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Grand Forks County Commission signs off on tax abatements for proposed development projects Grand Forks Mayor Brandon Bochenski, City Administrator Todd Feland and City Council President Dana Sande appeared before the commission to ask for approval of the multi-million-dollar projects. 8:38 pm, Jan. 19, 2021 × The Grand Forks County Office Building, photographed on Nov. 23, 2015. Photo by Nick Nelson/Grand Forks Herald The Grand Fork County Commission, at its regular meet...

Our view: Board should give its blessing to Grand Forks proposed TIF projects A contingent of city leaders this week outlined the development projects and their hoped-for TIFs to the Grand Forks School Board. The city, the School Board and the County Commission all must approve the TIFs before the projects can move forward. We urge all boards to give their blessing.  Written By: Herald editorial board | 6:00 am, Jan. 16, 2021 × Here’s a scenario to explain tax incremen...

Both the School Board and the Grand Forks County Commission must give approvals before the redevelopment may proceed.

DeWine distancing himself from appointee Susan Allan Block Susan Allan Block resigns from Ohio Arts Council after inflammatory social media remarks CLEVELAND, Ohio – Republican Gov. Mike DeWine announced Friday that Susan Allan Block, one of his appointees to the Ohio Arts Council, had resigned following remarks on social media supporting Republican President Donald Trump’s false narrative of widespread electoral fraud and calling Democratic Vice President-elect Kamala Harris a “whore.�...

NDs legacy on 80s ag recovery: Farmer helped implement famous PIK program EDITORS NOTE: This story is the final installment in a four-part series: "Farm Crises -- The 1980s and now," comparing the economic and political conditions between what was known as the "farm credit crisis" of the 1980s, a decade when one in fo... Written By: Mikkel Pates / Agweek Staff Writer | 5:31 am, Oct. 7, 2019 EDITORS NOTE: This story is the final installment in a four-part series: "Farm Crises...

Ohio Arts Council board member Susan Allan Block resigned Friday after social media comments surfaced in which she referred to the vice president-elect Kamala Harris as a "whore" and called for "no peace" during the U.S. Capitol riots on Wednesday. DeWine announced Blocks resignation early Friday afternoon without further comment. On Thursday, his spokeswoman had denounced the comments. Block, of Toledo, was first appointed to the unpaid council, which allocates state and federal money to Ohi...

The Blade journalists forego reporter bylines following ethics concerns; Block family member resigns arts commission post after social media backlash The journalists union doesnt believe management is allowing them to report ethically on the Capitol breach. Theyre protesting by pulling their names from articles. Author: Emma Henderson Updated: 2:20 PM EST January 8, 2021 TOLEDO, Ohio — Just a day after it was learned that journalists at the Toledo Blade would b...

Staff at the Toledo Blade are at odds with ownership, saying owners are altering pieces written by journalists to soften stories critical of President

Gov. Mike DeWine distances himself from Ohio Arts Council appointee who posted pro-Trump rant that called VP-elect Kamala Harris a ‘whore’ Updated Jan 08, 2021; Posted Jan 07, 2021 Gov. Mike DeWine distanced himself from Susan Allan Block, one of his appointees to the Ohio Arts Council, following Blocks posting of incendiary pro-Trump social media messages supportive of election fraud conspiracy theories. (Ohio Arts Council) Facebook Share This story has been updated with comments from B...

Those who stormed the Capitol Wednesday came from a pro-Trump protest and were instructed by the president to direct their attention on the Capitol. Elected officials and journalists who were in a joint session of Congress at the time entered a lockdown amid the chaos, postponing the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral win, and when it was over, five people were dead. The stealthy editing “waters down the truth of what happened on Wednesday and is a disservice to our read...