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FREEDOM RESOURCE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING, INC. Freedom Friday: Vocational school shut down for running a "sweatshop"
Back on May 29, 2013, we reported that Goodwill, the national thrift shop chain, had come under fire for hiring people with disabilities using the federal minimum wage exception, while spending tens o...
Posted on 6/14/13 at 8:27 AM
RENEW ND Fargo area among America's fastest growing cities for combination of population, employment, and rising median wages
Of over 475 larger cities, the FM Metro is one of the fastest growing when combining these three categories: Population, employment, and median income. While not all growth is good, growing well where...
Posted on 6/13/13 at 5:39 AM
THE PERIPHERY The Internet and the U.S. Government
With every new technology comes the potential for either good or evil. How will the U.S. government's use of digital technology to spy be judged? Dynamite can clear the way for a new road through a m...
Posted on 6/10/13 at 8:54 AM
THE NEW FORTY Privacy - a fallacy rooted in outdated realities.
Hello folks...have you met the USA PATRIOT Act? You may recall it as the sweeping piece of legislation passed about a month after the attacks on 9/11. The Act is so voluminous that it is said no legis...
Posted on 6/6/13 at 8:51 PM
SOCIAL SECURITY: INFORMATION & UPDATES Sources of Social Security income
Last weeks 2013 Social Security Board of Trustees report press release stated, Income including interest to the combined OASDI Trust Funds amounted to $840 billion in 2012. ($590 billion in net contri...
Posted on 6/5/13 at 4:35 PM
GOP businessman aims to challenge Minn.'s Franken 
ST. PAUL – Republican businessman Mike McFadden says he’s seeking his party’s nod to challenge Democratic Sen. Al Franken in next year’s election.
By Associated Press , May 29, 2013
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Moorhead City Council considers services revamp
MOORHEAD – Have you ever called the city of Moorhead and been transferred endless times, hung up on, or even cursed at?
By Erik Burgess , May 26, 2013
VIDEO: Obama defends drone strikes but says no cure-all
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no “cure-all” and said he is haunted by the civilians unintentionally killed.
By Associated Press , May 23, 2013
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City council members in Mich. abstain from vote on abstaining
YPSILANTI, Mich. — Three members of a Michigan city council have abstained from voting on a measure that would have prevented them from abstaining on future votes.
By Associated Press , May 23, 2013
ND officials still hopeful base can get tankers
GRAND FORKS — North Dakota's governor and congressional delegation say they will continue to push for a new air refueling tanker mission at Grand Forks Air Force Base.
By Associated Press , May 23, 2013
School storm protection is spotty in tornado zones
Due to cost, most schools in Oklahoma still lack safe roomsMOORE, Okla. – With its single-story design and cinder-block walls, Plaza Towers Elementary School may have seemed sturdy when it was built a couple of generations ago. But a powerful tornado revealed the building’s lack of modern safety standards, destroying the school and killing seven students.
By Associated Press , May 22, 2013
Riverfront homeowners bristle at sandbag comments from Moorhead mayor, council
‘It’s almost like we’re being isolated by the city,’ homeowner saysMOORHEAD – When Mayor Mark Voxland said earlier this week that the city should consider not delivering sandbags during less-serious flood events, Bob Swenson was listening.
By Erik Burgess , May 22, 2013
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ND Gov. Dalrymple names new director of DOT
BISMARCK -- North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple today appointed Grant Levi as executive director of the state’s Department of Transportation.
By TJ Jerke, Forum News Service , May 22, 2013
Bin Laden corpse photos can be kept secret, court rules
WASHINGTON — Photos of Osama bin Laden's corpse and burial at sea were properly classified by U.S. officials and can be withheld from the public, a federal appeals court ruled.
By Bloomberg News , May 21, 2013
West Fargo officials ask Public Works to study, address lagoon odors
WEST FARGO - City commissioners here agreed Monday night that there is an objectionable spring smell related to the city’s 400 acres of sewage lagoons and that the issue needs further scrutiny. Officials directed Public Works Director Barry Johnson to conduct research into alleviating the problem.
By Karen Huber, Forum News Service , May 20, 2013
Moorhead may stop making sandbags for future floods
MOORHEAD – The city of Moorhead is considering not providing sandbags in future flood events.
By Erik Burgess , May 20, 2013
White House says more farm subsidy cuts needed
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Monday it wants to see more cuts to agriculture subsidies in a massive farm bill moving through the Senate this week.
By Associated Press , May 20, 2013
Federal budget cuts mean trims for area Head Start programs
MOORHEAD – If there is no budget deal in Congress this summer, Head Start programs in the area will feel it come fall.
By Charly Haley , May 19, 2013
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Feds argue coal industry can legally give to ND regulators’ campaigns
FARGO – Federal lawyers concede that thousands of dollars of campaign donations from coal-mining interests to members of the North Dakota Public Service Commission “risk creating an appearance of impropriety.”
By Patrick Springer , May 18, 2013
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