Board of Higher Education Interim Chancellor Larry Skogen spoke to the Minot Kiwanis club yesterday. The topics included the Board’s continued problem with open meeting and open record laws and the search for a new Chancellor. [...]Read More... from Chancellor Skogen Comments on[...]
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DSU Assures Students Scholarships Will Be Honored
Amid the growing scandal over the mismanaged Dickinson State University Foundation, University President D.C. Coston sent students an email assuring them the scandal would not affect scholarships for the upcoming semester. [...]Read More... from DSU Assures Students Scholarships Will Be Honored
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Staying Prepared for the Worst…
The North Dakota Department of Emergency Services has hired Witt O’Briens LLC, a Washington D.C. based consulting firm with an office in Mandan, to conduct a system analysis and provide recommendations on oil industry related emergencies. [...]Read More... from Staying Prepared for[...]
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New Ag Genetics Lab in Fargo?
A new ag research lab is being built in Fargo. The National Agricultural Genotyping Center is under construction now, but it has State contributed funding on the line with the Governor’s proposed budget. Agricultural Commissioner Doug Goehring requested $800,000 for the project. [...]Read More... from New[...]
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Preserving the Nakota Line…
The horses have a storied past… perhaps dating back to Sitting Bull and the Marquis de Mores, but preservation of the hardy, prairie breed is in jeopardy as the costs of maintaining the herd have put the Nakota Horse Conservancy in financial distress.[...]
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Fighting the Waiting: Enderlin versus Canadian Pacific
The small S.E. North Dakota town is taking on the railroad giant in court. The issue, trains stopped on the tracks that make getting around in the town of 900 a daily hassle. It’s a David vs. Goliath case with big implications.[...]
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Is it Time for Little Self Examination?
The energy revolution we’ve been privileged to embrace over the past almost-ten years has been nothing short of remarkable. Western North Dakota has been transformed from poor to wealthy, from surviving to thriving, from a national after thought… to national and even[...]
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MDU to Purchase Yet-to-be Developed Wind Farm
The farm will include 43 turbines and produce an estimated 107.5 megawatts of power. [...]Read More... from MDU to Purchase Yet-to-be Developed Wind Farm
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VandeWalle Elected Chief Justice of N.D. Supreme Court
Gerald VandeWalle was elected to a fifth five-year term as the Chief Justice of the N.D. Supreme Court. VandeWalle was first elected to the court in 1978. [...]Read More... from VandeWalle Elected Chief Justice of N.D. Supreme Court
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Zero Percent State Income Tax Rate?
Representative Scott Louser will introduce the income tax bill in the up coming session. [...]Read More... from Zero Percent State Income Tax Rate?
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Common Core Standards Battle Takes Shape
The Common Core education standards are a hot button issue, and we’re going to get a taste of the debate during the upcoming legislative session. Get a good preliminary overview of the issue and some of the players in this piece from[...]
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ND University System Seeks Outside Help to Raise Data Management Standards
Data management and security is a big deal, and the North Dakota University System won’t be content with anything less than top-notch performance. N.D.U.S. is looking for a technology partner to help improve the new Grand Forks facility. [...]Read More... from ND University[...]
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Senator Hoeven Working to Remove Teeth from ‘Waters of the US’ Regulations
North Dakota leadership has come out strongly against the EPA’s proposed Waters of the U.S. regulations. On Saturday, Senator Hoeven spoke to the North Dakota Farm Bureau on his work to marginalize the regulations including the following specifics: Defund the the implementation of the[...]
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Dickinson Adding and Improving Outdoor Recreation Options
Dickinson is working to revive and rebuild the 17 mile Crooked Crane Trail system around Patterson Lake. [...]Read More... from Dickinson Adding and Improving Outdoor Recreation Options
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Keeping an Eye on Traffic
Bonnie Campo talks with Jim Redding of the North Dakota Department of Transportation on the increase of traffic in the state and how we’re dealing with it. [...]Read More... from Keeping an Eye on Traffic
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ND Ballot Initiative Results
The big story of 2014 Election in North Dakota was the ballot initiatives. Here are the results. Measure 1. Life Begins at Conception added to the State Constitution. DEFEATED. No: ~64% (160,728) Yes: ~36% (89,888) Measure 2. Prohibit mortgage taxes and taxes on[...]