Bill aims to cement religious protections for North Dakota inmates
The bill states that prison or jail administrators may not burden the exercise of religion by an offender in the custody of the correctional facility under most circumstances. The proposal also says prisons and jails can t deny clergy access to an inmate. Written By: Jeremy Turley | ×
Rep. Steve Vetter, R-Grand Forks, speaks at a hearing in the North Dakota Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 2. Jeremy Turley / Forum News Service
BISMARCK A group of North Dakota Republicans has brought forward a bill that would prohibit jail and prison staff from hindering an inmate s religious practices. The proposal would also bar top state officials from requiring churches and other places of worship to close during emergencies or natural disasters.
North Dakota lawmakers push to allow alcohol sales starting at 8 am Sundays
Senate Bill 2220 would permit bars, restaurants, liquor shops and other vendors to sell alcohol starting at 8 a.m. on Sundays, aligning it with every other day of the week. The proposal received a do pass recommendation from the Senate Industry, Business and Labor Committee via a 4-2 vote on Tuesday, Jan. 26. Written By: Jeremy Turley | ×
A beer selection at a Fargo liquor store. Forum file photo
BISMARCK North Dakotans who go hunting for a case of cold ones early on Sunday morning are out of luck. The remnants of the state s once-strict blue laws prohibit the sale of alcohol before 11 a.m., but a bill that would change the rule has just picked up momentum.
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2. Federal court delivers blow to Dakota Access as Biden presidency leaves pipeline s fate in question
The Dakota Access Pipeline in October 2016 while under construction. Tom Stromme / Bismarck Tribune
A federal appeals court upheld a ruling Tuesday, Jan. 26, requiring an additional environmental review of the Dakota Access Pipeline, a decision that could escalate pressure on the embattled project to shut down even as the court stopped short of mandating this step itself.
A panel of three judges for the U.S. District Court of Appeals from the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously agreed with a previous ruling that DAPL s operations at its Missouri River crossing near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation are illegal, requiring the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to proceed with an extensive review of potential environmental hazards at that location.
Sen. Ray Holmberg, R-Grand Forks, said he almost certainly caught the virus from "our petri dish called the Legislature" since he hadn't been anywhere else in the last two weeks.
Sen. Ray Holmberg, R-Grand Forks, said he almost certainly caught the virus from "our petri dish called the Legislature" since he hadn't been anywhere else in the last two weeks.