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SOCIAL SECURITY: INFORMATION & UPDATES Medicare Medical (Part B) premium varies with income
Medicare Medical (Part B) coverage helps pay for doctors services and outpatient care along with other services. Most people incorrectly think that the costs of providing Medicare Part B coverage are...
Posted on 5/20/13 at 3:49 PM
THE WEST WING Weekly Memo 3-15-2013
Each Weekly Memo to the City Council and the agenda packet is also provided on theCity Councilweb page. WEEKLY UPDATE: MnDOT Funding Staff from the City and the MPO participated in a webinar this w...
Posted on 3/15/13 at 4:45 PM
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA NEWS Famed civil rights leader Angela Davis to speak at next UND ‘Great Conversation’ at the Fritz
The University Program Council, a division of Student Government at the University of North Dakota, invites the public to a Great Conversation featuring Civil Rights Movement activist Angela Davis o...
Posted on 1/30/13 at 3:05 PM
NEW PLATEAUS The Boiling Point of Aaron Swartz's Suicide
The more I read about Aaron Swartz, the more he seemed like a hero from an Ayn Rand novel. Unfortunately, accompanying his Randian hero-like intelligence, moral IQ, and frustration that the rest of th...
Posted on 1/15/13 at 9:00 AM
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER A few answers to fiscal cliff questions
The fiscal cliff is getting more and more attention with a Dec. 31 federal government deadline looming, but Americans seem to have a lot of questions: Just what is the fiscal cliff? The simple answe...
Posted on 11/19/12 at 4:47 PM
Dem, GOP senators work on background check deal 
Two influential senators, one from each party, are working on an agreement that could expand background checks on firearms sales to include gun shows and online transactions, Senate aides said Sunday.
By Alan Fram , April 07, 2013
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PAUL KRUGMAN: Don’t treat recession as a morality play
When the Great Depression struck, many influential people argued that the government shouldn’t even try to limit the damage. According to Herbert Hoover, Andrew Mellon, his Treasury secretary, urged him to “Liquidate labor, liquidate stocks, liquidate the farmers. … It will purge the rottenness out of the system.”
By Paul Krugman , April 07, 2013
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N.D. governor's energy stocks, contributions raise questions
When an oil company wanted to drill for oil near a beloved North Dakota landmark, it brought to light a possible ethical question for Gov. Jack Dalrymple. Dalrymple owns stock in ExxonMobil, the parent company of XTO, which applied for a permit to drill near a ranch once owned by Teddy Roosevelt.
By Amy Dalrymple , March 30, 2013
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- North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple speaks while attending the groundbreaking ceremony for the Dakota Prairie Refinery
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- PDF: Wayne Stenehjem statement of interest
- Energy-related stocks held by Gov. Jack Dalrymple
- Table’s turned: Lynn Helms goes from oil industry to oil regulator
- PDF: Jack Dalrymple statement of interest
- PDF: Doug Goehring statement of interest
Syrian rebels enter strategic Aleppo neighborhood
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Syrian rebels pushed into a strategic neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo after days of heavy clashes, seizing control of at least part of the hilltop district and killing a pro-government cleric captured in the fighting, activists and state media said Saturday.
By Bassem Mroue , March 30, 2013
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Thousands of messages pour into governor on abortion
As soon as Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed three anti-abortion bills Tuesday, the phone started ringing. Lauren Strinden, executive assistant for the governor, said calls from people wanting to express their opinions came flooding in at about the same time she heard he had signed the bills.
By Amy Dalrymple , March 27, 2013
Syrian opposition plunges into disarray
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Syria's opposition plunged into disarray Sunday as its president quit and its military chief refused to recognize the newly elected prime minister of an interim government for rebel-held areas.
By Ben Hubbard , March 24, 2013
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Democrats already eyeing Republican congressional seats
Election Day 2014 is more than a year and a half away, and most voters probably want to ignore the next blizzard of political ads for as long as possible. Not so, for some Democrats in Washington and Minnesota.
By Brett Neely , March 23, 2013
US, Afghanistan OK detention center transfer
The U.S. has reached an agreement with the Afghanistan government to transfer the Parwan Detention Facility to Afghan control, the Pentagon said Saturday, two weeks after negotiations broke down over whether the U.S. would have the power to block the release of some detainees.
By Lolita C. Baldor , March 23, 2013
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Legislative notebook: Senate budget avoids surcharge that House Democrats want
Senate Democrats do not want to place an income tax surcharge on the richest of the rich, but they are looking into expanding a new tax the governor wants on the top 2 percent of Minnesota earners.
By Don Davis and Danielle Killey , March 20, 2013
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PAUL KRUGMAN: A tale of three budgets — two serious, one comical
It has been a big week for budget documents. In fact, members of Congress have presented not one but two full-fledged, serious proposals for spending and taxes over the next decade. Before I get to that, however, let me talk briefly about the third proposal presented this week — the one that isn’t serious, that’s essentially a cruel joke.
By Paul Krugman , March 17, 2013
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Pay hikes recommended for Minnesota government leaders
Recommendations slated for action Monday call for the first salary hikes for Minnesota's governor and legislators since the late 1990s, as well as a substantial restructuring of how top state agency managers are paid.
By Associated Press , March 10, 2013
Transfer of US prison to Afghans delayed again
The long-awaited transfer of the U.S. detention center in Afghanistan was delayed once again Saturday after a deal struck between the two governments broke down before the planned handover ceremony.
By Heidi Vogt , March 09, 2013
Senators hush-hush as they craft immigration bill
The eight senators meet in private several times a week, alternating between Sen. John McCain's and Sen. Charles Schumer's offices. They sit in arm chairs arranged in a circle and sip water or soft drinks as they debate temporary workers and border security. In a capital riven by partisanship and gridlock, they are determined to be the exception and actually get something done.
By Erica Werner , March 09, 2013
In a rising economy, politicians look for credit
Increased hiring, lower unemployment, stock market on the rise. Who gets the credit? It's a hotly debated point in Washington, where political scorekeeping amounts to who gets blame and who gets praise.
By Jim Kuhnhenn , March 09, 2013
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