auditor pushes back against NDSCS President’s suggestion of lying
    "To us it's very clear."That's what state Auditor Josh Gallion said on this episode of Plain Talk when asked about the insinuation, made by...
    entertainment/podcasts23 hours 47 min ago
    Rob Port
    Port: Subjecting Mark Kennedy to an ideological litmus test is unfair
    MINOT, N.D. — Once upon a time I thought Mark Kennedy was going to be a good leader for the University of North Dakota. I cheered when he made...
    opinion/columnsApril 24, 2019 - 7:30am
    April 23, 2019
    A plaque dedicating the parking meter to Howard Henry that was donated from the city of Minot. The parking meter represents Henry's fight to get the meters banned from North Dakota. (Jesse Trelstad/Grand Forks Herald)
    Port: With the courts making parking enforcement more complicated North Dakota needs to legalize meters
    A Michigan woman by the name of Alison Taylor, fed up with getting parking tickets, decided to make a federal case out of it. Literally.
    opinion/columnsApril 23, 2019 - 10:21am
    Plain Talk Podcast: Students going to class in a closet?
    Williston Herald editor Jamie Kelly said he didn't believe the stories about students in his local school district attending class in what were...
    entertainment/podcastsApril 23, 2019 - 8:32am
    April 22, 2019
    File photo of Heidi Heitkamp answering a question posed by the Grand Forks Herald editorial board on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018. Nick Nelson / Forum News Service
    Port: UND should absolutely consider Heidi Heitkamp for president
    One way or another, UND President Mark Kennedy is gone. “You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here,” is a phrase I’m sure...
    opinion/columnsApril 22, 2019 - 9:55am
    April 21, 2019
    Port: Congressional hearing on voter ID was a shame and a sham
    MINOT, N.D. -- You probably read some headlines this week about a congressional hearing, hosted on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, at which...
    opinion/columnsApril 21, 2019 - 6:30am
    April 19, 2019
    Plain Talk Podcast: Reviewing the Mueller Report, Rep. Armstrong praises Trump for 'unprecedented transparency'
    "Every one of them is already public knowledge."That's what Congressman Kelly Armstrong said on this episode of Plain Talk.
    entertainment/podcastsApril 19, 2019 - 9:59am
    April 18, 2019
    Theodore Roosevelt campaigning in Yonkers, N.Y., Oct 17, 1912. Library of Congress
    Port: Bill funding Roosevelt Presidential Library sure seems like it’s unconstitutional
    I support the Legislature funding the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora. It’s been much derided by some who make fiscally conservative...
    opinion/columnsApril 18, 2019 - 9:33am
    Plain Talk Podcast: Republican Senator says Democrat complaints about ethics legislation are 'posturing'
    On this episode of Plain Talk, Republican state Senator David Hogue describes the tricky process of implementing with statute the constitutional...
    entertainment/podcastsApril 18, 2019 - 7:40am
    April 17, 2019
    Port: What is the point of the State Board of Higher Education?
    There are two very ugly, very tumultuous situations in North Dakota’s university system right now. Situations in need of accountability. Transparency....
    opinion/columnsApril 17, 2019 - 11:48am
    Plain Talk Podcast: Drew Wrigley says he's not ready to talk about lengthy U.S. attorney confirmation process
    It took 18 months for incoming U.S. Attorney Drew Wrigley to be confirmed, and while many in the state attribute delays to behind-the-scenes...
    entertainment/podcastsApril 17, 2019 - 9:12am
    Port: Don’t let politicians deflect criticism by playing victim
    MINOT, N.D. -- The idea that President Donald Trump put Rep. Ilhan Omar in danger because he tweeted criticism of her is absurd. And yet, it’s...
    opinion/columnsApril 17, 2019 - 7:30am
    April 16, 2019
    UND President Mark Kennedy in his Twamley Hall office. File photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
    Port: Kennedy denying that he resigned is all about money
    Late last week North Dakota University System Chancellor Mark Hagerott sent a letter to embattled UND President Mark Kennedy accepting his...
    opinion/columnsApril 16, 2019 - 11:13am
    Plain Talk Podcast: Burgum vows veto fight with Legislature isn't over, University Of Colorado student says Kennedy will face protests on visit
    On this episode of Plain Talk, Governor Doug Burgum says a separation of powers fight with the Legislature isn't over after lawmakers
    entertainment/podcastsApril 16, 2019 - 8:18am
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