The 2015 legislature has decided to put the question to you the voter. Should lawmakers be required to live in the district they represent? You’ll decide next year at the ballot box.
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Homerism: “Every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain.” And now new scientific research closer to proving Homer to be one of the less traditionally so, yet totally brilliant characters on television.
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It’s not very often you’ll find The Minot Voice passing along national political pieces, but when a traditionally left-leaning publication like The New Yorker calls to question the actions of a traditionally left-leaning candidate, it will make the cut.
Read & Share sourced from: The New YorkerCounty Commissioners got a first-hand progress update on Friday as they toured the county’s under-construction administration building. See the brief video tour from KMOT News.
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The State of North Dakota has been admitted into a legal action against the Bureau of Land Management over new rules regulating fracking on federal lands. Details from KMOT News.
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A 20-year old Ohio man has been arrested in his home state and is awaiting extradition to North Dakota. His crime, posting nude pictures of an underage girl he was romantically connected to. Commentary: This seems like a story you should share with your teenage kids.
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— Official News Release, City of Minot — Please note that in order to provide one source of information as we head in to the busy construction season, the regular Friday advisory will cover all projects involving the City of Minot. This report may or may not include certain projects within the city that are
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— Official News Release, Senator Hoeven — U.S. Senator John Hoeven, chairman of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will no longer require U.S hunters traveling internationally to obtain an IRS identification number in order to bring personal weapons on hunting trips outside the
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Scientist have been applying new technology to finding out what’s underneath Yellowstone National Park. The result, the clearest picture yet of the inner workings of the geothermal hotspot.
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Ward County is looking for a firm to assist in writing grants; the hope is they’ll be able to find money that can be used to mitigate the damage caused by a rising Rice Lake. Full story from KX News.
Read & Share sourced from: KX NewsA new series on the Smithsonian Channel will take a look at life in the oil field. The six-episode documentary will air for the first time on Sunday at 8 p.m. Get more details on the series from this AP article.
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The House approved Senate version of an amended oil tax bill that will do away with oil price tax triggers. The volatility of oil prices combined with the low-price trigger created a lot of uncertainty in forecasting revenues for North Dakota. Full story from Amy Dalrymple.
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If you make a list of Minot’s needs, long-term flood protection is going to be pretty high if not on top of the list. As a community, we’ve been told from the very early days of the 2011 flood that putting a comprehensive plan in place would take a long time. To get an update
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Mountain snow in Montana combined with a dry fall and spring is leading to lower runoff expectations in the Missouri and Yellowstone river basins. The result, Lake Sakakawea won’t be rising as much in the early summer the way it has in recent seasons.
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From here forward, students and North Dakota Universities will have the right to be represented by an attorney when facing school disciplinary boards. Governor Dalrymple signed Senate Bill 2150 into law yesterday.
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Stay calm, there’s nothing to worry about. And if you want an education on avocados, Deena Shanker writing for Quartz will tell you more about growing avocados than you probably want to know.
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