FARGO, ND– First Lutheran Church in Fargo is celebrating an important Norwegian holiday. The church invited the community to a lunch in honor of Syttende Mai. The holiday represents the signing of the Norwegian Constitution in 1814. Hundreds showed up for the celebration, which included an accordion band and a look into traditional Norwegian customs. They also were able to…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Republican House Speaker Kurt Daudt is instructing staff to not issue the $14,000 salary increases recently approved by an independent body. Minnesota voters set the 45 percent raise in motion in November by overwhelmingly approving a constitutional amendment to create a Legislative Salary Council. Though lawmakers no longer have the power to set their own…
It’s a decision which affects all of us, and could affect us for a whole generation. MSUM political science professor Dr. Barbara Headrick said this is one of the most important positions in Washington D.C. “You only have nine people on the Supreme Court and that is the final arbiter of what does the constitution mean, what do federal…
