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Feb 26, 2021
A Minot City Council member and five other local leaders in North Dakota recently joined more than 140 mayors, city council members and municipal leaders from 28 other states in sending a letter to members of Congress, calling for passage of comprehensive LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections at the federal level.
The Equality Act was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Feb 18. The legislation would guarantee explicit, permanent protections for LGBTQ people under existing federal civil rights laws in areas such as housing, access to public spaces, credit, employment and education.
“Unfortunately, LGBTQ North Dakotans cannot rely on our state legislature to provide these protections,” Carrie Evans, vice president of the Minot City Council and the state’s first open lesbian elected to office, said in a news release. “The Equality Act is our only opportunity to protect all LGBTQ North Dakotans from discrimination.
By Doug Barrett
LGA funding remains the top item on the legislative
to do list for leaders in East Grand Forks. The city participated in a recent meeting with the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities as lawmakers work their way through the current legislative session.
East Grand Forks Council President Mark Olstad says improving the state’s local government aid program is critical in the support of rural communities.
Olstad says continued COVID recovery relief for businesses…moving past the governors’ emergency powers to where the full legislature makes decisions… street repairs…recreational facility improvements…bonding…and even the south side bridge were topics stressed during the meeting.
East Grand Forks OK’s protest of COVID-19 restrictions
Justin LaRocque, who owns The Spud Jr., is planning a protest of Gov. Tim Walz s COVID-19 restrictions. East Grand Forks City Council members agreed to close the street in front of LaRocque s restaurant for that protest, which is scheduled for Saturday afternoon. 6:58 pm, Jan. 5, 2021 ×
State Sen. Mark Johnson, R-East Grand Forks, at left; Rep. Deb Kiel, R-Crookston; Justin LaRocque; East Grand Forks Mayor Steve Gander, and City Council President Mark Olstad discuss Gov. Tim Walz s executive order in a tent set up in front of the Spud Jr. (Adam Kurtz / Forum News Service)
East Grand Forks to consider further COVID aid for businesses next week
East Grand Forks economic development authority has $260,000 to loan to nonessential city businesses hampered by Gov. Tim Walz s closure orders. The development authority s board is set to meet on Tuesday, Jan. 5, to formalize the program via which those loans would be distributed. 2:00 pm, Jan. 1, 2021 ×
East Grand Forks City Hall. File photo Brandi Jewett/ Grand Forks Herald
East Grand Forks’ economic development authority is set to next week consider a fresh round of COVID-19 business subsidies.
At a special meeting on Dec. 21, city leaders OK’d a $260,000 payment to the development authority to create a forgivable loan program for nonessential businesses that have been partly or completely closed by Gov. Tim Walz’s recent executive orders. The mandate, which was extended Dec. 16, prohibits bars and restaurants from serving customers in-person until the peacetime emergency h