North Dakota lawmakers say childcare is a barrier to workforce development, and they will look at ways to make it easier for working families to afford. Gov. Doug Burgum proposed a plan to expand the current Child Care Assistance Program and provide a child care tax credit. The governor is also pitching a plan to…
Man Who Ran Over Conservative Teenager Charged With Murder, Arrested
The North Dakota man who admitted to striking a teenager with his car has been charged with murder and taken back into custody, about a week after posting bail. Shannon Brandt was charged with murder with a dangerous weapon and duty in an accident involving death or injury, both felonies, according to court documents obtained…
GOP Lawmakers Sound Alarm Over Chinese Purchase of US Farmland Near Air Force Base
September 27, 2022
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Fifty-one House Republicans have written three of the Biden administration’s top cabinet officials in alarm over efforts by a Chinese entity to acquire farmland near a North Dakota air force base. The transaction in question concerns Fufeng Group, the large producer of food additives in China with links to the Chinese Communist Party. Fufeng recently…
Put North Dakota’s Shannon Brandt in Prison for Life
Commentary Does that sound extreme? It shouldn’t. Not to a healthy society, at least. Shannon Brandt, 41, ran down 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson with his car in North Dakota due to a supposed political disagreement. He then fled the scene, leaving the teenager to die of his injuries. Brandt was drunk and argued that he felt threatened…
Man Who Admitted to Striking Conservative Teenager With Car After Political Dispute Released on Bond
A man who has admitted to running his vehicle into a teenager who he claimed was an extremist Republican was released on bond in North Dakota this week even though the teen passed away. Shannon Brandt, the man, posted $50,000 bond on Sept. 20, according to Foster County jail records and a bond receipt. Brandt…
Biden Spokesman Calls Chinese Land Buys Near Military Bases ‘Homeownership Issue’
September 15, 2022
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White House spokesman John Kirby dismissed questions about foreign land buys close to U.S. military bases and potentially tied to the Chinese Communist Party, calling it a “homeownership issue.” Kirby, National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications, came to the question during a daily briefing Tuesday, about Chinese entities “buying up U.S. real estate” including…
Ex-Miss America Mund Qualifies as North Dakota Congressional Candidate
BISMARCK, N.D.—Former Miss America Cara Mund has qualified to appear on the November ballot as an independent candidate for North Dakota’s sole U.S. House seat, the secretary of state’s office announced Friday. Mund is challenging Republican Rep. Kelly Armstrong, who is seeking a third term. The secretary of state’s office said Mund had met the 1,000-signature…
3 More States Enact Abortion Trigger Laws While North Dakota Judge Put State’s Trigger Law on Hold
August 26, 2022
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Three Republican-led states this week enacted abortion bans triggered after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, while a judge on Aug. 25 blocked an abortion ban in North Dakota a day it was set to take effect. Idaho, Tennessee, and Texas have joined eight other states that have abortion laws that kicked…
Fargo School Board Reinstates the Pledge of Allegiance After National Public Outcry
August 19, 2022
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After criticism from conservative lawmakers and backlash from citizens nationwide, the Fargo Board of Education on Aug. 18 voted to reverse course on its previous week’s decision to stop reciting the Pledge of Allegiance before its meetings. On Aug. 9, seven of the board’s nine members, including four newcomers who took office in June, voted…
Former Miss America Cara Mund Plans to Run for Congress
BISMARCK, N.D.—Cara Mund, a former Miss America who gained attention by criticizing the organization near the end of her reign in 2018, plans to run for Congress in North Dakota as an independent. Mund announced her candidacy Saturday and said she would start gathering the 1,000 signatures she needs to get on the ballot, the…
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