North Dakota Political Headlines and Videoen-usCopyright 2010 KXNet.com1800Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=624061http://www.kxmb.com/news/624061.asp<p> Burleigh County prosecutor Cynthia Feland says she didn't violate any rules and that former state workers compensation director Sandy Blunt shouldn't get a new trial. Blunt's lawyer says Feland withheld a state auditor's memo and working papers cru</p>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:34:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=623807http://www.kxmb.com/news/623807.asp<p> Republicans and Democrats are at odds over a display about Rep. Earl Pomeroy at a North Dakota State University student club fair. The booth sponsored by NDSU College Republicans Tuesday included a cardboard cutout of Pomeroy's face with clear P</p>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=623790http://www.kxmb.com/news/623790.asp<p> A Texas company worked Thursday to seal the underground piping of a faulty oil well that has leaked more than 1,100 barrels of crude and water at the drill site in western North Dakota. Officials say the spill happened about 2 1/2 miles southwes</p>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:07:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=623697http://www.kxmb.com/news/623697.asp<p> North Dakota regulators say the number of licensed grain elevators has increased for the first time since 1995. The Public Service Commission says licensed elevators in the license year beginning Aug. 1 total 399, up from 390. The increase</p>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:46:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=623686http://www.kxmb.com/news/623686.asp<p> A jury has ruled against a Grand Forks man who went before the North Dakota Supreme Court to win the right to take his $20 traffic ticket to trial. The Grand Forks Herald says jurors found that an officer was justified in citing Roland Riemers i</p>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:23:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=623569http://www.kxmb.com/news/623569.asp<p> North Dakota voters in November will decide whether to ban big-game hunting in fenced preserves. Secretary of State Al Jaeger on Thursday said supporters of the measure submitted more than the necessary 12,844 petition signatures to qualify the </p>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:46:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=623459http://www.kxmb.com/news/623459.asp<p> A 39-year-old Williston man accused of taking part in a fake billing scheme to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from a Texas-based energy company has been acquitted. A federal jury yesterday found Stuart Kringen not guilty of wire fraud. He was</p>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:47:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=623434http://www.kxmb.com/news/623434.asp<p> North Dakota Rep. Earl Pomeroy says the new Veterans Affairs clinic in Dickinson is to open Sept. 15. The VA earlier this summer awarded a contract to CRAssociates Inc. The move came after Great Plains Clinic's contract as a VA outpatient </p>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=623399http://www.kxmb.com/news/623399.asp<p> North Dakota officials are trying to determine why the lining of an oil well failed and allowed more than 1,000 barrels of oil to spill. Lynn Helms, director of the state Department of Mineral Resources, says it appears that workers have been ab</p>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:59:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=623367http://www.kxmb.com/news/623367.asp<p><a href="http://www.kxmb.com/news/623367.asp"><img style="margin-right:4px;" align="left" border="1" width="125" src="http://www.kxnet.com/UserFiles/10/9/1/tbn_21_2010-9-1-news10-4042112501157426710.jpg"/></a> In North Dakota where unemployment is low one of the major challenges for businesses is keeping employees... That's one reason employers are being more flexible and allowing parents to bring their baby to work. Donnell Preskey takes us to on<br clear="all"/></p>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:59:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=623364http://www.kxmb.com/news/623364.asp<p><a href="http://www.kxmb.com/news/623364.asp"><img style="margin-right:4px;" align="left" border="1" width="125" src="http://www.kxnet.com/UserFiles/10/9/1/tbn_5_2010-9-1-news10-4042112501157426706.jpg"/></a>Should you get to vote on a plan to end North Dakota's law requiring pharmacist ownership of pharmacies in the state? The question is now in the hands of the North Dakota Supreme Court. A group that circulated petitions to get a measure on the November <br clear="all"/></p>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:08:00 GMThttp://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=623254http://www.kxmb.com/news/623254.asp<p><a href="http://www.kxmb.com/news/623254.asp"><img style="margin-right:4px;" align="left" border="1" width="125" src="http://www.kxnet.com/UserFiles/10/9/1/tbn_3_2010-9-1-newsmin6-4042112502314829011.jpg"/></a> Should you get to vote on a plan to end North Dakota's law requiring pharmacist ownership of pharmacies in the state? The question is now in the hands of the North Dakota Supreme Court. A group that circulated petitions to get a measure on the Novembe<br clear="all"/></p>