Senator Tim Mathern

Sen. Mathern Speaks on Heightened Security for Legislators

Mathern opposes the idea that lawmakers need to make themselves less accessible to the public.

North Dakota State Capitol / BismarckFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – North Dakota State Senator Tim Mathern has served in Bismarck since 1986. He says that up until recently, one thing that set this state apart was the level of access it provided citizens to have with their elected representatives. “Most of us list our cell phones, our telephone numbers, our addresses,”…

Second Annual Juneteenth Event Held At NDSU Renaissance Hall

"Juneteenth means to me, equity, liberation, abolition, family, food, sovereignty, and justice in every way that we can imagine."

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — People are getting out and about on this day to celebrate the new federal holiday. “We got love. We got people here and I think the biggest thing is we have unification. When you think of the Swahili word, Umoja it means to unify. To be a unified front and that’s what we need here in…