BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota House and Senate negotiators have agreed on a big tax cut package that includes both income tax and property tax relief. The plan would reduce existing income tax brackets from five to three. Income taxes on the lowest bracket would be eliminated. That would be for single filers under $45,000 a year and married couples…
ST. PAUL (KVRR/AP) — A bill to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana in Minnesota passes the Minnesota House of Representatives by a vote of 71-59. The House, where Democrats comfortably outnumber Republicans, debated its marijuana bill late into the night Monday before breaking around midnight. The debate resumed this morning. The Senate, where Democrats hold only a one-seat majority, is…
DILWORTH, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — Police in Dilworth are looking for a man they say fired multiple shots in a parking lot. 911 calls started coming in around 10:45 Tuesday morning. Callers said multiple shots were fired by light skinned black male wearing a long sleeve hoodie, 20 to 30 years of age, in a parking lot near 208 5th Street…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Recreational marijuana could soon be legalized and regulated in Minnesota under bills that are entering the final rounds of debate at the Legislature. The House, where Democrats comfortably outnumber Republicans, was set to pass its marijuana bill Monday night after green-lighting similar legislation in 2021. The Senate, where Democrats hold only a one-seat majority, is scheduled…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A federal jury in Fargo finds a woman guilty for her role in an international drug conspiracy case. Marie Um was convicted of all counts against her in a case dubbed “Operation Denial.” Um, also known as “Angry Bird,” was indicted in 2017. She was one of three Canadian nationals extradited for selling fentanyl and similar…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum on Monday signed a a bill that bans abortion at 6 weeks of pregnancy, including cases of rape or incest. North Dakota’s Republican Gov. Doug Burgum signed an abortion ban at six weeks of pregnancy — even in cases of rape or incest — into law on Monday. “This bill clarifies…
NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News said Monday it has “agreed to part ways” with Tucker Carlson, its popular and controversial host, less than a week after settling a lawsuit over the network’s 2020 election reporting. The network said in a press release that the last program of “Tucker Carlson Tonight” aired Friday. “We thank him for his service to…
Kim PotterMINNEAPOLIS – Kim Potter, the former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota police officer who mistook her gun for a Taser and killed Daunte Wright in 2021, was released from prison early Monday. The Minnesota Department of Corrections says Potter was set free around 4 a.m. “out of an abundance of caution.” The department confirmed earlier she would be released on Monday,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Fargo police are investigating a shooting at an apartment building that sent one person to a hospital. They say the injuries are not considered life threatening. They also say the suspect and victim know each other. The call came in shortly before 9 this morning at 1632 33rd Avenue South. No one is in custody. Police…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has signed a bill into law that imposes strict restrictions on transgender health care and certain types of gender-affirming care to people younger than 18. Gender-affirming care for minors has been available in the U.S. for more than a decade, but it has increasingly come under scrutiny in many conservative legislatures….
