LEGISLATURE
UND NEWS Site recommendation and building committees named for new UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences
University of North Dakota President Robert O. Kelleygot the ball rolling this week on the planning process for UND's new School of Medicine and Health Sciences building. Kelley named the members o...
Posted on 6/14/13 at 2:20 PM
STAFF BLOG OIL PATCH DISPATCH WITH FORUM COMMUNICATIONS' AMY DALRYMPLE Watford City to house new judge
BISMARCK -- Watford City will be home to a new judgeship aimed at addressing the increase in court filings in growing Oil Patch communities, the North Dakota Supreme Court decided Tuesday. State legis...
Posted on 6/4/13 at 7:41 PM
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Child care providers go to court
By Don Davis Minnesota child care providers who want nothing to do with a union are taking a new law to federal court. The law Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton signed Friday allows home-based child care p...
Posted on 5/29/13 at 5:10 PM
FARGO SCHOOL TALK 2013 Legislative session wraps up
By Business Manager Broc Lietz At approximately 4:30 a.m., Saturday, May 4, the 2013 legislative session drew to a close. The North Dakota Legislature meets for a maximum of 80 days every other year,...
Posted on 5/9/13 at 12:10 PM
THE NEW FORTY Common sense delivered by Dr. Thomas Jacobsen...
Today I want to utilize my blog to both applaud a good citizen and to further spread his thoughtful words. I know my blog readers extend far beyond my local area and beyond North Dakota. I also recogn...
Posted on 5/5/13 at 7:16 PM
Legislation seeks to protect consumers from gas price spikes 
FARGO – Public disclosure requirements regarding planned maintenance shutdowns for fuel refineries could help protect consumers from gasoline price spikes, Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., said Wednesday.
By Patrick Springer , May 29, 2013
Former ND state Rep. Gordon Berg dies at 85
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. — Funeral services have been scheduled for former North Dakota state Rep. Gordon Berg.
By Associated Press , May 29, 2013
$35.4M available as incentive to build low-income housing
BISMARCK – Multi-unit contractors now have $35.4 million to work with to create affordable housing for essential service employees and low-income families.
By TJ Jerke, Forum News Service , May 28, 2013
Minnesota stores face loss of revenue after cigarette tax hike
MOORHEAD – The Legislature gave Josh Larson a huge incentive to quit smoking.
By Emily Welker , May 27, 2013
Taxes prompt some wealthy Minnesotans to consider moving
Studies show increasing income tax rates don’t lead to an exodus of wealthy people to lower-tax states.
By Mark Zdechlik, MPR News 90.3 FM , May 27, 2013
Minnesota lawmakers taking their records to voters
ST. PAUL — Minnesota's latest legislative session may be over, but lawmakers are taking no time to rest.
By Associated Press , May 26, 2013
Minnesota Political Notebook: Democrats celebrate sending schools more money
ST. PAUL - Democrats were almost giddy when Gov. Mark Dayton signed a bill upping education spending $485 million in the next two years.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , May 25, 2013
ND Supreme Court disciplines lawyer-lawmaker for 2007-2010 case
BISMARCK — A Grand Forks Democratic state senator who is an attorney has been reprimanded and fined by North Dakota's Supreme Court for failing to adequately represent a client in a divorce-related case from 2007-2010.
By James MacPherson, Associated Press , May 24, 2013
Woman sentenced for threatening ND lawmaker's life
LIDGERWOOD, N.D. — A woman accused of threatening to kill a North Dakota legislator because she was upset about abortion legislation will not serve jail time if she stays out of trouble.
By Associated Press , May 24, 2013
Dayton signs tax bill increasing income, cigarette taxes
ST. PAUL — Gov. Mark Dayton has signed a pile of state budget bills and other legislation into law, including $2.1 billion in tax increases.
By Associated Press , May 23, 2013
Dayton vetoes projects from Minn. Legacy bill
ST. PAUL — Gov. Mark Dayton used his line-item veto Thursday to strike two controversial provisions from the bill that uses state sales-tax money for grants to environmental and arts programs.
By Patrick Condon, Associated Press , May 23, 2013
Process dispute leads to Dayton outdoors vetoes
ST. PAUL - Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed two provisions of a bill funding outdoors and arts projects, saying a House committee ignored a citizen advisory panel.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , May 23, 2013
State employees get raise in 2013-15, but some unhappy
BISMARCK – Mike Stebbins, a third-generation public employee and supervisor for the Department of Transportation in Underwood, watches semi-trailers fly by him on highways every day.
By TJ Jerke, Forum News Service , May 22, 2013
A look at when new Minn. laws take effect
ST. PAUL – Legislative sessions have consequences, and 2013’s version will be felt by many Minnesotans.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , May 22, 2013
Group spends $2M lobbying for gay marriage
ST. PAUL — The group that pushed Minnesota lawmakers to legalize gay marriage invested more than $2 million in its successful lobbying effort.
By Associated Press , May 22, 2013
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