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How Minot became the COVID-19 capital of North Dakota
Fargo Forum, November 2020
How a nexus of virus skepticism, underestimated rural spread, delayed action and an overburdened hospital system turned one North Dakota city into the epicenter of a national virus surge.
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Massive Midwest pipeline, a test for North Dakota's carbon capture goals, hits landowner snags
Fargo Forum, December 2021
Plans for $4.5 billion CO2 pipeline in North Dakota encapsulate the state’s response to mounting pressures to address its greenhouse gas emissions.
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In western North Dakota, oil workers try to survive hard times in a pandemic
Fargo Forum, August 2020
In the summer of 2020, the Oil Patch of North Dakota sat at a weird precipice, with no one sure if things were about to get better or a lot worse.
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Burying carbon dioxide deep in North Dakota's geology may combat climate change. Is it financially feasible?
Fargo Forum, August 2021
North Dakota's budding roster of carbon capture projects aim to scrub the emissions of the state's coal and ethanol industries, and even achieve carbon negative oil production.
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"I'm not sorry": A quarter-century on, Eddie Bernice Johnson stands by her crime bill vote
Texas Tribune, July 2019
Dallas Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson was the only Texan remaining in Congress who voted for the bill, which has become deeply unpopular among Democrats and was a contentious issue in the 2020 presidential primary.
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This liberal sports radio host thinks he can take down Mitch McConnell
Politico Magazine, March 2018
A profile of the voice of Kentucky sports, and maybe the future of the state’s Democratic Party.
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After months with no statewide mask mandate, why did North Dakota finally get one?
Fargo Forum, November 2021
A late October meeting between the governor and two of North Dakota’s top doctors, and the state’s long path to its mask mandate.
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Carbon capture loans could leave North Dakota taxpayers on the hook for $250M
Fargo Forum, June 2021
A loan program approved by lawmakers for the state's flagship carbon capture venture was initially rejected by the Bank of North Dakota. The arrangement reached between lawmakers and the country's only state-owned bank ensured the risk of the loans was transferred to taxpayers.
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What do religious voters want? Definitely not piety.
Boston Globe, December 2018
Religious voters in the United States and the Philippines voted for irreligious leaders, challenging assumptions about the very nature of religious appeal