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Mar 30, 2022

"There are some problems within the Democratic party in North Dakota that we need to fix."

That's according to Trygve Hammer, a Marine veteran from Velva who just accepted the Democratic-NPL's endorsement to campaign for a seat on the Public Service Commission. He spoke about his candidacy on this episode of Plain Talk...


Mar 28, 2022

The Sierra Club in other states, such as Iowa, is opposed to the Carbon Express pipeline, but not in North Dakota.

They're not against it.

They're also not for it.

"If we voted, we would probably vote to oppose it," Dr. Dexter Perkins, a member of the North Dakota chapter of the high-profile environmental activist...


Mar 26, 2022

It's over folks.

The North Dakota Democrats have selected candidates for two Public Service Commission seats, Attorney General, U.S. House and U.S. Senate.

They left campaigns for Tax Commissioner and Secretary of State unfilled.

On this episode of Plain Talk, I talk with my regular co-host Chad Oban, a former executive...


Mar 25, 2022

Minot, N.D. — It was a busy episode of Plain Talk today.

Sen. Kevin Cramer joined to discuss everything from the reason why he endorsed incumbent Sen. John Hoeven over challenger Rick Becker (he said Hoeven was not only his colleague but also his "mentor), the war in Ukraine (he says Biden is doing many of the right...


Mar 23, 2022

A ballot measure aimed at implementing term limits in North Dakota for the governor and members of the legislature hit the skids when the Secretary of State's office disqualified tens of thousands of signatures.

How did a political campaign screw up an issue that, all else aside, is almost certainly popular with most...