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President Trump signs Farm Bill into law

President Trump signs Farm Bill into law

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed a massive $867 billion farm bill that reauthorizes agriculture and conservation programs without any cuts to the food stamp program.Trump signed the bill Thursday after the Agriculture Department...

 

Farmers Union statement: 2018 Farm Bill

Farmers Union statement:  2018 Farm Bill

Jamestown  (NDFU)  – North Dakota Farmers Union President Mark Watne issued a statement Thursday after President Trump signed the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, more commonly known as the 2018 Farm Bill: “We applaud our congressional...

 

Cargill plans to sell malt operations

Cargill plans to sell malt operations

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Cargill plans to sell its malt operations to a European business. The Star Tribune reports that the Minnetonka-based agribusiness is seeking regulatory approvals to sell the business in the second half of 2019 to Boortmalt,...

 

Top baby names for 2018, at Sanford Health

Top baby names for 2018, at Sanford Health

Sioux Falls, SD   – For the second consecutive year, Emma was the most popular name for newborn girls at Sanford Health. For boys, Oliver topped the list of most popular names for 2018. Emma holds on to the top spot after ranking first in...

 

Cramer named to 5 senate committees

Cramer named to 5 senate committees

Washington (Rep Cramer’s Office) – The Senate Republican Conference announced North Dakota Senator-elect Kevin Cramer has been named to the following five committees: Armed Services, Environment and Public Works, Banking, Housing...

 

Federal Reserve hikes key interest rates

Federal Reserve hikes key interest rates

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate for the fourth time this year to reflect the U.S. economy’s continued strength but signaling that it expects to slow hikes next year. The quarter-point hike, to a...

 

U.S. to withdraw troops from Syria

U.S. to withdraw troops from Syria

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will soon withdraw all of the approximately 2,000 American troops from Syria, a U.S. official said Wednesday as President Donald Trump declared victory in the mission to defeat Islamic State militants...

 

ND legislature to revisit lifting Blue Law

ND legislature to revisit lifting Blue Law

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Two Fargo lawmakers say the time is ripe to repeal Sunday business restrictions in North Dakota that have been in place since statehood and rooted in religious tradition. Democratic Rep. Pam Anderson and Republican Rep....

 

ND reaches all-time population high this year

ND reaches all-time population high this year

BISMARCK, N.D. (Dec. 19, 2018) – Gov. Doug Burgum Wednesday welcomed the latest estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau that show North Dakota’s population reached an all-time high of 760,077 residents as of July 1, 2018, an increase of 4,901...

 

Actress filmmaker Penny Marshall passes at 75

Actress filmmaker Penny Marshall passes at 75

New York  (AP)  Penny Marshall, who indelibly starred in the top rated sitcom “Laverne & Shirley” before becoming the trailblazing director of smash hit big screen comedies such as “Big” and “A League of Their...

 
 
 
 

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