Port: North Dakota needs to promote from within

Port: North Dakota needs to promote from within

MINOT — I've often complained about the heavy use of consultants in the governance of North Dakota. From local government to statewide boards, it sometimes seems like these people can't tie their own shoes without first paying six figures to a consultant. So it was a breath of fresh air when Kevin Black, current chairman of the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education, told state lawmakers at an interim committee meeting that we ought to for…