ST. PAUL (KVRR) — The power-sharing agreement is still being hashed out between Democrats and Republicans in the Minnesota House. DFL Speaker-designate Melissa Hortman says both parties met this morning. She says they have narrowed the issues a bit as they continue to negotiate. Hortman wouldn’t speculate on a timeline but says failure is not an option and that both…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — On average, students spend around four to eight hours per day on their cell phones. West Fargo Representative Jim Jonas is sponsoring a bill that would require school districts to establish a cellphone policy for students. “The problem has become they interrupt educational time and it takes away from learning. So I would say if there’s…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Belcourt, North Dakota man is sentenced to life in prison. Justin Baker, 44, is handed down the sentence along with $400 in special assessment fees. Baker is accused of two counts of sexual abuse by threat or death or serious bodily injury and two counts of assault by strangulation. Law enforcement responded to a home…
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR/NEWSDAKOTA) — A Valley City man makes his first court appearance after being arrested and charged with luring minors by computer and indecent exposure. 30-year-old Adam Liesener was arrested on Monday. Court documents say Valley City Police were tipped off last August that he had sent a nude picture to minors. He was working at Open Door…
President Donald Trump WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a push from President Donald Trump to pause federal funding while his administration conducts an across-the-board ideological review to uproot progressive initiatives. The Trump administration plan plunged the U.S. government — and states and organizations that rely on federal funding — into panic and confusion and set the stage…
Signs in protest of a carbon pipeline project sit along Highway 281 south of Ellendale, North Dakota, on Nov. 12, 2024. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Several bills related to carbon capture pipelines are set for hearings this week in the North Dakota Legislature covering topics including eminent domain, common carrier status and liability in the…
Sen. Bob Paulson, R-Minot, testifies in support of a bill during a public hearing at the Capitol on Jan. 24, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota school boards pushed back on a Senate bill that would require public comment periods during regular meetings of local subdivisions. Sen. Bob Paulson, R-Minot, said he is sponsoring Senate…
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Bird flu is forcing farmers to slaughter millions of chickens a month, pushing U.S. egg prices to more than double their cost in the summer of 2023. And it appears there may be no relief in sight, given the surge in demand as Easter approaches. The average price per dozen nationwide hit $4.15 in December. That’s not quite as high as the $4.82…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Representative Jim Kasper of Fargo is among lawmakers sponsoring a bill that would require peace officers to report suspected undocumented immigrants to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The bill says if the peace officer fails to make the report, they could be charged with a class B misdemeanor and be sentenced to up to six…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Advocates from United Way and FM Coalition to End Homelessness have reached the thirty-day mark and identified the key factors of their plans to end homelessness. Objectives for the first benchmark included finding key partners, financial resources and to establish an advisory group. They founded a committee of fourteen organizations, including Churches United, Fargo VA, YWCA…
