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Gov. Walz lays out 2022-23 budget proposal including tax hike on top earners

Walz recommends expanding the Working Family Tax Credit for more than 300,000 households

January 26, 2021

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ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz proposes an over $52 billion, two-year budget with an emphasis on COVID-19 recovery. It includes tax hikes on the state’s highest earners and corporations. The bulk of his budget focuses on ensuring students catch up on learning, and supporting small businesses and working families. Despite a $1.2 billion budget deficit, Walz is…

Bill requires students to participate in sports based on sex assigned at birth

January 26, 2021

Jim Monk,

BISMARCK, N.D. – Critics of legislation that addresses gender in school sports say the proposal discriminates against transgender students in North Dakota. The bill would prohibit public schools from allowing a person to participate on a girls or boys team if the person “was assigned the opposite sex at birth.” Republican Rep. Ben Koppelman of West Fargo says the bill…

Bill in ND Legislature would make recreational marijuana legal

January 25, 2021

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BISMARCK, N.D. – A Republican lawmaker is proposing a bill to make recreational marijuana legal in North Dakota. State Rep. Jason Dockter of Bismarck says attitudes toward the drug have changed in the past few years. His bill would not support growing nor would it protect people carrying more than an ounce from the law. Both neighboring South Dakota and…

Bill seeks to ease limits on North Dakota’s ‘castle’ law

January 22, 2021

Jim Monk,

BISMARCK, N.D. – Members of the North Dakota Legislature are taking another shot at easing restrictions on the right to use deadly force in self-defense. The bill would allow someone to use deadly force without retreating in certain circumstances. The proposal to remove the “duty to retreat” provision is the latest attempt by lawmakers to modify the state’s “castle law.”…

Dem-NPL Chair shares what a Biden Administration could mean for North Dakota

January 21, 2021

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FARGO, N.D. — The chair of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL says she hopes North Dakotans will give the Biden-Harris administration a chance. Kylie Oversen says she recognizes that North Dakota remains deeply conservative and that some may feel anxious about a largely Democratic federal government. However, she believes that the new administration will better our state by working to rebuild…

Streets ‘bizarrely empty’ during Biden Inauguration

January 21, 2021

KVRR Staff,

WASHINGTON (KVRR) – It was an Inauguration Day unlike any other. For those hoping to get a glimpse of the Inauguration ceremony, this is about as close to the Capitol as you can get. The streets of Washington, D.C. were largely quiet as President Joe Biden was sworn into office. Barbed wire fences, concrete barriers, and military trucks blocked…

Marchers take to the streets in Fargo on Inauguration Day

Some people in the metro say a new administration in the White House doesn't mean much until real change is made

January 20, 2021

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FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — As President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are sworn into office in Washington, marchers take to the streets in Fargo. The “Solidarity March,” they say, is a call for people to come together and demand the changes they want to see this year and into the future. “Our officials from the very top, the…

Fargo’s Donald Trump shop will remain open

January 20, 2021

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FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Those at the Donald Trump shop in Fargo say they will not be closing their doors any time soon. Lee Olson, a volunteer, says he’s unsure of what to expect in the coming years, but is praying for the best. Olson says business has slowed down since the election, but there are still some customers that…

LIVE: Inauguration Day Analysis

A presidential inauguration like you've never seen it before. We have experts breaking down what it means for the future of our country.

January 20, 2021

Emily Welker,

If you didn’t think we were in uncharted territory before in the United States, today is all the proof you need. From the flags gathered on the National Mall to symbolize all the Americans who can’t be at the presidential inauguration because of the pandemic, to the National Guard troops assembled to protect the nation’s capitol from a repeat of…

Trump’s trial could begin on Inauguration Day

January 18, 2021

Jim Monk,

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial could begin as soon as 1 p.m. on Inauguration Day Wednesday as President-elect Joe Biden is being sworn into office. That’s according to a a timeline of Senate procedure obtained by The Associated Press. It’s the possible schedule if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sends the articles of impeachment to the Senate soon. Trump…