Mike Jacobs

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Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: North Dakota needs to invest its money
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Grand Forks feels different as another flood approaches
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Smaller-city syndrome reappears in 2009 flood
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Let's all get comfortable with the Red River here
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Nickname dispute enters a new phase
Read the article: Matters at hand: N.D. must figure out how to live with its rivers
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Solving a legislative mystery
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: N.D. Legislature catches up, but not enough
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Await end of the world at GF weather service
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Stability makes dull politics, but that may change
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Let's consider John Hoeven for president
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Giants of journalism passed on last week
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Peterson comments show growing shrillness of public discussion
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Political changes may tempt Hoeven to run
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Nobody likes taxes -- but they buy civilization
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: What America needs is a sense of confidence
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: N.D. political paradox may drive interest in local issues
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Loss for NDSU creates an opportunity for North Dakota
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Reconsidering an editorial on hockey mania
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Did Earl Pomeroy win in health care bill debate?
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: 'Wild Bill' Langer's ambiguous legacy
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Two things to avoid in local controversies
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: November marks the real beginning of the year
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Obama figures into North Dakota political calculations
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Publisher’s name doesn’t belong on the front page
Read the article: Good news in Grand Forks’ monthly sales tax numbers
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Still no predicting if UND nickname will survive
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Politics remain murky as election year dawns
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Byron Dorgan's departure creates political opportunity
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Both parties could squander their opportunities in 2010
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: The Red River Basin needs permanent flood protection
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Remember the salt when reading election polls
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Let's face the truth about flood control
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Hockey rivalry joins, divides U.S., Canada
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Has suspense gone out of N.D. politics?
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Let the political handicapping begin
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Let the political handicapping begin
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: UND nickname dispute exposes racial attitudes
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Boom brings N.D. a historic opportunity
Read the article: COLUMNIST MIKE JACOBS: Art Link reached mythic status in N.D.
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Thomas Jefferson's place in N.D. history
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Dorgan quip shows relationship between press and politics
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: North Dakota campaign seems strange and fascinating all at once
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Campaign begins to define GOP candidate Rick Berg
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: What will turn voters in election for N.D. Congress?
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: A battle of numbers in U.S. House race
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Tea party becomes history’s great political role reversal
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Two campaigns on the most basic issue of all
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Dorgan's not running imperils all Democrats
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: As election nears, politics continues to fascinate
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Applying the rules of power in N.D. politics
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: GOP has entrenched advantage in N.D.
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Wilderness dreams live in western N.D.
Read the article: Election leaves us some bones to pick
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: North Dakota outgrows the NPL
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: The Christmas rush is not like other seasons
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: A great year gives way to a challenge
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: New year brings changes to North Dakota politics
Read the article: A short list of wishes for the New Year
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Berg might look east for a mentor
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Constituent service is lifeline to politicians
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: A whirlwind week for politics in North Dakota
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Summit story shows weaknesses of news business
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: A new library would help complete flood recovery
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: N.D. higher ed makes us all free
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Higher ed runs into rules of Legislature
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Higher education runs into rules of N.D. Legislature
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: N.D. has produced some prominent political families
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Herald finds blizzard names in myths, sports, families
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Would Guy have won 1974 N.D. Senate race?
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Berg makes big start in new Congress role
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: N.D. state law demands reason to close meeting
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: A grab for power lies behind North Dakota legislature’s actions
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Sanctions will affect UND athletic teams
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: NCAA sanctions will affect UND athlectic teams
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Democrats find some reasons to smile again
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Let’s reframe the debate about UND’s nickname
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Let's play turnabout with Al Carlson
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Money cranks return to American politics
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Let’s hope debt deadline really does clear the mind
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Nowadays, confrontation has become a political tool
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: New book adds substance to Teddy Roosevelt legend
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Crystal’s strategy means danger for sugar program
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Autumn brings good works and some hard questions
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: N.D. Democrats ready for the worm to turn
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: A good year at the Herald; another good year coming
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: In North Dakota, it’s always other guy who's spoiling for fight
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Two issues dominate area’s local news
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: N.D. Senate race on national marquee
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Some clarity - or not - in North Dakota politics
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: 2012's big unknown is role of N.D. newcomers
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Herald will end use of Fighting Sioux nickname and logo
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: What's in a name? A state's identity
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Not all Red River Valley Christmases are white
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Oil impacts likely focus of 2012 N.D. campaigns
Read the article: Herald publisher Jacobs leaving longtime role as editor to lead Forum Communications news service
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Surprise! A new enterprise beckons
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Medora reflects the conundrum of state’s rapid growth
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Surprise, but no mystery, in Cramer primary move
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Region’s great challenge? Living with water
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: A glance through the donut hole shows economic clouds
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Higher ed critics use nickname for wider point
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: N.D. presents government activism with a twist
Read the article: A handful headed Herald
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Grand Forks and Herald bask as Marilyn goes viral
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: N.D. Democrats look back as 2012 campaign begins
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Oil, higher ed could mix well
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Herald misses coverage of own journalism event
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: We got by with a lot of help from our friends
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Insult the state, but not the Capitol building
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Laws of politics work in U.S. Senate campaign
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Skyline says a lot about a town
Read the article: Matters at Hand: North Dakota should find away to honor the Sioux
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Appointments show off governor’s political brain
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Hoeven for veep? Here's why
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Back to the basic issue in U.S. Senate race
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Montana, North Dakota share lively election cycle
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Expect more polls in U.S. Senate race
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: New chancellor scores with plan for N.D. colleges
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Western N.D. may be catching up with oil boom
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Political discourse disappears in America
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Politics ramp up as autumn advances
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: A careful trap catches a candidate by the tail
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Internet offers a tool to imagine the future
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: The boogiemen compete in North Dakota Senate race
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Herald reacts to the planned, the prepared for and the unexpected
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Somebody’s betting on a recount in U.S. Senate race
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: A remarkable couple, the Franks left a big legacy in Grand Forks
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: A bad week for Heitkamp, but still plenty of unknowns in U.S. Senate race
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: One scenario left would elect Heitkamp
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Heitkamp defies the odds to win a Senate seat
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: New Vision project draws ideas, creates anticipation
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: No cliffs in state legislatures, but plenty of issues
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: The economic implications of admission standards
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Grand Forks farewell highlights Conrad’s personal attributes
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: An elephant shows up in North Dakota’s press room
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Optimism in short supply this New Year
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Young Johan visits the Legislature
Read the article: MATTER AT HAND: For Heitkamp, is it a two-step or a ballet?
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Overreaching by chancellor sends North Dakota higher ed reeling again
Read the article: News analysis: The issues, interests behind the high ed crisis
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Media had role in ‘kerfuffle’ about higher ed
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: The presidents in N.D. history: A Top 10 list
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: The higher ed debate we should be having
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Reconsidering presidential impact on N.D.
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Modest proposals for a stronger North Dakota higher ed board
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Lack of legislative harness gives zealots free rein
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Let’s review the new cast in N.D. politics
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: N.D. university system needs rigor
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: How the N.D. legislature is like a snake in the grass
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Bill Guy stands out among N.D. political figures
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND:: An ugly session in N.D., but we’re grateful
Read the article: MATTERS AT HAND: Duty calls every American on Memorial Day