MINOT, N.D. — Some hospitals in our region are doing well in terms of getting their staff vaccinated. “At Fargo’s Sanford hospitals, 95% of staff were fully vaccinated and an unknown number of employees had successfully claimed a medical or religious exemption to the shot as of Wednesday, Oct. 20,” Jeremy Turley reports. “Erin Johnson, a spokeswoman for Sanford…
North Dakota
I don’t blame hospitals for reticence to release vaccination numbers
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Proposed policy at UND would classify misgendering as discrimination
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Conservatives believe they can use big government to win the culture war
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Capitalism produces a bit of wonder amid the cynicism
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Friday Mailbag: Vaccination choice, school dress-up days, oil pipelines, and innumeracy of the national debt debate
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Stymied Democrats could find more success through moderation
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ND Land Commissioner Jodi Smith ends tumultuous tenure with resignation
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Republican senator, charged with theft, doesn’t want to be associated with Bastiat Caucus
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Insurance companies can’t raise your rates based on your vaccination status … thanks Obamacare
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Schools should cool it with the dress-up days
National
It shouldn’t be this hard to use North Dakota money to help North Dakotans
MINOT, N.D. — North Dakota lawmakers will meet next month to approve a new map created by the redistricting process, but other issues will also be tackled. One is appropriating the state’s share of massive federal COVID-19 aid. Another may well be the latest jockeying over legislation directing Legacy Fund investments to in-state projects and…
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Forget term limits, how about a cognitive test for politicians?
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NDGOP may move its state convention to after the June primary
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Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem needs to own these legal failures
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As important as vaccines are, we cannot abandon choice
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North Dakota Republicans in wait-and-see mode on Trump running in 2024
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Thank wind power for the ‘tough’ spike in heating bills you’re about to suffer
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It’s time for California to end its childish state travel bans
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Treating school board protests like acts of terrorism is a gross overreaction
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Bastiat Caucus lawmaker threatens legal action over mask requirement at upcoming special session
This And That
Should the eviction moratorium end? Why was there so much outrage over Simone Biles? Watch the discussion live at 11 a.m.
Simone Biles has had some trouble competing at the Tokyo Olympics, and that has certain political commentators steaming. Conservative commentator Charlie Kirk called Biles a “sociopath,” as one example, and you’ve probably seen worse on social media. But why do people care so much? Does everything have to be culture war? Also, a federal moratorium on evictions is set to expire…
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Are concerns about critical race theory valid? Watch the discussion with the head of North Dakota’s teacher union
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First he was on, then he was off; Rep. Kelly Armstrong talks January 6 commission on Plain Talk Live
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Term limits, yes or no? Watch the debate with former Gov. Ed Schafer live at 2 p.m.
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Will scorning people inspire them to get vaccinated? Watch the discussion live at 11 a.m.
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LIVE AT 2 p.m.: North Dakota Republican lawmaker Dwight Kiefert responds to recall effort
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LIVE AT 11 a.m.: Is fleeing a valid tactic for lawmakers? Rob Port and Jay Thomas discuss
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LIVE AT 11:30am: Sen. Kevin Cramer talks child tax credit payments, infrastructure and spending bills, and the evolving way Republicans are talking about climate
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LIVE AT 2 p.m.: Space billionaires, fleeing Democrats, and the war on vaccines
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