SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) A day after she called for peace and healing following the riots at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem called.
2. Oil industry pushing bill to slash penalties on overdue royalty payments to North Dakota
Rep. Jason Dockter, R-Bismarck, presents a bill to the House Finance and Taxation Committee on Wednesday, Jan. 6. Jeremy Turley / Forum News Service
The powerful North Dakota oil lobby has thrown its weight behind a bill in the House of Representatives that would cut down on the maximum interest and penalties the state can charge oil and gas companies for overdue royalty payments.
Companies agree to pay royalties and any late fees to the state for the right to extract publicly owned minerals, but bill sponsor Rep. Jason Dockter, R-Bismarck, said his legislation would fix an outdated system of imposing excessive charges on firms when they fall behind on the payments. The House Finance and Taxation Committee held its first hearing on House Bill 1080 on Wednesday, Jan. 6.
AG: No cost for North Dakota to join Trump loss lawsuit
By JAMES MacPHERSONDecember 10, 2020 GMT
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) Republican Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says the state incurred no cost in joining a lawsuit challenging election results in four battleground states won by President-elect Joe Biden.
North Dakota and 16 other states won by President Donald Trump in November joined Texas in urging the court to take on the lawsuit less than a week before presidential electors gather in state capitals to formally choose Biden as the next president.
The lawsuit demands that the 62 total Electoral College votes in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin be invalidated. That’s enough, if set aside, to swing the election to Trump. The lawsuit repeats a litany of false, disproven and unsupported allegations about mail-in ballots and voting in the four battlegrounds.
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