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Teton School District 401 Board of Trustees held their March meeting on the evening of March 8. In addition to an update on Covid and confirming that students and teachers will continue to wear masks to prevent the spread of the pathogen in schools, the board discussed a few other topics. • The district’s property for sale in Driggs has been sold, and the transaction is complete. • The property that is currently under contract in Victor is contingent on the approval from the city...

ROB CHANEY PABLO — Minutes before the start of a Tribal Council meeting, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Chairwoman Shelly Fyant took a moment to consider the confirmation of Deb Haaland as Interior Secretary. “It gives me chills,” Fyant said. “Grandmothers all over the world are talking about the shift the world has taken — to have a Native American and a woman to serve an agency that hasn’t always done the greatest job in Indian Country....

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In-state companies encouraged to use Minnesota-mined minerals A resolution introduced by an Iron Range legislator in the Minnesota House of Representatives calls on Minnesota technology and medical companies to utilize Minnesota-mined minerals when manufacturing products. “What we need starts with us mining the critical minerals in northeastern Minnesota,” Rep. Spencer Igo, R-Grand Rapids, said of his HC 6 resolution. “It (the resolution) encourages Minnesota businesses to innova...

The Mesa County commissioners were expecting to do battle with the state over a plan to fully reopen the county by the middle of next month, but Gov. Jared Polis isn’t fighting back. Instead, the governor fully expects that what the Mesa commissioners want to do is entirely appropriate, at least by then. As the state continues to ramp up the number of people who have access to one of the coronavirus vaccines, counties need to starting planning now for simultaneously opening up their econom...

(The Center Square) – Minnesota Senate Republicans have proposed a $51.9 billion, two-year budget prioritizing COVID-19 recovery.

WASHINGTON  – The American Rescue Plan signed by President Biden on March 12 invests $1.75 billion in American Indian and Alaska Native government programs administered under the oversight of the Department of the Interior’s Assistant Secretary –Indian Affairs. The ARP makes emergency supplemental appropriations and other changes to law to respond to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. The ARP authorizes $900 million for the Office of the Assista...

By KATE BRUMBACK | Associated Press Mar 17, 2021 Mar 17, 2021 ATLANTA (AP) — The man accused of killing eight people at massage parlors in the Atlanta area told police his act was not racially motivated, and that he potentially had a "sex addiction," officials said Wednesday. Still, officials said they were investigating whether the deaths were hate crimes amid concerns over a wave of attacks on Asian Americans. Six of the victims were Asian and seven were women. Officials did ...

Remember when President Joe Biden solemnly declared in his inaugural address, “My whole soul is in this: Bringing America together. Uniting our people. And uniting our nation”? It was a lie. Less than two months into his new administration, hope for unity and bipartisanship is dead — and Biden killed it. White House press secretary Jen Psaki boasted the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus Biden signed into law on Thursday is the “most progressive bill in American history.” ...

Failed and pending lawsuits alleged the private grants disproportionately benefitted high-population, liberal communities and violated federal or state election law. The New York Times  reported the communities that were grant recipients cast about 76% of their combined votes for Hillary Clinton in 2016. Sen. Ed McBroom, chair of the Senate Oversight Committee, told The Center Square in an email that private interference with elections is a “serious concern.” “After more than...