The Together for School Meals coalition is deeply disappointed by the North Dakota House’s decision to defeat House Bill 1475, a bill that would have provided free school meals to every child in our state. This legislation had the potential to transform the lives...
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Behavioral science has a lot to say in how to build better cities, and if we embrace the idea that those of our species are not always rational actors, we can build systems and cities that incentivize better behavior. Want examples? Read this article. [...]
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The changes in the oil industry see students both coming and going in oil patch school districts. Overall, the start of the 2015 school year will tell the story on what enrollment looks like. Get the story from KMOT News. [...]
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How do we turn Minot into a more vibrant place to live and work? A competition among other cities has provided some ideas of what works and what doesn’t. [...]
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How do we get the right information and services to people when and where they need it? In Minot, we’re building a new website to help with the task. In Australia, they’ve been asking the question for a while and the solutions they’re using are evolving. [...]
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Here in North Dakota, we’re pretty insulated from the need to speak a second language, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t learn one. And the more we learn about languages, the more we discover the benefits of being a bilingual speaker. Watch and learn in the video below. [...]
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Do you appreciate sarcasm? Does the summer madhouse have you occasionally wishing for the routine of fall and school? Read this and laugh and possibly cry. [...]
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Are we experiencing more extreme weather? For those in Minot who flooded in 2011 following a wet fall, a snowy winter, a rainy spring, and massive June rain event over Southeast Saskatchewan, there is some anecdotal evidence that suggests yes. But whether the weather is more extreme now than in decades past is hard to [...]
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No, I’m not just talking about the North Dakota prairie. For a few UND students, the title of this post is also a real-world classroom experience. Get the full story from the Grand Forks Herald. [...]
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In NPR’s most recent poll, a majority of American adults say they played sports in their youth. Many say they encourage their kids to play, too, and see health benefits as well as life-long lessons. [...]
Read & Share sourced from: NPRToday I heard a comment made about me behind my back. I started to turn around and look, but then decided better of it and kept my eyes on the field. [...]
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The Minot Downtown Business & Professional Association (DBPA) kicks off a new event July 6-11 to celebrate local heroes and channel inner heroes. Magic City Hero Days is a collaboration of activities in partnership with Visit Minot, the Minot Public Library, and TEDxMinot, with partner events throughout the week leading up to a downtown celebration [...]
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This is an older video, but it’s the first in a series of ‘water’ stories in today’s news feed. Bottled water is hard the environment and even harder on the pocketbooks of people who buy it. Get the full story in the video below. [...]
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New regulations handed down by the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers are set to make life a little more burocratic for farmers and ranchers. And for one North Dakota farmer-attorney, that means getting more things in writing so he’s covered legally. [...]
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In order to sell water in North Dakota, the State Water Commission has to give you the OK, and the skyrocketing demand for water in the oil patch has brought this issue front and center. [...]
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Laws and public policy have consequences, and they’re often one’s we haven’t considered when we champion the idea of the ‘public good’. Here’s one clear-cut example of regulatory policy advanced for public welfare that produced opposite results. [...]
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It’s not a problem we’ve had to deal with recently here in North Dakota, but in other parts of the world water shortages are growing concern. And a new study by NASA suggests that many of world’s aquifers are being rapidly depleted. [...]
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