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Hosted by Prairie Public’s Ann Alquist and Erik Deatherage, In Session will keep you updated on the North Dakota Legislative Session — legislation that gets debated, sent back to committee, voted on again, and maybe put in front of the governor to sign. It can be dry stuff, the legislature, but we’ll make it interesting — because what happens in Bismarck affects all of us.

News from the Prairie Region. The group would work in cooperation with the national park service and the United States government, providing recommendations for managing the horses.

Nov 15, 2024 · Fargo Police have released the names of individuals related to an officer involved shooting in south Fargo this week that left one man dead. 65-year-old Peter Greco had made several calls for medical assistance and suicidal ideation …

Nov 21, 2024 · The Public Service Commission has approved a certificate of “public convenience and necessity” for a power line project, to be built by MDU and Otter Tail Power.

Jan 10, 2025 · Gov. Kelly Armstrong’s property tax reform proposal is now a bill. It’s HB 1176. It contains increases in the primary residence credit, with a goal of eventually having those homeowners’ property tax reduced to zero..

Nov 8, 2024 · North Dakota voters spoke in favor of and in opposition to five ballot measures on Tuesday night. Here's a recap, and what's next. Ballot Measure 1: Voters overwhelming approved a measure to change the names of institutions, such as the the “school for the deaf and dumb of North Dakota” to the “school for the deaf and hard of hearing”; a …

Nov 16, 2024 · If we’re going to live in this level land we call the Great Plains — and I expect to do so until I die — then there are some fundamentals we need to come to terms with. Like the Homestead Act, signed by Abraham Lincoln on 20 May 1862. Unless we are Indigenous, we should think about what it means to be the heirs of a landed, settler society. Fortunately, we have Richard Edwards and his ...

Jan 29, 2025 · If the other paintings in the room that houses the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in Paris could talk, they might be whispering "good riddance!" to one another right now. That's owing to French President Emmanuel Macron's announcement on Tuesday that the world's most famous painting is to be removed from the Salle des Etats, its longstanding home, and rehoused in its own space in the Louvre ...

Jan 9, 2025 · Strong winds blow embers as the Palisades Fire burns homes on the Pacific Coast Highway amid a powerful windstorm in Los Angeles, California. Hundreds of American Red Cross workers are helping residents fleeing from the massive and fast-moving wildfires that have destroyed homes of all kinds and sizes.