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SOCIAL SECURITY: INFORMATION & UPDATESSocial Security - online since 1994
May 17, 1994, was the initial launch of the Social Security Administration website. Now located at www.socialsecurity.gov, many improvements have taken place since then. In addition to finding Social...
5/17/12 at 11:17 AM Social Security maximum taxable earnings 5/8/12 at 4:16 PM
If it’s not .gov, it’s not Social Security 5/4/12 at 11:51 AM
STAFF BLOGFLICKERTALES FROM THE HILLBerg: Tax legislation would decrease burden on small businesses
FARGO North Dakota Republican Rep. Rick Berg says bipartisan legislation he introduced in Congress would reduce the tax burden on small businesses. Berg recently proposed the Small Business Tax Si...
5/7/12 at 6:10 PM Berg to meet with small business owners Monday 5/4/12 at 3:17 PM
Clark's FERC nomination advances to full Senate for consideration 4/26/12 at 1:08 PM
A MINNESOTAN IN CHINAApproachably Abrasive
Have you been to a protest lately? Tea Party? Occupy? Vietnam? We've all heard how protests are handled in China. Throughout my time there, I had heard from the locals and expats bits and pieces ab...
4/28/12 at 9:20 AM Hong Kong: From Me to You 4/14/12 at 9:47 AM
THE FLENSBURG FILES: TRAVELS AND EXPERIENCES GATHERED OF A FORMER MINNESOTANFlensburg Point System Reform: A necessity for travel in Germany?
The Flensburg Point system in Germany is one of the most well-structured and categorized systems used to track and crack down on reckless drivers on the roads as well as determine the severity of the...
4/26/12 at 3:55 AM
FARGO SCHOOL TALKThe new Standards are coming
In a little over a year, Fargo Public Schools and other school districts in North Dakota will be moving to the Common Core Standards.The Standards are part of the Common Core State Standards Initiativ...
4/19/12 at 11:55 AM
THE ADVOCATE: THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF MSUMParking changes likely
Market forces are on display each school day in the crowded blocks around campus. In the northwest corner of MSUM, there are patches of empty asphalt where old houses once stood. Like almost all park...
4/18/12 at 9:44 AM House looks at cutting Pell grants 11/3/11 at 5:44 AM
SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENTGoodnight, Space Shuttle Discovery
Space shuttle Discovery is headed to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. I remember scoffing when I first heard that people returned from space at an airport. That's ridiculous. Everyone...
4/18/12 at 8:03 AM
RENEW NDRecord on taxes is clear
All votes of Fargo city commissioners are public record and are verified in the minutes of all the commission meetings. Im proud of my record as one who works to engage the community to make better us...
4/8/12 at 7:50 AM Fargo go Braugh! 3/18/12 at 12:59 PM
Our future's bright with more solar energy 3/11/12 at 9:33 AM
OH LOOK, A SHINY THING!Property Taxes: Whose Money Is in the Bucket?
I've had a few questions about several stories I've written about property taxes, and I would like to share with you my bucket analogy, which simplifies some of the complex things that determine a per...
4/5/12 at 2:52 PM
STAFF BLOGCAPITOL CHATTERBills say: 'Let the sunshine in'
By Danielle Nordine The sunshine is peeking through the clouds in Minnesota, public information access advocates say. A handful of data access proposals, also known as sunshine laws, would give the ...
4/3/12 at 5:12 AM Legislative notebook: Synthetic drug bill passes Senate 4/2/12 at 11:00 PM
Marty not happy with 'cone of silence' attitude 2/3/12 at 2:28 PM
STAFF BLOGTHE N.D. CAPITOL AND BEYONDFinancial impact of Measure 2 debated
BISMARCK About $812 million in property taxes for 2012 would be eliminated if North Dakota voters approve Measure 2 in June, a state research analyst said Monday. Kathy Strombeck of the state Tax Co...
4/2/12 at 2:28 PM Today's Ask Your Government 3/11/12 at 5:49 AM
Today's Ask Your Government 2/25/12 at 11:06 PM
NEW PLATEAUSSelf-Driving Cars
I like technology. I am particularly intrigued by how technology can solve problems for humanity that laws cannot. Follow me on this one: we try to draw a line when it comes to drinking and driving. ...
4/1/12 at 11:51 AM China: approachably abrasive 4/30/11 at 1:23 PM
Yangshuo: Grateful for Rain 4/23/11 at 12:33 PM
MIDDLE AGED PLAGUEDirty Talk, or, Compost Conversation
You know, if you limit your conversation to non-controversial topics, you'll never talk at all. And considering that these days people get pretty sensitive about a wide variety of subject matter -- no...
3/22/12 at 3:03 PM Trickling Economics 2/16/12 at 2:28 PM
SLOWINGTHERACINGMINDDo Not Call!
Earlier this week, I received an email forward from a co-worker urging me to call an 800 number so that I could provide my cell phone number to the National Do Not Call Registry. The instructions told...
2/9/12 at 6:30 AM School Choir: Church and State? 11/15/11 at 9:40 AM
THE NEW FORTYThe 12 Days Before Christmas - 216 Veteran Suicides.
As we all go about merrily this holiday season I want to remind everyone of an unpleasant reality that will forever mar this season for an untold number of veterans' families - the veteran suicide epi...
12/13/11 at 8:05 AM THE GREATEST INJUSTICE - VETERANS' SUICIDES. 4/15/11 at 12:07 PM
"What the hell Bobby!!" 4/8/11 at 9:34 PM
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