BY: JACOB FISCHLER (North Dakota Monitor) Democrats will gather in Chicago for their once-every-four-years convention, beginning Monday. Here’s a rundown: What is it? National political conventions are large gatherings of party officeholders, candidates and allies. They meet every four years to officially nominate candidates for president and vice president; to adopt a party platform, the […]
BY: MICHAEL ACHTERLING (North Dakota Monitor) Construction along part of Theodore Roosevelt National Park’s South Unit 48-mile scenic loop could be completed by November, if the weather cooperates, according to a senior National Park Service official. In 2019, a 4-mile stretch of the scenic loop roadway slid down a steep embankment in the park’s South Unit due […]
By JASON COHEN (Daily Caller News Foundation) NewsNation host Chris Cuomo on Friday ridiculed Vice President Kamala Harris’ skill level following a gaffe she made in her economic speech. Harris, during the Friday afternoon speech in North Carolina, announced her plan to impose a federal ban on so-called “price gouging,” but said “gauging” instead of “gouging.” Cuomo said he […]
JASON COHEN (Daily Caller News Foundation) CNN’s Michael Smerconish warned Saturday that Vice President Kamala Harris will eventually have to answer for her record and policy changes during her presidential campaign. Harris has not sat down for a single interview nor published a policy platform on her campaign website as of Aug. 17, nearly four weeks into her presidential bid. Smerconish said […]
By JENNIFER NUELLE (Daily Caller News Foundation) The city of Chicago is preparing for mass arrests and protests ahead of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) starting on Monday, clearing jail spaces and boarding up establishments, according to multiple reports. Cook County Circuit Court Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans announced in July that they would prepare […]
Dear Fellow Citizens, We are responding to the InForum editorial about the Sep 7th soccer tournament we are organizing, sponsored by District 10 State House candidate Jared Hendrix. We would like to address comments made by Rep. Hamida Dakane about new Americans, Hendrix, and our tournament. To be clear, Hendrix did not come up with […]
BY: AMY DALRYMPLE (North Dakota Monitor) An important discussion about the future of North Dakota’s K-12 education system appears to be happening in private. The discussion is so private, in fact, that even some Education Committee lawmakers seem to be in the dark. The Legislature’s interim Education Committee was directed through legislation approved in 2023 to study […]
BY: JEFF BEACH (North Dakota Monitor) CASSELTON — While hosting a congressional field hearing, Greg Tehven, one of the founders of North Dakota’s Grand Farm, called on the federal government to honor its financial commitments in a timely manner. “It was very uncomfortable sitting in this room and telling my board of directors that we […]
BY: MICHAEL ACHTERLING (North Dakota Monitor) It may have been unconventional to roll a beat-up pickup onto a political convention floor, but that was in character for Rep. Randy Schobinger. In 1996, that was a resounding success for the Minot lawmaker, according to his friend and former campaign staffer. Schobinger, 54, who died Tuesday, started […]
Mike Blessum joins Minot Matters to talk the 2025 prelim city budget. He talks about the presentation by the City, Federal Funding, Employee Pay Packages, and the goal of decreasing property taxes.
