Two issues that often stir spirited debate are politics and religion. When the two are made part of the same discussion, it’s often difficult for some people to put a damper on emotion— which too often becomes prevalent over logic [read more…]
As I write this, folks in Burleigh County are enroute to a 6pm commission meeting in which commissioners will vote on whether to continue allowing Lutheran Social Services (LSS) to resettle refugees within their jurisdiction. As I explained over a [read more…]
The topic of whether Burleigh County should continue participating in the resettlement of refugees is heating up. I first wrote about this a week ago— the day before commissioners were set to consider the question. I followed that up after [read more…]
We recently published an article regarding refugee resettlement in Burleigh County. On Monday, Commissioners were scheduled to consider a request from Lutheran Social Services (LSS) to continue accepting refugees. Turnout was so large for the meeting that it was impossible [read more…]
It’s not a surprise to those of us here at The Minuteman. We anticipated this would happen. The Administrative Rules Committee voted 9 – 3 today in favor of rules proposed by the North Dakota Department of Health to regulate [read more…]
Back in September, we shed some light on a $90,000 legislative summit that some of our very own North Dakota legislators and Legislative Council staffers attended in Nashville, Tennessee. If you haven’t already, you can read about it here. For [read more…]
On Sunday, we published an article detailing the fact that Lutheran Social Services (LSS) is requesting authorization to continue refugee resettlement in Burleigh County. As things stood at the time of publication, that consideration was to be given at Monday’s [read more…]
Back in September, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order that stated: “… it is the policy of the United States to cooperate and consult with State and local governments, to take into account the preferences of State governments, and [read more…]
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