Port: To some NDGOP lawmakers, religion comes before economics With all due respect to our majority leader, opened up enough is a tough pill to swallow for the bar and restaurant owners who have closed their doors, Sen. Scott Meyer said. 10:23 am, Jan. 27, 2021 ×
MINOT, N.D. It takes a lot of chutzpah for someone like
Senate Majority Leader Rich Wardner, a Republican from Dickinson, to say that the Legislature has opened it up enough when it comes to business hours for the hospitality industry.
Is Wardner blind to what s been going on in the world? The pandemic has, rightly, prompted limitations on the state s businesses, and it s been the bars and restaurants who have taken that regulatory right-hook to the chin.
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.
Notes of Grand Forks interest during the 2021 session of the North Dakota Legislature.
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Sen. JoNell Bakke (Photo provided by North Dakota Legislative Council)
North Dakota’s biennial legislative session is something of a marathon an intense, long-lasting challenge. Grand Forks legislators, now finishing their first full week, are far enough along to fully appreciate the slog. It s a lot of work and late hours it s 11, 12 (o’clock at night) before I can put anything away, and you re up and here by 7, 8 (in the morning),” said Sen. JoNell Bakke, D-Grand Forks. “But that s the way it goes and that s part of the fun of it, right?
Mike Augustyniak speaks with Scott Mayer, who works in marketing around the Twin Cities about the ‘Piece Prize’ and how you can sign up for their next event (4:10) WCCO 4 Saturday Morning - Jan. 9, 2021