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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
Bill seeks transparency in campaign contributions 
BISMARCK – Secretary of State Al Jaeger said Friday that a Senate proposal has been turned into a comprehensive bill to tackle campaign finances and address a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on political contributions.
By TJ Jerke, Forum News Service , March 15, 2013
Minnesota's Dayton takes second swing at state budget
ST. PAUL — Minnesota budget, take two.
By Associated Press , March 14, 2013
Walaker to seek third term, but for which seat?
Mayor to run again, but may turn his sights to commissionFARGO – Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker said Tuesday he plans to seek re-election in 2014, but he hasn’t decided yet whether he will run for a third term as mayor or for a City Commission seat.
By Mike Nowatzki , March 12, 2013
Jeb Bush jokes reporters are ‘crack addicts’ for asking about 2016 White House bid
WASHINGTON — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Sunday likened political reporters to “crack addicts” and “heroin addicts” during a tour of morning talk shows that drew repeated questions about the still-distant 2016 presidential election.
By Associated Press , March 10, 2013
Young North Dakotans drawn to public service
GRAND FORKS – A year ago, Alex Looysen was a 20-year-old biology student at Jamestown (N.D.) College who shared the disdain that many young Americans had for politics, politicians and government.
By Chuck Haga, Forum News Service , March 09, 2013
Heitkamp to speak at McGovern Day Dinner in SD
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - North Dakota U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp will speak at this year’s McGovern Day Dinner in Sioux Falls.
By Forum News Service , March 09, 2013
North Dakota Dems tap Bob Valeu as new state chairman
BISMARCK — Bob Valeu is the new chairman of North Dakota's Democratic Party.
By Associated Press , March 09, 2013
Happy Hooligans’ manned flying mission in doubt
FARGO - The Happy Hooligans find themselves waging an “uphill battle” to maintain the Air National Guard wing’s manned flying mission here.
The Air Force continues to press forward with plans to scrap the C-27J Spartan transport plane, which was to be the 119th Wing’s next flying mission, Air Guard and congressional sources said Thursday.
By Patrick Springer , March 07, 2013
Coleman says he won’t challenge Franken
ST. PAUL - Former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman will not run for office in 2014, meaning there will be no rematch with Al Franken.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , March 07, 2013
In interview, Romney explains his defeat
WASHINGTON – One hundred seventeen days later, Mitt Romney still isn’t over it.
By Philip Rucker, (c) 2013, The Washington Post , March 03, 2013
The history of the Klan in the Red River Valley
In the mid-1920s, Ku Klux Klan attracted thousands of followers, wielded political power in areaFARGO - Three mischievous fans of the Roughriders’ hockey team flouted a taboo when they recently wore hooded Ku Klux Klan robes to taunt the opposing squad. But the Red River High School hockey spectators might not have known just how prevalent the Ku Klux Klan once was in the Red River Valley – nor that Grand Forks, home of Red River High, was a hotbed for the group, which railed against Catholics, blacks, Jews, Asians and foreigners.
By Patrick Springer , March 02, 2013
Former ND Gov. Arthur Sorlie had to fight accusations he was KKK supporter in 1920s
GRAND FORKS – Arthur Gustave Sorlie is remembered today as the namesake for the Sorlie Memorial Bridge spanning the Red River here.
He served as North Dakota’s 14th governor from 1925 to 1928, and was a successful Grand Forks businessman as the owner of a bakery that made bread and crackers.
By Patrick Springer , March 02, 2013
Minn. congressman's spat with Hannity a chance for money, ratings
Sean Hannity's cable television showdown this week with a Democratic congressman has become more than just a verbal schoolyard brawl. It's an opportunity — for money, attention and ratings.
By DAVID BAUDER , March 02, 2013
Sequester would mean reduced services at Theodore Roosevelt Nat'l Park
DICKINSON, N.D. - With the deadline for $85 billion in automatic federal budget cuts looming, employees at Theodore Roosevelt National Park are paying particular attention.
By Bryan Horwath, Forum News Service , February 28, 2013
Congress passes bill renewing Violence Against Women Act
The House on Thursday passed and sent to President Barack Obama a far-reaching extension of the Violence Against Women Act. The vote came after House Republican leaders, cognizant of divisions in their own ranks and the need to improve their faltering image among women voters, accepted a bill that cleared the Senate two weeks ago on a strong bipartisan vote.
By Associated Press , February 28, 2013
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