A bill intended to split the 80 days the North Dakota Legislature is allowed to meet into a 50 day session in odd-numbered years and a 30 day session in even-numbered years failed in the Senate by a vote of 19-28.
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It’s official, the first oil-tax reduction price trigger has been reached. Full news release follows below. — Official News Release, ND Tax Commissioner — Tax Commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger announced an oil extraction tax rate reduction for new wells today at a news conference. This incentive, also known as the “small trigger,” took effect on February
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The island is Socotra, and you’ll find it in the Arabian Sea of the coast of Yemen and Somalia. Because of when it separated from mainland Africa, life there has evolved largely on its own and the island is home to roughly 700 species found nowhere else on the planet. The trees, in particular, seem like
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The law allows for 11:00 am sales rather than noon, and it only narrowly passed in the House 49-42. Rob Port at Say Anything Blog has more details and the common sense commentary on the subject.
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The Minot Police Department nabbed 13 yesterday in the National Day of Johns, a nationwide sting set-up to take down sex traffickers and those fueling the business.
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For most artists anywhere near his age, the media starts using language like, “twilight of his career”, but Willie Nelson is still doing more than 100 shows a year. His career has spanned more than 50 years. Get more commentary from Chris Richards at The Washington Post.
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Janie Myers will be exhibiting her work at the Taube Museum right now, and she is one of the early residents at the recently completed Artspace in downtown Minot. KX News has her thoughts on painting and living in the artist focused building.
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Ward County Sheriff Captain Bob Barnard was on the service club circuit Monday with the Sertoma Club explaining the need for additional expansion at the Ward County Jail.
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Minot Public Schools wants your help developing next years school-year calendar. Take the survey online right now, but hurry, you have to do it before 2:00 pm today! Here’s the link: MPS Calendar Survey
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If you’re up for some economic analysis this morning, John Tamny at Forbes offers up some commentary on what the real culprit is when it comes to oil price swings and the resulting market expansion and contractions.
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Fargo leaders are pushing for a downtown convention center and recreation centers that turn the Red River into a key attraction for the city. Here in Minot we have a similar concept was released not long ago, the River Front and Center plan.
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The City of Devils Lake has annexed the land that would be used if a 20,000 barrel per day refinery is successfully built. It was a preliminary step required to get the project moving.
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More than a few Minot acts made the cut for North Dakota’s best musical acts and performers in 2014. Check out the write-up on the awards event and nominees from the High Plains Reader here. Catch the full nominee list from the ND Music Awards website here. And here are the Minot bands and performers nominated
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The Grand Forks Mayor and UND President are hoping to sway Grand Forks City Council and Park District into cracking down on alcohol use during communities ‘Springfest’ weekend.
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There are lots of income tax related bills on the legislative agenda this session, Jessica Holdman from the Bismarck Tribune provides a nice overview of the bills and informative commentary from State Tax Commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger.
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The latest national media piece hits all the usual themes, low prices, uncertainty, moving ahead anyway, history of boom and bust, hopeful for a price rebound. You’ve read it before and this won’t be the last one, but when these are published we’ll pass them along.
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