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Chickens, Dishwashing, and Keynesian Economics
You know, you wouldn't think that Sicilian Buttercup chickens would have much to do with the U.S. economy, healthcare -- yours or society's -- or even whether to wash your dishes by hand or use a dish...
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N.D. House rejects oil tax reform bill
BISMARCK -- House legislators Wednesday rejected an oil tax reform bill that would have lowered the oil extraction tax, closed a tax loophole for low-producing wells and set up guidelines for a new tr...
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Duluth-area leaders bring a message of thanks to Capitol
ST. PAUL Previous years visits to the state Capitol by Northeastern Minnesota community leaders included requests to fund projects such as an airport terminal, a hockey arena, an intermodal transpo...
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Obama win preserves health care reform's future
By Ryan Schuster President Barack Obamas re-election victory yesterday figures to solidify the future of the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare). The controversial health law was originally...
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Hating the Player, Hating the Game
I'm very definitely not picking a political side here, but I do want to bring to your attention this: a political advertisement attacking a candidate for playing World of Warcraft. Not for being an ad...
Posted on 10/7/12 at 5:30 PM
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President pledges fight: Obama trounces North Dakota anti-abortion laws

President Barack Obama, pledging to fight state efforts to ban abortion practices, said Friday that North Dakota’s most recent law prohibiting abortions as early as six weeks after conception is one attempt “to turn back the clock for policies more suited to the 1950s than the 21st century.”

By By TJ Jerke, Forum News Service , April 27, 2013

Piece-by-piece on immigration in House

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans will take on the immigration issue in bite-size pieces, shunning pressure to act quickly and rejecting the comprehensive approach embraced in the Senate, a key committee chairman said Thursday.

By Erica Werner, Associated Press , April 25, 2013

Governments may push workers to health exchange

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — In a move that would capitalize on provisions under President Barack Obama's health care law but could cost the federal government millions of dollars, Washington state lawmakers have found a creative way to pass a large chunk of their health care expenses along to Washington, D.C. — and analysts say others are likely to follow suit.

By Mike Baker, Associated Press , April 24, 2013

For Obama, a testing, trying and emotional week

For President Barack Obama, one of his most wrenching White House weeks saw the fresh specter of terrorism and the first crushing political defeat of his new term, and the more emotional side of a leader often criticized for appearing clinical or detached.

By Associated Press , April 22, 2013

Kerry pushes Turkey-Israel rapprochement

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday urged Turkey to speed up and cement an American-brokered rapprochement with Israel, and he explored with Palestinian officials new ways to relaunch Mideast peace efforts.

By Associated Press , April 21, 2013

Denver pot holiday bringing crowds, tight security

Denver pot holiday bringing crowds, tight security A crowd of marijuana smokers expected to swell to 80,000 gathered Saturday in Denver to mark the counterculture holiday known as 4/20 on the first celebration since Colorado and Washington made pot legal for recreation use.

By Associated Press , April 20, 2013

Letter to the editor: Hoeven and Heitkamp did well with votes for gun rights

The U.S. Senate recently rejected universal gun background checks, thanks partly to Sens. John Hoeven, R-N.D., and Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D. However, President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-N.D., will continue attacking the Second Amendment.

By By Duane Stahl, Valley City, N.D. , April 20, 2013

Heitkamp in national spotlight: Issue that once hardly came up is quickly becoming a defining one

As Heidi Heitkamp eked out a North Dakota Senate race decided by less than 3,000 votes last year, one topic that rarely came up was gun rights. Now that Heitkamp is a freshman senator in Washington, an issue that once hardly registered has quickly become a defining one.

By By Henry C. Jackson, Associated Press , April 20, 2013

Letter to the editor: Heitkamp’s vote on bill a slap in the face to her donors

For seven years, beginning in 1967, I attended the Crippled Children’s School, now known as the Anne Carlsen Center. I still have my eighth-grade diploma from there. I have since gone on to high school and college and am a writer and blogger.

By By Kent Anderson, Sterling Heights, Mich. , April 19, 2013

Obama, victims' families overcome by gun owners

Four months ago, President Barack Obama promised a grieving nation he would do everything in his power to change gun laws after 26 students and staff were shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Turns out his power and the impassioned pleas of devastated families were no match for the force of gun rights advocates in Congress and across the nation.

By Associated Press , April 19, 2013

Senators unveil sweeping immigration bill

Four Democratic and four Republican senators formally unveiled a sweeping immigration bill Thursday at a news conference attended by traditional opponents from big business and labor, conservative groups and liberal ones. The lawmakers argued that this time, thanks to that broad-based support, immigration overhaul legislation can succeed in Congress.

By Associated Press , April 18, 2013

Gun control backers: Senate defeat won't stop us

One day after the demise of gun control legislation, Senate supporters of the measure vowed to try again, while a leading opponent accused President Barack Obama of taking the "low road" when he harshly criticized lawmakers who voted against key provisions.

By Associated Press , April 18, 2013

AG says higher ed board violated open meeting law

North Dakota’s State Board of Higher Education violated open meeting laws during a dinner meeting earlier this year, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said Thursday.

By Ryan Johnson, Forum News Service , April 18, 2013

Heitkamp votes no on gun sale checks

North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp says she could not support a measure to tighten restrictions on the sale of guns because it would have placed undue burdens on law-abiding people.

April 18, 2013

Anti-abortion rally held at North Dakota Capitol

Anti-abortion activists hailed Gov. Jack Dalrymple and North Dakota lawmakers Wednesday for passing measures this session that give the state the strictest abortion laws in the U.S.

By By James MacPherson, Associated Press , April 18, 2013

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