Politics / Elections

Hearing Held In Advance of Sports Betting Bill Being Introduced in Minnesota

ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Attempts to legalize sports betting in Minnesota have been proposed in the state Legislature every year since a Supreme Court ruling in 2018 paved the way for states to decide. But in the end the proposals ultimately failed to gain lawmaker’s approval. But lawmakers are about to get another proposal.  So will this be the year…

Democrat Upset Over Scheduling of Burgum’s Hearing To Become Interior Secretary

Doug Burgum / Interior Secretary NomineeWASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico is accusing Republicans of a breach of precedent and protocol in scheduling Doug Burgum’s confirmation hearing to become Interior Secretary. The Democrat and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources says the FBI background check isn’t finished and there is no…

Minnesota judge orders Mike Lindell’s MyPillow to pay nearly $778K to delivery service DHL

FILE – Mike Lindell, CEO of My Pillow, talks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a news conference at Trump National Golf Club, Aug. 15, 2024, in Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota judge has ordered MyPillow to pay nearly $778,000 for unpaid bills and other costs to package delivery service…

North Dakota opens its legislative session with speeches and drinks from a 115-year-old punchbowl

Connie Armstrong, mother of North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong, serves punch from the punchbowl that is part of the 40-piece silver serving set purchased and made for the battleship USS North Dakota in 1910s, on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Bismarck, N.D. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — If the speeches weren’t enough of a draw when the North Dakota…

Gov. Armstrong Proposes Path to Zero Property Taxes Within A Decade

By: Michael Achterling and Amy Dalrymple BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong unveiled a plan Tuesday that aims to eliminate property taxes for most homeowners within a decade. In his first State of the State address, the Republican also signaled support for education savings accounts and public charter schools, pledged to address overcrowded prisons and…

North Dakota lawmakers to consider bill capping price of insulin

Advocates celebrate 2023 legislation capping insulin prices for people on the state employee health insurance plan in a signing ceremony at the North Dakota Capitol with Gov. Doug Burgum in May 2024. Angela Kritzberger, second from right, and her daughter Nina, third from right, plan to travel to Bismarck this week to testify in favor of a bill to extend…

Republicans File Petition Over Special Election, Democrats Threaten A No-Show In The Minnesota House

ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Minnesota House Democrats are threatening not to show up for the first day of the session if a power-sharing agreement isn’t reached with Republicans. The body was tied at 67 until a judge decided that Curtis Johnson didn’t live in the district he won in November. That gave Republicans a slim 67-66 majority but it won’t…

Gov. Kelly Armstrong Announces Jill Kringstad As New Public Service Commissioner

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Gov. Kelly Armstrong has appointed Jill Kringstad as the new Public Service Commissioner. Kringstad has served as the PSC’s manager of business operations since January 2019 and began working for the PSC in 2016. A native of Bismarck, Kringstad earned her bachelor’s degree in accounting with a minor in economics from Minnesota State University Moorhead in…

Congress certifies Trump won the election without challenge, in stark contrast to the 2021 violence

Vice President Kamala Harris hands the certification for Virginia to teller Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., during joint session of Congress to confirm the Electoral College votes, affirming President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress certified President-elect Donald Trump as the winner of the 2024 election in proceedings…