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Newsflyer 24 May 2013
Major Truss Bridge Collapses in Washington, another Ohio River Truss Bridge Doomed, another Iowa Truss Bridge's future in Limbo, Hope for Minnesota Bridge? O...
Posted on 5/24/13 at 4:29 AM
UND business and public administration students find classroom is all around them in D.C.
University of North Dakota Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Administration Dana Harsell recalls chatting a few years ago with a dean from one of those fancy public policy schools sm...
Posted on 3/15/13 at 9:48 AM
Presidents' Day Word Search
Here is a word search I created with words that relate to President's Day. Print as many copies as you like. Enjoy! Click on the link below to download the puzzle: http://legacy.grandforksherald.com/p...
Posted on 2/14/13 at 4:00 PM
A Common Thread
On the eve of one of the biggest games in Bison football history, I thought it was interesting to note that NDSUhas history with the other 3 semifinalists in a rather large way, and it happened in a ...
Posted on 12/13/12 at 11:40 AM
Flight: Reviewed
I went to see the Denzel Washington movie, "Flight," this weekend. And, if I hadn't just seen "Argo," I would be proclaiming "Flight" as the best movie I've seen in years. But it will have to settle...
Posted on 11/6/12 at 2:03 PM
Is there a morale crisis in the US nuclear force?
WASHINGTON — Beyond the Air Force's embarrassing suspension of 17 nuclear missile launch officers lie two broader questions.By ROBERT BURNS , May 11, 2013
Mr. Helms goes to Washington
As the road to the Keystone XL pipeline’s approval or rejection trudges on, North Dakota Director of Mineral Resources Lynn Helms visited Washington, D.C., this week to tout the pipeline and the advantages it would present his state.By Bryan Horwath , May 11, 2013
Heitkamp votes against expanded gun sale checks
BISMARCK — 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
Lawmakers head into the night making decisions that impact taxes, spending
WASHINGTON — Weary lawmakers pushed at last toward a final vote on emergency legislation to avoid a national “fiscal cliff” of major tax increases and spending cuts in a New Year’s Night culmination of a struggle that tested divided government to the limit.By By Alan Fram , January 02, 2013
Fiscal cliff: How to judge if debt cuts are real
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and leaders of the lame-duck Congress may be just weeks away from shaking hands on a deal to avert the dreaded “fiscal cliff.” So it’s natural to wonder: If they announce a bipartisan package promising to curb mushrooming federal deficits, will it be real?By Alan Fram , November 25, 2012
The Influence Game: Election may be over, but campaign continues
WASHINGTON — The election may be over, but a new campaign is being waged in the nation’s capital as lobbyists, advocates and trade groups fight to shape the government’s response to the looming fiscal cliff.By Stephen Ohlemacher , November 23, 2012
Border patrol OK'd to bypass environment laws
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled House on Tuesday approved a bill that would allow the Border Patrol to circumvent more than a dozen environmental laws on all federally-managed lands within 100 miles of the borders with Mexico and Canada.By Matthew Daly , June 20, 2012
Path to the White House: SolarBee to be recognized as rural success
February 11, 2012
Update2: Officials name those killed in helicopter crash, former western North Dakota resident among them
By The Dickinson Press and AP , December 14, 2011
Cut taxes, Obama tells Congress in $450B jobs plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attacking a deepening jobs crisis, President Barack Obama challenged a reluctant Congress Thursday night to urgently pass a larger-than-expected $450 billion plan to “jolt an economy that has stalled.” He urged lawmakers to slash Social Security taxes for tens of millions of Americans and for almost every business to encourage hiring.September 09, 2011
Obama to sign law ending military gay ban
WASHINGTON — In a historic vote for gay rights, the Senate agreed on Saturday to do away with the military's 17-year ban on openly gay troops and sent President Barack Obama legislation to overturn the Clinton-era policy known as “don't ask, don't tell.”By Anne Flaherty , December 18, 2010
Sodom in the nation's capital
At a time when our country is sick, it shouldn’t surprise that one our sickest places is our nation’s capital.By Star Parker , November 25, 2009
Wash. wineries getting bigger as production grows
October 26, 2009
Mr. Ueckert goes to Washington
August 05, 2009
Senate OKs guns in national parks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled Congress is moving to restore a Bush administration policy that allowed loaded guns in national parks.May 19, 2009
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