10/20/25: Jon Godfread has served as North Dakota's Insurance Commissioner since his election in 2016 and re-elections in 2020 and 2024. He is sounding the alarm on the significant increase to health insurance facing tens of thousands of North Dakotans if the federal government doesn’t renew tax credits by the end of the year. 

Read more at KFGO.com.

(Joel Heitkamp is a talk show host on the Mighty 790 KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. His award-winning program, “News & Views,” can be heard weekdays from 8 – 11 a.m. Follow Joel on X/Twitter @JoelKFGO.)

10/20/25: Jon Godfread has served as North Dakota's Insurance Commissioner since his election in 2016 and re-elections in 2020 and 2024. He is sounding the alarm on the significant increase to health insurance facing tens of thousands of North Dakotans if the federal government doesn&rsquo;t renew tax credits by the end of the year.&nbsp;
<a href="https://kfgo.com/2025/10/16/north-dakotans-face-steep-rise-in-health-insurance-without-federal-tax-credits-commissioner-warns/">Read more at KFGO.com.</a>
(Joel Heitkamp is a talk show host on the Mighty 790 KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. His award-winning program, &ldquo;News &amp; Views,&rdquo; can be heard weekdays from 8 &ndash; 11 a.m. Follow Joel on X/Twitter @JoelKFGO.)

News & Views with Joel Heitkamp is a multi-award winning program where Joel Heitkamp brings his common sense approach to the issues of the day. From politics to public service announcements and sports to government spending, there is a place in the conversation for everyone.

News & Views with Joel Heitkamp

News & Views with Joel Heitkamp is a multi-award winning program on KFGO in Fargo, North Dakota where Joel Heitkamp brings his common sense approach to the issues of the day in the upper Midwest region. From politics to public service announcements to sports to government spending, there is a place in the conversation for everyone.

Commissioner Jon Godfread warns of health insurance increases without federal tax credits

08/14/26: Tyler Axness, Host of Afternoons Live, is in for Joel Heitkamp and is joined in the studio by Andrew Rockhold. Andrew is the Republican candidate running for Minnesota House District 4A, which covers all of Moorhead south of 15th Avenue North. He will face DFL candidate Erika Yoney in November. 

08/14/26: Tyler Axness, Host of Afternoons Live, is in for Joel Heitkamp and is joined in the studio by Andrew Rockhold. Andrew is the Republican candidate running for Minnesota House District 4A, which covers all of Moorhead south of 15th Avenue North. He will face DFL candidate Erika Yoney in November.&nbsp;

MN State House candidate Andrew Rockhold has strong views on childcare, taxes, and more

08/14/26: Tyler Axness, host of Afternoons Live, is in for Joel Heitkamp and is joined by Tim Purdon. Tim Purdon is an attorney and partner at Robins Kaplan in Bismarck, and Former United States Attorney for the District of North Dakota.

A North Dakota state senator plans to introduce a resolution urging President Donald Trump to grant executive clemency to two men serving life sentences for their roles in a 1983 shootout that left two U.S. marshals dead. Read more at KFGO.com.

Tyler is joined by Tim to speak about the Medina shootout and what this resolution means for the case. 

08/14/26: Tyler Axness, host of Afternoons Live, is in for Joel Heitkamp and is joined by Tim Purdon. Tim Purdon is an attorney and partner at<a href="https://www.robinskaplan.com/professionals/timothy-purdon"> Robins Kaplan in Bismarck</a>, and Former United States Attorney for the District of North Dakota.
A North Dakota state senator plans to introduce a resolution urging President Donald Trump to grant executive clemency to two men serving life sentences for their roles in a 1983 shootout that left two U.S. marshals dead. Read more at <a href="https://kfgo.com/2026/08/13/n-d-lawmaker-proposes-clemency-resolution-for-men-convicted-in-1983-medina-shootout/">KFGO.com.</a>
Tyler is joined by Tim to speak about the Medina shootout and what this resolution means for the case.&nbsp;

Former U.S. Attorney Tim Purdon speaks to resolution granting clemency to men involved in Medina Shootout

08/14/26: Afternoons Live Host, Tyler Axness, is in for Joel Heitkamp and is joined in the KFGO studio by Dane DeKrey to speak about his client, Werner Kunkel. Dane is criticizing Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s decision to take Kunkel into custody one day after a judge agreed to release him from jail because his murder conviction from 1996 was overturned. Read more at KFGO.com.

Dane is a criminal defense attorney and Managing Partner at Ringstrom DeKrey. 

08/14/26: Afternoons Live Host, Tyler Axness, is in for Joel Heitkamp and is joined in the KFGO studio by Dane DeKrey to speak about his client, Werner Kunkel. Dane is criticizing Immigration and Customs Enforcement&rsquo;s decision to take Kunkel into custody one day after a judge agreed to release him from jail because his murder conviction from 1996 was overturned. Read more<a href="https://kfgo.com/2026/08/14/attorney-representing-werner-kunkel-criticizes-ice-arrest/"> at KFGO.com.</a>
Dane is a criminal defense attorney and Managing Partner at<a href="https://www.ringstromlaw.com/about-us/our-talent"> Ringstrom DeKrey.&nbsp;</a>

Commissioner Jon Godfread warns of health insurance increases without federal tax credits

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