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MATTERS AT HAND: Appointments show off governor’s political brain PressPass

MATTERS AT HAND: Appointments show off governor’s political brain Gov. Jack Dalrymple has proven his agility with appointments once again. There was much speculation about Dalrymple’s choice to succeed himself. In the end, he tapped the one person who’d said he wanted the governor’s job, Drew Wrigley. He’ll have to wait out Dalrymple’s term, of course. With the appointment, the governor deftly removed a potential opponent.

By Mike Jacobs , June 23, 2012

Matters at Hand: North Dakota should find away to honor the Sioux PressPass

Matters at Hand: North Dakota should find away to honor the Sioux Last week North Dakotans accepted the inevitable and voted to retire UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname and logo. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune rather condescendingly congratulated voters on their wisdom. Well! Thanks for that.

By Mike Jacobs , June 17, 2012

MATTERS AT HAND: Skyline says a lot about a town PressPass

MATTERS AT HAND: Skyline says a lot about a town My interest in skylines goes way back. We followed a strict assignment of seating at mealtimes at home on the farm. When my next oldest brother left home, I was promoted to his seat on the opposite side of the table. It faced the window, and I could seek the skyline of Stanley, N.D., my hometown.

By Mike Jacobs , June 02, 2012

MATTERS AT HAND: Laws of politics work in U.S. Senate campaign PressPass

MATTERS AT HAND: Laws of politics work in U.S. Senate campaign Politics in North Dakota operate according to a few immutable laws. These are unwritten, of course, but they can be seen in political campaigns, behavior in office and election abstracts. There are only a few of them, hardly a handful in fact. In this campaign, each of the candidates for the U.S. Senate has broken some of the laws, and this contributes to the close contest that was highlighted in a Forum Company poll printed last week.

By Mike Jacobs , May 19, 2012

MATTERS AT HAND: Insult the state, but not the Capitol building PressPass

MATTERS AT HAND: Insult the state, but not the Capitol building North Dakota has absorbed a couple of insults in the past couple of weeks, one of them trivial and one of them hurtful. The suggestion that North Dakota is “the worst place on earth” (made in a movie called “The Five-Year Engagement”) is easy to shrug off. Probably nobody who lives here thinks it, and if anybody did, they could go somewhere else and find out that it’s not true. The suggestion that North Dakota’s Capitol building is architecturally lacking: Well, that one stings a bit.

By Mike Jacobs , April 28, 2012

MATTERS AT HAND: Oil, higher ed could mix well PressPass

MATTERS AT HAND: Oil, higher ed could mix well It seems pretty clear that the issues of the decade in North Dakota are oil and higher education. What’s not so clear is whether these can be linked to the benefit of the state’s economy. That’s the trick that Texas pulled off when it became suddenly wealthy. The Texas university system is among America’s best. That state’s broad emphasis on culture and the arts is impressive, too. Such an opportunity has opened for North Dakota, which will soon be second only to Texas in oil production among the states — and from a much smaller area and many fewer wells.

By Mike Jacobs , March 24, 2012

MATTERS AT HAND: N.D. Democrats look back as 2012 campaign begins PressPass

MATTERS AT HAND: N.D. Democrats look back as 2012 campaign begins It’s hard to be a pessimist in springtime. North Dakota Democrats pretty much proved that over the weekend. Their state convention in Grand Forks was full of brave talk. In fact, Democrats did well, finding credible, qualified candidates for every available statewide office.

By Mike Jacobs , March 17, 2012

MATTERS AT HAND: Grand Forks and Herald bask as Marilyn goes viral

MATTERS AT HAND: Grand Forks and Herald bask as Marilyn goes viral Life is full of surprises, so they say, and that’s surely true of the news business. A great big surprise landed at the Herald last week. Her name is Marilyn Hagerty. Well, not Marilyn herself. We know Marilyn pretty well. She’s been a regular at the Herald for more than 50 years.

By Mike Jacobs , March 10, 2012

MATTERS AT HAND: N.D. presents government activism with a twist PressPass

MATTERS AT HAND: N.D. presents government activism with a twist Lately, North Dakotans have been getting more attention than we’re used to. Extremely well-timed presidential preference caucuses brought three Republican presidential candidates. Mitt Romney was in Fargo on Thursday; earlier Rick Santorum and Ron Paul visited the state.

By Mike Jacobs , March 03, 2012

MATTERS AT HAND: Higher ed critics use nickname for wider point PressPass

MATTERS AT HAND: Higher ed critics use nickname for wider point After decades of disagreement about UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname and logo, we suddenly have the most significant constitutional confrontation of recent North Dakota history. At first blush, the logo seems an unlikely instrument for an attack on higher education, but that is what it has become.

By Mike Jacobs , February 25, 2012

MATTERS AT HAND: A glance through the donut hole shows economic clouds PressPass

MATTERS AT HAND: A glance through the donut hole shows economic clouds My mother was kind of a World Bank of truisms. Whenever one of us needed a lesson, she’d dig into her account and come up with the right adage to treat our troubles.

By Mike Jacobs , February 18, 2012

MATTERS AT HAND: Region’s great challenge? Living with water PressPass

MATTERS AT HAND: Region’s great challenge? Living with water Today’s Herald contains the first installment of another important Forum Communications Co. project. It’s called “Living with Water.

By Mike Jacobs , January 28, 2012

MATTERS AT HAND: Surprise, but no mystery, in Cramer primary move PressPass

MATTERS AT HAND: Surprise, but no mystery, in Cramer primary move Republican Kevin Cramer’s decision to skip the state party convention in order to run in the primary election is a surprise. But it’s no mystery. The move greatly increases Cramer’s chances of winning, and so it makes political sense.

By Mike Jacobs , January 21, 2012

MATTERS AT HAND: Medora reflects the conundrum of state’s rapid growth PressPass

MATTERS AT HAND: Medora reflects the conundrum of state’s rapid growth I like Medora. Time passes more slowly in Medora than it does in other parts of North Dakota, where time passes more slowly than it does in the rest of the country. The pace is picking up.

By Mike Jacobs , January 14, 2012

MATTERS AT HAND: Surprise! A new enterprise beckons PressPass

MATTERS AT HAND: Surprise! A new enterprise beckons Pretty much, my friends have been stupefied by the news that I’ve stepped away from the editor’s job at the Herald.

By Mike Jacobs , January 07, 2012

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