North Dakota Republicans own the executive branch, the legislative branch and the judicial branch of state government, lock, stock and barrel. The Democrats could meet in a phone booth, except
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North Dakota Republicans have an ax to grind with their Democratic counterparts after local officials supported a man accused of vandalizing a U.S. senator s office.
A GoFundMe page, reported by the local
Jamestown Sun, shows North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party Chairwoman Kylie Oversen, party official Ellie Shockley, and 2012 lieutenant gubernatorial contender Ellen Chaffee contributed donations to Thomas Alexander Starks, for whom a legal defense fund was opened after he was charged for allegedly using an ax to destroy the windows and intercom systems of Sen. John Hoeven s office on Dec. 21. The 30-year-old faces up to five years in prison if convicted of the Class C felony charge of criminal mischief.
BISMARCK, N.D. On the heels of the 2020 census, states now are getting started on redrawing their legislative maps. But watchdogs say there are still concerns about gerrymandering in states such as North Dakota, and hope citizens demand more transparency in the process. .
For some, the government’s assistance for wind is starting to wear out its welcome.
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A row of wind turbines towers over the landscape near Edgeley, N.D. Darren Gibbins / Forum News Service
Bruce Roder and his sons farm just about everything. The family has wheat, soybeans, peas, canola “sometimes corn,” he says all on about 10,000 acres of land, spread across multiple farms, not far from Langdon, N.D.
For years, though, the land has sprouted another big cash crop: three towering wind turbines, gently spinning on the prairie wind, all worth somewhere in the neighborhood of $4,000 in payments each year.
Under a bill introduced by Sen. Kristin Roers, R-Fargo, nursing home residents would be able to assign caregivers who could come and go from their facility, opening an emotional support line.