PALM BEACH, Fla. (KVRR) – The FBI’s unprecedented search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home is ricocheting around government, politics and a polarized country. Some say this could be coming off fresh intelligence from people on the inside. The term you keep hearing is unprecedented. Former U.S. Attorney for North Dakota Tim Purdon doubles down on that. “I was…
WASHINGTON (AP/KVRR) – The estimated $740 billion economic package from Democrats is nowhere near what President Joe Biden first envisioned with his effort to rebuild America’s public infrastructure and family support systems. The Senate has approved the slimmer but still substantial compromise package 51-50 with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote. It heads next to the House. It’s…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — Former Miss America Cara Mund is running for Congress as an independent. Mund making the announcement Saturday on her Facebook page saying she wants to be North Dakota’s first female in the U.S. House of Representatives. She plans to start gathering the 1,000 signatures she needs to get on the ballot to face incumbent Republican Rep….
Believe it or not, the new school year starts in less than a month for the region’s biggest district. And that’s not the only thing that’s new. Four of the five Fargo school board members elected for this term are newcomers to the board. Among them is Melissa Burkland, who was the top vote-getter in this summer’s election. Burkland reflects…
ST. PAUL — Attorney General Keith Ellison says he won’t appeal a ruling that struck down most of Minnesota’s restrictions on abortion as unconstitutional. Ellison says the state has already spent enough time and money on the case and would be unlikely to win an appeal. The decision isn’t a surprise since Ellison is a Democrat who supports abortion rights….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — The owner and operator of Red River Women’s Clinic in Fargo says she now has more than enough time to relocate the clinic to Moorhead. A judge on Wednesday temporarily delayed North Dakota’s trigger law abortion ban. Tammi Kromenaker says she was prepared to reopen her clinic in Moorhead next week if the state’s abortion ban…
Attorney General Drew WrigleyBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — North Dakota legislators are asking questions of Attorney General Drew Wrigley after his predecessor’s emails were deleted. The Government Administration committee was initially investigating transparency in the leasing of state government buildings. But it is now also looking into the deletion of the emails, which Wrigley has claimed did not violate any policy….
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR/AP) — Sen. Kevin Cramer says he is opposed to legislation to boost the semiconductor industry in the U.S. But the bill still advanced in the Senate by a vote of 64-32, with 60 votes needed to move ahead. The legislation is now on a glidepath to final passage in the Senate later this week. The White House…
Deb WhiteMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Moorhead City Council member Deb White launches her re-election campaign. The MSUM professor has represented Ward 3 since 2018. White says she wants to tackle issues including workforce shortages, lack of affordable housing and childcare, and increased strain on city infrastructure and public safety. Her husband, former KVRR Chief Meteorologist Rob Kupec, is a DFL…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Fargo City Commission moves ahead with looking into changing noise ordinances for food carts and trucks and street performers downtown. The proposal includes increasing decibels from 50 to 80 and limiting that to 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. It would also no longer issue permits for use in public right of way unless its part…
