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Minnesota

Klobuchar, Cramer to meet Ukrainian president amid escalating tensions with Russia

ST. PAUL — U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Kevin Cramer are in Ukraine this week to reaffirm U.S. commitment to protecting the country from Russian aggression.

Columns

Port: Republicans must stop being afraid of the truth

American Democracy isn't just about winning elections. It's about respecting the process even when it produces a result you don't like.

January 15, 2022 06:00 AM

North Dakota

North Dakota's congressional delegation opposes Democratic voting rights package

The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed the "Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act" on Thursday along party lines. Rep. Kelly Armstrong, R-N.D., and Rep. Michelle Fischbach, R-Minn., voted against the bill, which faces a much harder path in the gridlocked Senate.

January 13, 2022 06:40 PM

Columns

Port: Sen. Cramer, you can't fight hypocrisy with hypocrisy

It is absolutely hypocritical that Democrats who revile the idea of requiring a state-issued ID to vote are enthusiastic about requiring a vaccine passport to eat a burger with a friend. Cramer is right to call that out. But he's wrong to try to fight that hypocrisy with more hypocrisy.

January 11, 2022 10:30 AM

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News

Kevin Cramer, John Hoeven, Kelly Armstrong join push against federal vax mandate

A mandate would affect tens of millions of American workers.

January 07, 2022 11:00 AM

By Sam Easter

Columns

Shaw: Our democracy is under siege

Shaw writes, "Some recent votes in Congress remind us that democracy is very much under siege. Those votes dealt with voting rights and the alarming Jan. 6 attack."

December 25, 2021 10:00 AM

By Jim Shaw

Columns

Hennen: The Biden economy goes from bad to worse

Inflation in North Dakota is higher than the national average

December 11, 2021 08:00 AM

By Scott Hennen

Letters

Viewpoint: Protect wildlife movement in North Dakota

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, passed with bipartisan support in the U.S. House and Senate and signed into law by President Biden, includes investments in wildlife-friendly infrastructure — things like wildlife crossing bridges, tunnels and culverts — that have a high success rate toward reducing collisions.

December 05, 2021 07:00 AM

By John Bradley, executive director of the North Dakota Wildlife Federation, Bismarck

North Dakota

Federal probe finds border wall contract for North Dakota company was proper, lacks key testimony

A report released Monday by the federal Office of Inspector General detailed advocacy by North Dakota Senators Kevin Cramer, John Hoeven, and President Donald Trump an behalf of the Dickinson-based Fisher Sand and Gravel, but concluded that a $400 million border wall construction contract was properly awarded to the company.

November 15, 2021 06:23 PM

By Adam Willis

Letters

Letter: Cramer misrepresents in his recent letter about climate change

Cramer accurately states that China leads the world in greenhouse gas emissions. What he fails to note is that China also is home to 20% of the world's population. On a person-by-person basis, the United States and Canada are by far the biggest contributors to climate change – much bigger contributors than China. We are the bad guys.

November 13, 2021 09:00 AM

By Dexter Perkins, Dept. Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks

Letters

Sens. Kevin Cramer and Bill Cassidy: President Joe Biden sending wrong message on climate change

Entirely eliminating fossil fuels and returning our economies to the stone age does nothing if you only force production to pack up and move to a country with worse environmental standards.

November 05, 2021 01:30 PM

By Sens. Kevin Cramer and Bill Cassidy

Columns

Port: NDGOP may move its state convention to after the June primary

Angst over divisions in the party along fault lines created during the Trump era has led some to propose removing the NDGOP's state convention from the process for selecting candidates.

October 18, 2021 10:13 AM

By Rob Port

NewsMD

Sen. Kevin Cramer, Rear Admiral Lorin Selby and UND President Andrew Armacost headline day two of the UAS Summit & Expo

Cramer spoke for about 10 minutes technology and how it pertains to the military and Grand Forks’ role in all of it.

October 14, 2021 12:28 PM

By Jacob Holley