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    April 16, 2018
    Sen. Heidi Heitkamp is cheered on by delegates at her nomination for the Senate at the North Dakota Democratic convention. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
    Commentary: After attacking Cramer as 'scam artist,' turns out Sen. Heitkamp has also paid her family with campaign cash
    For months now North Dakota Democrats have been viciously attacking Congressman Kevin Cramer, challenger to incumbent Senate Democrat Heidi Heitkamp,...
    opinion/columnsApril 16, 2018 - 1:09pm
    April 13, 2018
    File photo of FBI Director Robert Mueller testifying before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, June 13, 2013. (Christopher Gregory/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)
    Commentary: Comey is the sideshow. Mueller is the main event.
    Former FBI director James Comey may have the most diverse group of critics of anyone caught up in the Russia investigations. Hillary Clinton's...
    opinion/columnsApril 13, 2018 - 11:04am
    April 12, 2018
    Mary Wakefield, who served in the Obama administration as acting deputy secretary of health and human Services, cheers on Sen. Heidi Heitkamp at Saturday's Democratic convention. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
    Commentary: Poll: Heitkamp approval has gone from 60% to 47% over last four quarters
    According to new polling released by Morning Consult, Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp has seen a significant drop in her approval numbers as...
    opinion/columnsApril 12, 2018 - 8:07am
    April 5, 2018
    A bucket of rocks
    sports/outdoorsApril 5, 2018 - 7:02am
    April 2, 2018
    President Donald Trump while delivering an address about tax reform in the Farm Bureau Building at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, Sept. 27, 2017. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times. Copyright New York Times.)
    Commentary: North Dakotans will see the largest average tax reduction in the nation from Trump cuts
    According to an analysis of the Trump tax cuts conducted by the Tax Policy Center – a group backed by the Urban Institute and the Brookings...
    opinion/columnsApril 2, 2018 - 1:30pm
    March 28, 2018
    Sen. Heidi Heitkamp is cheered on by delegates at her nomination for the Senate Saturday at the North Dakota Democratic convention. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
    Commentary: Would Senator Heitkamp support the use of secret lists to deny women abortions?
    It’s an election year, and Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp is facing re-election in an increasingly red state as one of the most endangered...
    opinion/columnsMarch 28, 2018 - 10:09am
    March 26, 2018
    A screenshot from an ad created by the Senate Majority PAC to bolster Senator Heidi Heitkamp's re-election campaign. The message, research, and B-Roll video for the ad were all provided by Senator Heitkamp's campaign despite federal laws prohibiting coordination between PAC's and campaigns. YouTube
    Commentary: Heidi Heitkamp’s campaign skirts election laws to coordinate with Schumer PAC despite previous advocacy against “dark money”
    Last year Senator Heidi Heitkamp announced that she would be joining with Montana Democrat Jon Tester in introducing legislation to “push back...
    opinion/columnsMarch 26, 2018 - 9:30am
    March 23, 2018
    Commentary: What if millennials get politically active?
    If gun control becomes the gateway issue that entices distrustful millennials into the voting booth, America is in for a makeover. Never before has this country produced a generation with political views and demographic traits so different from those of its elders. On nearly every...
    opinion/columnsMarch 23, 2018 - 12:08pm
    March 22, 2018
    President Donald Trump signs a sweeping tax bill in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, Dec. 22, 2017. Trump signed the bill on Friday that Republicans promise will benefit the middle class, despite warnings from Democrats that the new law could be harmful to the country. (Doug Mills/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)
    Commentary: North Dakotans could enjoy an additional $33.8 million in savings thanks to the Trump tax cuts
    I had to laugh a bit when I saw this headline over my colleague John Hageman’s piece about the impact of federal tax reform on state-level...
    opinion/columnsMarch 22, 2018 - 12:12pm
    March 21, 2018
    Commentary: No, billionaires won't save us - that's a myth that links Zuckerberg and Trump
    Column by Margaret Sullivan. Sullivan is The Washington Post’s media columnist. Previously, she was the New York Times public editor, and the chief editor of the Buffalo News, her hometown paper. Consider the plain gray T-shirt. Or the pious talk about connecting the world,...
    opinion/columnsMarch 21, 2018 - 4:31pm
    March 20, 2018
    Screenshot from a 2017 television ad for then-U.S. Senate candidate Tom Campbell. Campbell has since switched his candidacy to the U.S. House. via YouTube
    Commentary: Campbell campaign won’t say if they’re paying for delegates to attend state convention
    The NDGOP convention next month is a little more high stakes than usual thanks to a contested race for the House endorsement. There are five...
    opinion/columnsMarch 20, 2018 - 11:33am
    March 19, 2018
    Dina Butcher delivers a proposed ballot measure creating an ethics commission to Secretary of State Al Jaeger. Pictures center, in the back, is fellow measure organizer Ellen Chaffee.
    Commentary: Anti-corruption ballot measure activists, flush with out of state money, Looking to hire professional signature collectors
    A group of people in North Dakota calling themselves the North Dakotans for Public Integrity is really just a front group for a left wing group...
    opinion/columnsMarch 19, 2018 - 10:39am
    March 14, 2018
    A visual imagination of the proposed LAARC facility in Devils Lake Image via public presentation
    Commentary: When voters say 'no' public officials should listen
    One of the most aggravating tactics local officials use against taxpayers is putting controversial spending proposals on the ballot over and...
    opinion/columnsMarch 14, 2018 - 10:56am
    February 21, 2018
    File photo of a mother breast feeding her baby at Yummy Mummy, a boutique and gathering place for new moms, in New York, Sept. 27, 2012. (Julie Glassberg/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)
    Commentary: Why do we understand so little about breast-feeding?
    By now, you've likely heard that breast-feeding is good. Women hear the mantra "breast is best" practically from the moment they conceive - both...
    lifestyle/healthFebruary 21, 2018 - 1:38pm
    February 13, 2018
    Commentary: Emineth says Cramer is in Senate race as he withdraws his candidacy
    I haven’t heard any sort of an announcement that Congressman Kevin Cramer is, for certain, running for the U.S. Senate but fellow Republican...
    opinion/columnsFebruary 13, 2018 - 11:53am
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