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Oct 23, 2020

Former North Dakota Governor Ed Schafer does not support Measure 2. He does not believe the Legislature should get a chance to overturn a ballot-box vote to enact a constitutional amendment.

Measure 2 would amend the state constitution to make it so that constitutional measures approved at the ballot box would also...


Oct 20, 2020

"Trump has brought the rural voice back into play," Shelley Lenz told me on this episode of Plain Talk.

Lenz is the Democratic-NPL candidate for governor, challenging Republican incumbent Doug Burgum, and while she clearly doesn't like Trump overall, she is critical of her own party for not paying enough attention to...


Oct 19, 2020

Is it even worth debating a mask mandate anymore? Rob and Jay discuss.


Oct 13, 2020

This episode of Plain Talk was intended to be a conversation with both of North Dakota's candidates for Superintendent.

Sadly, the incumbent, Kirsten Baesler, opted not to participate, claiming she didn't have enough time to make it work, though she did offer me a one-on-one interview later in the week.

Go figure.

The...


Oct 5, 2020

Rob and Jay talk about President Trump and the coronavirus, masking, and Measure 1 and 2 on the November ballot.