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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
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
Michelle Obama's Oscar cameo raises questions about first lady's role
WASHINGTON — Is this what Michelle Obama looks like untethered to the pressure of a campaign? Is she free to follow her whims without worries about political backlash?
By The Washington Post , February 25, 2013
Proposal would block spending state funding on F-M diversion
FARGO – Red River diversion supporters warned Monday that a Fargo lawmaker’s proposed amendments to a state funding bill could kill the flood control project.
By Mike Nowatzki and TJ Jerke, Forum News Service , February 25, 2013
Teacher test law criticized in Minnesota
ST. PAUL – Teachers and school administrators across Minnesota are asking lawmakers to rethink a law they passed last year that was aimed at producing higher-quality teachers.
By Tom Weber, MPR News 90.3 FM , February 24, 2013
Medicaid, oil taxes among week’s issues in North Dakota Legislature
BISMARCK – North Dakota’s Legislature is in its last week before its midseason break, and lawmakers are finishing up committee work and considering remaining bills in their respective chambers.
By James MacPherson, Associated Press , February 24, 2013
Romney to resurface on TV next weekend
WASHINGTON — Almost four months after his presidential election defeat, Mitt Romney is planning a return to the national political stage.
By Tribune Washington Bureau , February 24, 2013
ND Sen. Hoeven urges Obama to approve Keystone oil pipeline
BISMARCK — Sen. John Hoeven of North Dakota delivered the weekly Republican address today, calling for President Barack Obama to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
By Associated Press , February 23, 2013
Hoeven to deliver weekly Republican talk
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., will deliver the national Republican weekly address today.
By Forum staff reports , February 22, 2013
Wide swath of ND groups back Obamacare-funded expansion of Medicaid
BISMARCK - A group of 23 insurance, medical, family and religious organizations have signed onto a pledge supporting the state’s expansion of Medicaid and are calling on the Legislature to enact the federal program.
By TJ Jerke, Forum News Service , February 21, 2013
Poll: Obama rated at 3-year high, Republicans at bottom
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama enters the latest budget showdown with Congress with his highest job-approval rating in three years and public support for his economic message, while his Republican opponents’ popularity stands at a record low.
By Bloomberg News , February 20, 2013
Wis. senator to headline Minn. Democratic event
ST. PAUL — Minnesota Democrats are looking across the border to Wisconsin for the headline speaker for the party's major fundraising dinner, which is being held in April.
By Associated Press , February 20, 2013
Franken appears to be on firmer ground for 2014
Launched campaign against Coleman 6 years agoAs he prepares to seek a second term next year, Democratic U.S. Sen. Al Franken appears to be on relatively firm ground as a candidate for re-election, a far cry from his status when first seeking the job.
By Mark Zdechlik, MPR News 90.3 FM , February 17, 2013
ND House passes voter ID amendment
BISMARCK - Despite arguments that a significant proposed change to the North Dakota voting process was not given enough attention by a House committee, the House on Tuesday passed an amendment that would require voters to show identification before casting a ballot.
By TJ Jerke, Forum News Service , February 13, 2013
ND delegation responds to Obama's State of the Union
BISMARCK — The Republican members of North Dakota's congressional delegation say the approach to the nation's debt problem that President Barack Obama outlined in his State of the Union address won't get the job done.
By Associated Press , February 13, 2013
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