LIVE COVERAGE: Impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump
WASHINGTON (KVRR) – Live coverage of the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. Categories: Local News, Politics / Elections Tags: Donald Trump, Impeachment
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Bill requires electors to support winner of popular vote
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KCND) – A bill requiring North Dakota’s Presidential electors to cast their ballots for the candidate who won the state’s popular vote is making its way through the Legislature. Right now, the state does not have such a law. Former GOP State Senator John Olson was an elector in 2016, when Donald Trump won the state. Olson says…
Update: Hoeven among Republicans who say impeachment trial is unconstitutional
Sens. Kevin Cramer & John HoevenWASHINGTON (KVRR) – Sen. John Hoeven joined the majority of Republicans who voted to declare that the impeachment trial of former President Trump is unconstitutional. “I do not believe it is constitutional to impeach a president who is no longer in office and in fact the chief justice is not presiding” Hoeven said. “We should…
Fire heavily damages Fargo apartment building
FARGO (KVRR) – Fire heavily damaged an apartment building Tuesday night in Fargo. Firefighters were called to 711 10th Ave. N. at around 9:45 p.m. Crews made their way into the basement where they encountered heavy smoke and fire. The fire was under control within 15 minutes. Several apartments were occupied at the time of the fire. Everyone inside was able…
Cramer: ‘Stop this process right now’
NORTH DAKOTA SENATOR WANTS IMPEACHMENT TRIAL HALTED
WASHINGTON (KVRR) – Sen. Kevin Cramer is among the Republicans who say the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is unconstitutional. “We should stop this process right now” Cramer said. “A plain reading of the Constitution makes it obvious what we began today is an inappropriate use of the impeachment process, and the vast majority of Republicans agree.” The…
Lawsuit claims jail guards were kept away from Chauvin because of race
MINNEAPOLIS – Eight Minnesota jail guards have filed a lawsuit alleging racial discrimination after they were barred from working on the floor where a former police officer charged in George Floyd’s death was being held. The eight guards identify as African American, Hispanic, Pacific Islander American and multiracial. They say they were segregated and prevented from doing their jobs at…
Live Coverage: Multiple people shot at Minnesota clinic
BUFFALO, Minn. – Multiple people were shot at a Buffalo, Minn. health clinic and a suspect was taken into custody. Kelly Prestidge, an office manager for the Buffalo Police Department, says the shooting happened Tuesday at an Allina clinic in Buffalo, about 40 miles northwest of Minneapolis, and that one person was taken into custody. Sixty-seven-year-old Gregory P. Ulrich, from…
Two sentenced in North Dakota construction fraud scheme
WASHBURN, N.D. – Two men accused in a construction fraud scheme in McLean County have each been sentenced to 15 months in prison and have paid more than $700,000 in restitution. Fifty-six-year-old Bartley Gorman Jr. and 27-year-old Sean Gorman, both of Minot, pleaded guilty to criminal charges, including exploitation of a vulnerable adult and construction fraud. An affidavit filed in…
House committee considers raising North Dakota tobacco taxes
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KCND) – A North Dakota House committee is considering two bills that would raise tobacco taxes. One would raise the tax on a pack of cigarettes by $1.00, bringing the tax to $1.44. The other bill would raise taxes on other tobacco products. Tim Blasl, president of the North Dakota Hospital Association, told the House Finance and Taxation…
Great Plains Food Bank provides record 21 million pounds of food in 2020
FARGO (KVRR) – Due to the economic impacts of COVID-19, the Great Plains Food Bank says there was an “unprecedented need” for food assistance in North Dakota and western Minnesota last year Great Plains Food Bank President Melissa Sobolik says the organization provided enough food for 17.7 million meals, which is nearly five million meals more than 2019. “These were…
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