Port: A bias crime policy for Fargo is a terrible idea thedickinsonpress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thedickinsonpress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Port: The state must take the policing for profit incentive away from North Dakota s cities
No level of government should be motivated by revenue when crafting its criminal justice policies. That s clearly what s happening in many of North Dakota s cities, and it needs to stop. 2:30 pm, Feb. 9, 2021 ×
The Fargo Municipal Court opened in 2010 at at 402 NP Ave., the former site of the Greyhound Bus terminal. Heidi Shaffer/The Forum
MINOT, N.D. I saw your article about municipal judges, a reader emailed me recently. It was very interesting and timely, she continued. The city of Horace recently announced they were hiring a municipal judge. Horace is a town of 3,000 people. Hard to understand why they felt they needed a municipal judge to hear, I assume, contested parking and speeding tickets?
Did you know that most municipal court judges in North Dakota don t even have law degrees? 9:28 am, Jan. 20, 2021 ×
The Fargo Municipal Court opened in 2010 at at 402 NP Ave., the former site of the Greyhound Bus terminal. Heidi Shaffer/The Forum
MINOT, N.D. North Dakota s municipal governments want their municipal courts to be treated exactly like district courts when collecting fines and fees.
That s a terrible idea. While it would certainly enhance revenues for the cities, that would come at the expense of justice.
House Bill 1130 was introduced by Rep. Mike LeFor (R-Dickinson), but the amended version of the bill, which has emerged from the House Judiciary Committee, looks very different from what she proposed. The amendments, offered by Rep. Lawrence Klemin (R-Bismarck), hog housed the original bill, which is the legislative parlance used to describe a situation when amendments replace the original bill s entirety.
Port: Legislature seeks to fix unjust treatment of North Dakota s oil industry
The rates as much as 18%t interest with as much as 12% in penalties on top are downright usurious. They would make a credit card executive blush. 6:00 am, Jan. 9, 2021 ×
North Dakota Land Commissioner Jodi Smith listens during a Land Board meeting in March 2019. (Forum News Service file photo)
MINOT, N.D. A bill introduced in Bismarck seeks to slash the interest rates the Land Board can charge oil and gas companies for overdue royalty payments.
The rates as much as 18% interest with as much as 12% in penalties on top are downright usurious. They would make a credit card executive blush.
Council of Educational Leaders exec: Schools will feel the pinch of flat funding prairiepublic.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from prairiepublic.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.