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Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press... Dec 2 2009 6:46AM
A state economic report due today will
determine whether Governor Tim Pawlenty spends his final year in
office coping with a budget deficit much like he did when he was
first elected. All signs point to another shortfall that will need
fixing before
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Fong on Taxes Nov 23 2009 7:23PM
You won't be filling out any tax forms, but some tax breaks will be showing up this tax season.
The North Dakota Legislature increased payments to local school districts - as long as those districts cut their property taxes.
Tax Commissioner Cory Fong
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 21 2009 1:45AM
Ramsey County is observing National
Adoption Day by finalizing the adoptions of 35 children to 24
families in one afternoon ceremony.
Ramsey County Juvenile Drug Court Judge Gary Bastian will
preside over the event Saturday at noon at the Juveni
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| Minn. House tells court Pawlenty abused budget law Nov 20 2009 4:27PM
Lawyers for the Minnesota House spell out
in a 34-page brief why they believe Gov. Tim Pawlenty misused a
state law to enact budget cuts without legislative consent.
The brief filed Friday supports a lawsuit challenging some of
the $2.7 billion
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| Minn. property taxes seen rising 3.5 percent Nov 19 2009 3:33PM
State officials are predicting an average
3.5 percent increase in local property taxes next year as cities,
counties and school districts set their levies.
The Minnesota Department of Revenue released the figure on
Thursday. The estimate is base
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 19 2009 4:12AM
An environmental group is seeking to stop
three logging projects on several thousand acres in northwest
Montana, arguing that the timber sales would harm the area's
fledgling grizzly bear population.
The Alliance for the Wild Rockies filed a fed
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| West Mont. lawmaker getting prop tax complaints Nov 18 2009 6:33PM
A western Montana lawmaker is planning
to hold a town meeting because he's been swamped with complaints
about property tax increases.
Republican Rep. Scott Reichner of Bigfork has scheduled the
meeting in his hometown on Thursday night.
Mo
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Minot Growing, Part 2 Nov 17 2009 7:17PM
Six years of solid growth in Minot has pushed beyond the boundaries of city limits and added to the cities size.
Tonight Shaun Sipma continues his look at the Magic City's expansion and the affect it's having on the local economy and the city itself.
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Schools Battle Growth Problems Nov 16 2009 7:24PM
While the growth in and around Minot is substantial, it's causing some problems for Minot Public Schools.
As Jim Olson reports, some schools are overflowing - but the money to pay for educating the newcomers is not flowing as freely.
Out back of the ne
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| Latest Wyoming news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 16 2009 4:13PM
Ravalli County officials have confirmed
that human remains found on a mountaintop in western Montana belong
to a Wyoming man who was reported missing in September.
Sheriff Chris Hoffman says the remains of 44-year-old Barry M.
Ford of Tensleep
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 16 2009 11:12AM
Sign-up sessions are being held for North
Dakota Medicare recipients who have or want prescription drug
coverage.
Insurance Commissioner [[kxtopic:adam-hamm:t[Adam Hamm]:t]] says some of the plans are
changing and recipients will need to know if
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| Phoenix announced as new home of Chinese solar biz Nov 16 2009 9:27AM
A Chinese-owned manufacturer of solar panels
plans to build a 100,000 square-foot headquarters and manufacturing
plant in the Phoenix area.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer plans to announce Monday that Suntech
Power Holdings will open a facility that wo
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| ND taxpayers may miss income tax credit Nov 16 2009 5:15AM
North Dakota's tax commissioner says some
taxpayers may wonder what happened to an income tax credit that's
been part of their returns for the last two years.
Cory Fong says when North Dakota's tax filing season begins next
January, tax preparer
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| Minn. House may wade into budget cut lawsuit Nov 16 2009 5:15AM
Minnesota lawmakers are contemplating
whether to insert themselves in a court fight over budget cuts
enacted by Gov. Tim Pawlenty.
The House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee
discusses Monday whether to file a brief supporting the p
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 15 2009 4:06PM
The days are numbered for the little red
school house in north-central North Dakota.
After years of discussion, the board that oversees Eureka School
has decided to close the tiny school north of Minot.
Eureka School has just five students
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| County leaders want state to take social services Nov 15 2009 10:44AM
County officials think the state should
be in charge of delivering social services and they are asking
legislators to study the idea.
The North Dakota County Commission Association is seeking a
two-year study starting in 2011.
Its resoluti
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| Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press... Nov 14 2009 2:56PM
A 20-year-old man accused in the killing
of a South Dakota teenager is being held without bail. Alexander
Salgado made his first appearance in court Friday in the slaying of
16-year-old Jasmine Guevara. She went missing this week from her
home in Mit
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| Utilities commission to seek small wind tax cuts Nov 14 2009 11:05AM
The state Public Utilities Commission
plans to ask the South Dakota legislature to pass tax cuts for
small wind power producers.
The cuts on construction and property taxes are part of a
five-point plan to make it easier for people to build pers
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Tax Changes Nov 12 2009 11:20PM
Good News...
That's something you don't hear a lot of lately...
And with the current state of the economy...good news related to taxes is a very rare thing.
But today at the State capitol good news for many North Dakotan's was being discussed.
Local
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 12 2009 3:52PM
City of Bozeman commissioners approved the
creation of two new city jobs.
The commission decided on a 3-2 vote to hire a grant specialist
and an economic development specialist.
Commissioners Eric Bryson and Jeff Rupp opposed creation of th
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| Activist seeks initiative to cap property taxes Nov 12 2009 10:16AM
A Kalispell man says he will try again to
limit property tax increases with a constitutional ballot measure.
John McMenamin failed last year to get enough signatures for
placing a measure on the ballot that would have capped homeowners'
property
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| Special tax district for ethanol plant dissolved Nov 12 2009 5:22AM
The Minnehaha County Commission has
voted to eliminate a tax increment financing district that was
designed to help a planned ethanol plant near Sherman.
The commission voted unanimously on Tuesday to dissolve the
special district, which would h
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 9 2009 11:05AM
Sioux Falls police say a fight at a
party led to a 35-year-old man being shot in the head.
The man was taken to a hospital early Sunday with what was
described as a non-life threatening injury.
Police say another man at the scene was shot i
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| Beef plant has new general partner Nov 9 2009 10:02AM
Records in the South Dakota secretary of
state's office indicate a new general partner has been listed for
Northern Beef Packers, which is building a beef processing plant in
Aberdeen.
The new general partner is Oshik Song, replacing Dennis Hell
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 4 2009 3:09AM
Billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg has won a
surprisingly close reelection in a race that was supposed to be a
lot easier and he's pledging to work even harder for New York City.
The closeness of the race may have exposed lingering anger over
h
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| Coleman wins reelection as St. Paul mayor Nov 3 2009 8:54PM
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman has breezed
to a second term, just weeks after ruling out a run for governor by
saying he wanted to focus on his duties at City Hall.
Coleman, a Democrat, outpolled GOP businesswoman Eva Ng (ING)
with 68 percent of t
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| AP exit poll: NJ governor race too close to call Nov 3 2009 7:15PM
An Associated Press exit poll shows the New
Jersey governor's race is too close to call between Republican
Chris Christie and Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine.
Independent Chris Daggett was falling far short of the 20
percent he drew in some earlier
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| Tight NJ governor's race comes down to the wire Nov 3 2009 3:17PM
The New Jersey governor's race is coming
down to the wire, with Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine (KOHR'-zyn)
locked in a tight battle with Republican former federal prosecutor
Chris Christie.
Third-party maverick Chris Daggett holds the potential to
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| Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press... Nov 2 2009 8:03AM
A key witness is expected to take the
stand today in the fraud trial of Minnesota businessman Tom
Petters. Deanna Coleman blew the whistle on the alleged $3.6
billion Ponzi scheme at Petters Company. She pleaded guilty last
year to one count of consp
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| Minn. voters to have say in local elections Nov 2 2009 5:15AM
Monday is the last day of campaigning for
candidates and causes on the ballot in local elections.
Secretary of State Mark Ritchie says he expects nearly half a
million Minnesotans to vote on Tuesday for municipal offices,
school boards and schoo
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Council to Consider Tax Exemption Nov 1 2009 11:14PM
If you build a new home in the right place, you can save hundreds of dollars in property taxes.
That's because the state allows up to $150,000 to be deducted from the value of a new home for property tax purposes for two years.
It's only available in ci
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 1 2009 7:01PM
A top adviser says President Barack Obama will
make a decision "within weeks" on whether to send more troops to
Afghanistan.
David Axelrod tells CBS Obama is going though a "rigorous"
decision-making process because he wants "to make sure that w
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| Obama promotes NJ governor's bid for reelection Nov 1 2009 1:11PM
President Barack Obama is telling voters in
New Jersey that challenging economic times are worrying parents who
want to send their kids to college and plan for their own
retirement.
Obama is campaigning on behalf of New Jersey's Democratic
gove
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 1 2009 2:41AM
Enforcement of the state's Clean Air Act
appears to be a little hazy on Indian reservations.
Tribally owned casinos are exempt from the indoor smoking ban
while some enrolled tribal members who own reservation bars and
casinos aren't enforcing t
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| Flathead residents ask for property tax reviews Oct 31 2009 3:03PM
Flathead County taxpayers account for 29
percent of the requests in Montana for informal reviews of their
property tax reappraisals.
More than 7,500 requests came from the county.
In the state, the owners of 26,250 parcels sought informal
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| Scorn for property taxes drives NJ governor's race Oct 31 2009 2:42PM
For the privilege of living in perhaps the
nation's most-maligned state, New Jerseyans pay the highest
property taxes in America.
That overriding issue not President Barack Obama, [[kxtopic:health-care:t[health care]:t]]
or the economy could c
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 30 2009 1:46AM
Final tests confirm that six pigs from the
Minnesota State Fair contracted swine flu, three more than initial
research had indicated.
The U.S. Agriculture Department said Thursday follow-up tests
confirmed the presence of the H1N1 virus, more co
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| Minn. lawsuit challenges Pawlenty's budget cuts Oct 29 2009 5:45PM
Six Minnesota residents are suing Gov.
Tim Pawlenty over budget cuts he made earlier this year without
legislative approval.
The lawsuit filed Thursday in Ramsey County District Court
alleges that Pawlenty's use of executive powers to cut spen
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| ND lawmakers exploring property tax credits Oct 29 2009 12:50PM
North Dakota lawmakers are exploring the
idea of providing a "homestead" property tax credit for all
homeowners.
The credit would reduce the property tax bill for a North Dakota
taxpayer's primary residence.
One possible goal is to limit h
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| Schweitzer rejects call for special session Oct 29 2009 10:02AM
Gov. Brian Schweitzer has rejected a
request from a Realtor's group that he call a special legislative
session to address some large increases in property tax bills based
on the latest reappraisal.
The Northwest Montana Association of Realtors s
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| Minn. schools also have stake in upcoming election Oct 29 2009 5:15AM
Candidates running for city office and
school board in Minnesota aren't they only ones stretching for
Tuesday's finish line. School funding measures are also on the
ballot.
Nearly 60 Minnesota school districts have tax levy requests on
the ball
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 21 2009 11:12AM
A judge is considering whether a North
African man accused of beating his girlfriend to death with a pipe
waived his rights in confessing to the beating.
Authorities say Michaele Ashko Shimayil confessed to the April
beating through an interpret
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| Minnehaha County considering ag land changes Oct 21 2009 8:45AM
Minnehaha County commissioners are
looking at the question of how much land is needed to be classified
as farm land.
Owners who lose their ag classification would see higher
property tax bills.
Currently, property owners must meet two of t
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Courthouse Security Plan Reviewed Oct 20 2009 7:36PM
Security was a hotly debated topic once again today at the meeting of the Ward County Commission.
A 90-day study period on security has just wrapped up...and the question still stands who should have to go through security when entering the courthouse
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| Part of Bridgewater meat cleanup will be paid Oct 20 2009 5:22AM
The owner of Bridgewater Quality Meats
plans to pay at least part of the cost to remove 44 tons of rotting
kosher bison meat.
Bridgewater city attorney Mike Fink says he has verbally reached
a settlement with the lawyer for Ilan Parente (EE'-lah
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 20 2009 2:13AM
A state economist says a formula in South
Dakota law will require that state financial aid to school
districts increase by 1.2 percent next year.
Jim Terwilliger of the state budget office told lawmakers Monday
that last year's inflation rate wa
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| Formula requires 1.2 percent boost in school aid Oct 19 2009 4:55PM
A state economist says a formula in South
Dakota law will require that state financial aid to school
districts increase by 1.2 percent next year.
Jim Terwilliger of the state budget office told lawmakers today
that last year's inflation rate was
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 16 2009 11:54AM
An convicted con artist from California
who roiled a southeastern Montana community with his unlikely bid
to take over its empty jail says he intends to return to the state
to pursue a military training center.
Michael Hilton, 55, is the lead fi
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| Missoula accountant sues over property tax notices Oct 16 2009 7:56AM
A Missoula accountant is suing Gov. Brian
Schweitzer and state Revenue Director Dan Bucks in federal court in
an attempt to stop the state from issuing property tax notices
based on the latest reappraisal.
Patty Lovaas filed the lawsuit Wednesda
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Tax Changes You Should Know About Oct 9 2009 7:36PM
Most of us aren't thinking about paying the taxman in October, but some recent changes to the North Dakota tax code may mean significant savings for many taxpayers come April 15th.
Tax Commissioner Cory Fong met with Magic City CPAs this afternoon to di
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 9 2009 11:40AM
Montana health officials say they have
logged seven complaints about businesses allegedly violating a
statewide smoking ban that was fully implemented last week.
The Montana Clean Indoor Air Act, passed in 2005, outlawed
smoking in all public bu
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| Volunteer firefighters finally turn to taxpayers Oct 9 2009 8:45AM
Donations are dwindling and equipment
is getting older.
So for the first time in its 46-year history, the Sun River
Volunteer Fire Department is looking to taxpayers to help keep
things running.
Fire Chief Randy Thompson says the departmen
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| HCMC creates fundraising foundation Oct 6 2009 10:02AM
The state's largest safety net hospital has
created a foundation to raise money to support its programs and
advocate on its behalf.
It's called the Hennepin Health Foundation and it will support
the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis.
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 5 2009 1:45AM
Somali president Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed is
finishing up his weekend visit to Minnesota with a speech to about
5,000 Somalis living there.
A large and boisterous crowd filled Northrup Auditorium at the
University of Minnesota in Minneapolis lat
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 4 2009 4:41PM
A South Dakota town that had to remove
44 tons of rotting bison meat left in a warehouse wants to know if
the owner plans to pay for the cleanup.
Ilan Parente (EE'-lahn pah-RENT'-ay) closed Bridgewater Quality
Meats in January 2008 and moved the
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| 44 tons of rotting meat stink up South Dakota town Oct 4 2009 12:01PM
A South Dakota town that had to remove
44 tons of rotting bison meat left in a warehouse wants to know if
the owner plans to pay for the cleanup.
Ilan Parente (EE'-lahn pah-RENT'-ay) closed Bridgewater Quality
Meats in January 2008 and moved the
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| 44 tons of rotting meat stink up South Dakota town Oct 4 2009 12:01PM
A South Dakota town that had to remove
44 tons of rotting bison meat left in a warehouse wants to know if
the owner plans to pay for the cleanup.
Ilan Parente (EE'-lahn pah-RENT'-ay) closed Bridgewater Quality
Meats in January 2008 and moved the
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| 44 tons of rotting meat stink up South Dakota town Oct 4 2009 12:01PM
A South Dakota town that had to remove
44 tons of rotting bison meat left in a warehouse wants to know if
the owner plans to pay for the cleanup.
Ilan Parente (EE'-lahn pah-RENT'-ay) closed Bridgewater Quality
Meats in January 2008 and moved the
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| Hoeven, Goettle Kick Off Next Round Of EmPower ND Action Planning Sep 21 2009 12:00AM
BISMARCK, N.D. - Gov. John Hoeven, Commerce Commissioner Shane Goettle and members of the industry-based EmPower North Dakota Commission met today in Fargo to kick off the newest round of planning for statewide energy development. The group announc
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| Robert County opt out vote fails Sep 30 2009 6:53AM
Voters in Roberts County have
overwhelmingly decided against opting out of the state property tax
freeze.
Tuesday's vote was 1,214 against and only 330 in favor of the
move.
County commissioners have been dealing with tight finances, in
p
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Higher Utilities in Mandan Sep 29 2009 7:09PM
Mandan residents will see an increase in their utility bills.
That's for water, service rates and storm sewer.
For most residents it'll be about three dollars a month higher.
Businesses will see a four dollar increase and those living i
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| Bills mount for backyard eyesores in Sioux Falls Sep 28 2009 10:16AM
Thirty-five property owners in Sioux
Falls owe the city for cleaning up their littered property this
year the largest number in at least five years. And not all of
them are paying up.
City records show that the unpaid work totals about $18,000.
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 28 2009 2:41AM
A Burlington Northern Santa Fe train
hauling coal in Wyoming derailed yesterday morning on a side
connection near Gillette. It was the second time within 24 hours
that trains belonging to the railway company went off the tracks.
Spokesman Gus Me
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 24 2009 2:13AM
The Anne Carlsen Center says it is
restricting visitors as a precaution against the flu and has
canceled an autism conference at the University of North Dakota due
to confirmed cases of swine flu there.
Nursing director Bette Johnson says the re
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| No sales tax proposal on Bismarck ballot Sep 23 2009 4:34PM
The Bismarck City Commission has decided
to hold off on voting on a second penny sales tax for property tax
relief and road work.
The commission's decision Tuesday came after Mayor John Warford
asked that the proposal be put on hold. He said the
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 23 2009 11:05AM
Two more businesses have been allowed to
join a lawsuit against Northern Beef Packers by businesses that
have filed liens against the Aberdeen processing plant for unpaid
work.
Iowa-based Structural Engineers and Jensen Rock and Sand of
Aberdee
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| Bon Homme residents approve optout Sep 23 2009 7:14AM
Residents of the Bon Homme (BAHN'-uhm)
School District in southeast South Dakota have approved an
additional $400,000 annually in taxes for five years.
The measure got 53 percent approval in Tuesday's vote. It will
become official at Thursday's
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 23 2009 4:05AM
A judge says a man previously convicted of
killing a couple and two children in Idaho can act as his own
attorney in a California case charging him with the kidnap, torture
and slaying of a 10-year-old boy.
The ruling Monday involves Joseph Edwa
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| Republicans say state taxing more than intended Sep 22 2009 4:06PM
Republican lawmakers say they suspect the
state is charging higher business property taxes than the
Legislature intended.
But Gov. Brian Schweitzer says it's the lawmakers who are to
blame because they rushed through an inadequate bill earlier t
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 22 2009 2:15AM
New census figures once again put North
Dakota in first place in the number of two-income families.
The state ranks first in the figures out today on married
couples in which both spouses work with 65 percent last year.
Minnesota is in second
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| Cass County Courthouse addition back on Sep 21 2009 7:22PM
Cass County Commissioners have given
preliminary approval on a 3-2 vote to moving ahead with a proposed
courthouse addition.
Monday's vote was the same margin by which the commissioners
voted earlier this month to put on hold a courthouse additi
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 19 2009 4:13PM
A Grand Forks woman who authorities say
was shot in the head by her husband has died.
Altru Hospital officials say Julie Cordts passed away on
Thursday.
Police have said the 47-year-old Cordts was found unconscious on
the floor of her bedr
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| Bismarck mayor says hold off on sales tax hike Sep 19 2009 9:34AM
Bismarck Mayor John Warford wants to
postpone a proposal for a penny sales tax increase.
Warford asked that city attorney Charles Whitman hold off on the
sample ballot for the tax.
The mayor says it's bad timing. He says tough economic time
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| Sales tax hike being considered in Bismarck Sep 19 2009 8:10AM
Bismarck Mayor John Warford wants to
postpone a proposal for a penny sales tax increase.
Warford asked that city attorney Charles Whitman hold off on the
sample ballot for the tax.
The mayor says it's bad timing. He says tough economic time
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| Here is the latest Minnesota news from The Associated Press... Sep 17 2009 4:13PM
At least 57 Minnesota school districts
will ask voters in November to pass a tax levy for extra classroom
dollars. Some school districts also plan to ask voters to raise
their property taxes for new or refurbished buildings.
ST. PAUL, Minn.
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| Almost 60 Minn. school districts prep voter levies Sep 17 2009 3:25PM
At least 56 Minnesota school districts
will ask voters in November to pass a tax levy for extra classroom
dollars.
The Minnesota Department of Education provided a preliminary
rundown Thursday of school districts with questions on the ballot.
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| Sales tax hike being considered in Bismarck Sep 10 2009 5:15AM
Supporters of a penny sales tax increase
in Bismarck say it would help pay for property tax relief and road
work.
Mayor John Warford says current tax revenue then could be used
for a $26 million expansion for the Bismarck Civic Center.
The
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Sales Tax Increase Proposed Sep 9 2009 7:05PM
One penny.
It seems like a a drop in the bucket.
However, it's how much Bismarck Mayor John Warford wants to increase the city sales tax.
Warford announced the proposal at last night's Bismarck City Commission Meeting.
Brad Feldman look
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 9 2009 4:20PM
Sioux Falls attorney Roberto Lange says he
will uphold the Constitution as a member of the federal District
Court of South Dakota.
Lange appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on
Wednesday. President Barack Obama nominated Lange to the f
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| Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press... Sep 9 2009 4:13PM
South Dakota's two senators say Senator
Blanche Lincoln will do a good job as chairman of the Agriculture
Committee. The Arkansas Democrat is taking over the post,
succeeding Iowa's Tom Harkin.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) Senator John Thune say
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