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Oct 31, 2022

A national anti-marijuana group that is organizing the opposition to Measure 2, which, if passed by North Dakota voters, would legalize recreational marijuana, has been touting support from several law enforcement groups.

These organizations say legalizing marijuana will hurt public safety. There will be more crime....


Oct 26, 2022

North Dakota has three candidates running for the United States Senate.

Incumbent Senator John Hoeven, who was first elected to that office in 2010, is facing a challenge from Democratic-NPL candidate Katrina Christiansen and independent candidate Rick Becker.

On this episode of Plain Talk, all three candidates met for...


Oct 19, 2022

Minot, N.D. — Members of North Dakota's Public Service Commission serve staggered six-year terms, meaning that one of the three members of the commission is on the ballot every two years.

This year, however, there are two PSC seats up for grabs. Commissioner Julie Fedorchak is running for re-election at the end of her...


Oct 12, 2022

An opposition group has formed with the mission to defeat a ballot measure on North Dakota's ballot which would legalize recreational marijuana.

This group is making a number of claims about the ill that would befall our state if legal pot is the law of the land. They're talking about increased crime. Increased...


Oct 10, 2022

Last week North Dakota's two largest agriculture groups, the North Dakota Farm Bureau and the North Dakota Farmer's Union, came out against a term limits proposal that's on the statewide ballot.

On this episode of Plain Talk the president of one of those groups, Mark Watne from the North Dakota Farm Bureau, joined...