A change of speed

On Friday, the North Dakota House passed House Bill 12-98, which looks to increase the speed limit on interstate highways from the current 75 mph to 80 mph. Republican Representative Ben Koppelman of West Fargo introduced the bill, both this session and also in 2023.

Legislative update

The 69th Legislative session is off and running and facing our third full week of hearing the nearly 1200 bills we anticipate before the deadline on Jan. 27 of this month.

Capitol briefs

Bill to eliminate taxes on tips fails in N.D. House President Donald J. Trump has advocated abolishing federal income taxes on tips received by service workers. However, the North Dakota House is less accepting of the idea.

Bill would bring new regulations and aid to local libraries

North Dakota lawmakers are revisiting potential regulations about the placement of allegedly questionable library materials, as well as a measure to clarify who may distribute state grants to libraries and how the State Library can provide surplus ma-terials to local libraries.

North Dakota has moved one step closer to ditching Daylight Savings Time

Last Friday, members of the House Transportation Committee gave a 13-0 do pass recommendation for an amended version of House Bill 1259. The amendments corrected some time zone inconsistencies in the original filed version.

LANGDON AREA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING MINUTES

December 16, 2024 | Meeting Room Present: Dave Hart, Dawn Kruk, Tiffany Hetletved, Loren Fetsch, Tyler Feist, Daren Bachman, Jacy Bata (Elem Principal), Daren Christianson (Supt.), and Shauna Schneider (Bus. Mgr.)

NORTH BORDER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT

December 16, 2024 | SCHOOL BOARD MINUTES A Regular Meeting of the North Border Public School Board was held on Monday, December 16, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. via Google Meet. Members present: DeWilliam Moore, Shannon Cosley, Jared Hanson, Kirk Morrison, Heather Duerre, and Ashley Schafer.

CAVALIER COUNTY – NDIRF/ND Fire & Tornado Fund Agent

The Cavalier County Commissioners will be accepting letters of interest to write and maintain the county’s insurance coverage with the North Dakota Insurance Reserve Fund and ND Fire and Tornado Fu

Bill seeks to prohibit extracurricular activities on certain holidays deemed as “family days”

Ann Estvold, NDNA Legislative Intern A proposal to ban school sports games, practices, plays and other extracurricular activities during some holidays would help preserve families’ time together, a legislator believes.

HITTING THE HOMETOWN ICE

By Andy Wakeford, Admissions Director at LRSC Three young avid hockey players will return home to the Dakota Spirit Arena Hockey Arena on Friday, February 14 at 7 p.m. Brady Regner, Alex Gellner and Brody Steinmetz were members of the Langdon Blades 2023 State Championship team in Junior Gold...