WASHINGTON (KVRR) – The Senate is conducting Day 4 of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. Categories: Local News, Politics / Elections Tags: Donald Trump, Impeachment, senate
BISMARCK , N.D. (KVRR/KCND) – A House committee held a hearing Friday on a bill that would require North Dakotans to reside in the state for one year before being eligible to vote. Hazelton Republican Rep. Jeff Magrum’s bill would extend the residency requirement from 30 days to one year for someone who moves to North Dakota from out of…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KCND) – The North Dakota House has approved a measure that would prohibit transgender athletes from competing on teams that do not match their birth gender. Supporters of the measure said it’s designed to protect girls from having to compete against boys who are physiologically stronger and faster than girls. Opponents said LGBTQ kids are often bullied at…
WASHINGTON – The Senate is conducting day 3 of the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. Categories: Politics / Elections Tags: Donald Trump, impeachment trial, senate
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KCND) – The North Dakota House has approved a bill that could mean the state would not have to enforce federal laws it doesn’t agree with. The measure sets up a committee to review the federal laws in question, and then make a recommendation to the full Legislature on whether those laws will be followed or not. Opponents…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – An advocacy group wants North Dakota lawmakers to make the legislature’s redistricting process “open and accessible” to everyone. “North Dakota Voters First” is opposing a bill that would exempt draft versions of redistricting maps from state open records laws. Spokesperson Ellen Chaffee says the bill keeps early versions of legislative maps secret. She says that’s unacceptable…
WASHINGTON (KVRR) – Live coverage of the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. Categories: Local News, Politics / Elections Tags: Donald Trump, Impeachment
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…
MINNESOTA (KVRR) – As the pandemic uproots many people out of their jobs, fellow Minnesotans are speaking out for new legislation that will help hospitality and service sector workers impacted after losing their jobs. As state restrictions ease up and more businesses open, laid off workers are worried they’ll be out of jobs to competing applicants. Minnesota House Democrats are…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – After Mayor Johnathan Judd resigned after accepting a 7th Judicial District judgeship, the Moorhead City Council unanimously elected Council Member Shelly Carlson mayor at a council meeting Monday. The city says citizens will vote on a new mayor in November of 2022. The city will appoint someone from Moorhead’s second ward to serve as a council…
