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REPUBLIC INSIDER Smart move, Stephanie
If you're a reader of The Daily Republic, you may know I wrote a column recently in which I advised Stephanie Herseth Sandlin to either forgo next year's Senate race in order to fulfill her expresse...
Posted on 5/13/13 at 8:40 AM
RURAL REFLECTIONS Rural Reflections Radio
Here is this week's Rural Reflections Radio program, Bullitt...
Posted on 5/10/13 at 10:39 AM
STAFF BLOG OIL PATCH DISPATCH WITH FORUM COMMUNICATIONS' AMY DALRYMPLE N.D. House rejects oil tax reform bill
BISMARCK -- House legislators Wednesday rejected an oil tax reform bill that would have lowered the oil extraction tax, closed a tax loophole for low-producing wells and set up guidelines for a new tr...
Posted on 5/1/13 at 7:22 PM
THE DULLUM FILE Senator Heitkamp on News @5
Senator Heidi Heitkamp joins us this evening on WDAZ News @5....
Posted on 2/21/13 at 12:24 PM
NEW PLATEAUS In the Not-Now
What does it say about Americans that the public is already starting to talk about candidates for president for 2016? Eckhart Tolle wrote in his book The Power of Now that mankind is threatened by ou...
Posted on 2/18/13 at 11:27 AM
A sampling of provocative Bachmann statements 
A sampling of memorable statements made by U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, who announced Wednesday she wouldn't seek a fifth term in Congress:
By Associated Press , May 29, 2013
GOP businessman to challenge Minn.'s Franken
ST. PAUL — Republican Mike McFadden, a political newcomer with a business background already being dissected, declared his candidacy Wednesday for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Minnesota Democrat Al Franken.
By Brian Bakst, Associated Press , May 29, 2013
Bachmann calls it quits in U.S. House
ST. PAUL - Eight is enough. That is the message Tea Party darling Michele Bachmann delivered early today when she announced she will leave the U.S. House after eight years. In a video message, she gave no hint about her future, but said she could have won re-election if she wanted to run.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , May 29, 2013
Fight shift to court over Minn. union organizing for day care, home health care
ST. PAUL — A contentious fight over union organizing among certain home-based child care and home health care workers is headed back to court.
By Associated Press , May 29, 2013
GOP goes after 2014 House Democratic candidates; Colin Peterson among those in crosshairs
PHOENIX — The National Republican Congressional Committee is getting an early start on its 2014 campaign to keep the GOP in charge of the House.
By Associated Press , May 28, 2013
North Dakota GOP chairman stepping down
BISMARCK - The chairman of the North Dakota Republican Party is stepping down.
By Forum News Service , May 21, 2013
MN House passes lawmaker pay hike panel
ST. PAUL — The Minnesota House voted Friday to take the politically charged decisions about their salaries out of their own hands, approving a constitutional amendment that would ask voters if there should be an independent state council to set legislative pay.
By Associated Press , May 18, 2013
MN House backs nursing home pay hike
ST. PAUL — The Minnesota House has voted to give nursing home workers in the state a 5-percent pay increase.
By Associated Press , May 18, 2013
Minnesota House defeats construction projects bill
ST. PAUL — A state Capitol facelift, college campus building projects and regional civic center upgrades got thrown in limbo Friday when the Minnesota House failed to muster enough votes for an $800 million construction bill.
By Associated Press , May 18, 2013
With time short, MN lawmakers meet over weekend
ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Legislature is meeting over the weekend as the clock counts down on the regular session.
By Associated Press , May 18, 2013
Minn. House votes to up candidate donation limits
ST. PAUL — The Minnesota House has passed a bill that raises the maximum donations that candidates for office can accept from donors.
By Associated Press , May 15, 2013
Detroit Lakes native enters Minnesota governor's race
HAMEL, Minn. – Jeff Johnson tried to make peace as last year’s Minnesota Republican convention split into two factions, and now looks to bridge that gap and more as he launches a run for governor.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , May 05, 2013
ND lawmakers vote to close oil industry loophole
BISMARCK – The North Dakota Legislature voted Friday to close a tax loophole used by the oil industry that the Tax Department says is costing the state $50 million each year.
By James MacPherson, Associated Press , May 04, 2013
Fargo-area Republicans to hold meeting
WEST FARGO – Fargo area Republicans will hold a reorganization meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday here at the Sheyenne 9th Grade Center, 800 40th Ave. E.
By Forum staff reports , May 03, 2013
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