FARGO, N.D. (KVRR)– North Dakota Secretary of State Michael Howe attended the Naturalization Ceremony to put one thing on everyone’s minds….voting. With the election six weeks away, voting is the priority for many. According to Howe, during a previous election only twenty percent of North Dakotan’s voted. He wants to make sure that everyone who has a voice should use…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Moorhead is proposing a tax levy increase of $3.1 million to cover additional budget expenditures including wage and benefits and city equipment. A big factor is to increase spending on public safety to retain and hire officers. It would mean a 4.9% tax increase and would amount to $8.74 per month for an average home valued…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — For the members of the Fargo Human Rights Commission, the decision made to eliminate the Diversity Equity and Inclusion department was the wrong move. “For the mayor to go ahead and acknowledge that there was not a goal and then for us to be holding them accountable for not reaching for said imaginary goals is crazy,”…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — While there was a “glitch” in Minnesota’s new automatic voter registration system, Secretary of State Steve Simon said Thursday that nobody who was ineligible voted in the August primary as a result of the problem. That had been one of the questions that Minnesota Republicans last week said was still hanging after Simon and other state officials…
South Central District Judge Bruce Romanick listens to arguments by attorneys during a hearingBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The state of North Dakota is asking a judge to pause his ruling from last week that struck down the state’s abortion ban until the state Supreme Court rules on a planned appeal. The state’s motion to stay a pending appeal was filed…
Susan Sisk, director of the North Dakota Office of Management and Budget, presents an update to members of the interim Government Finance Committee on Sept. 17, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)(North Dakota Monitor) North Dakota’s general fund is expected to end the 2023-25 biennium with a nearly $713 million surplus, according to data from the Office of Management and Budget….
North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley, right, and Gov. Doug Burgum participate in a meeting of the state’s Industrial Commission at the Capitol on Feb. 27, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)(North Dakota Monitor) State lawmakers on Wednesday voted to approve an additional $3 million for the Attorney General’s Office’s litigation fund — but some Democrats are worried the office is…
Josh Kevan, senior consultant for firm RVK Inc., presents a cash management study to lawmakers on the Government Finance Committee on Sept. 17, 2024. A key recommendation of the study was for the state to move its operating money out of the Bank of North Dakota. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)(North Dakota Monitor) A cash management study presented to lawmakers Tuesday recommends…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Former North Dakota Governor Ed Schafer has launched a new campaign against Constitutional Measure 2 The ballot question proposed by the state legislature would establish new restrictions on North Dakota’s ballot initiative process. It would require constitutional and non-constitutional initiated measures to be limited to a single subject determined by the Secretary of State. It would…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo City Commissioners voted 4-1 last night to make cuts to the proposed 2025 budget, including ending the DEI program. They cut a total of 6.2 positions including three which are currently occupied and three-point-two that are vacant. The total savings in salary and benefits would be over $680,000 in a budget that is worth $133…
