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North Dakota group proposing ballot question on marijuana legalization
(The Center Square) - A group called the New Economic Frontier is asking the North Dakota Secretary of State to approve a petition that could put the legalization of recreational marijuana on the November ballot. The potential measure is spearheaded by Burleigh County Commissioner and former Bismarck Mayor Steve Bakken and 27 others. The measure would allow adults over the age of 21 to possess the drug in small amounts and cannabis businesses to sell it. If approved, recreational marijuana sales would help the state's...
Standing Rock author writes about path to heal from generational trauma in A Council of Dolls
Novel gathers memories of pain, hardship, understanding. Mona Susan Power reveals an ancestral story of healing and strength in her latest novel “A Council of Dolls.”. It tells of three Native Yanktonai women as they navigate through the perils of the Indian boarding schools, assimilation and the massacre of Indigenous peoples. Readers follow Sissy, born in 1961; Lilian, born in 1925; and Cora, born in 1888 on a journey back in time from mid-century Chicago to the homelands of the Dakota people.
F-M electric vehicle readiness study underway
FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Electric vehicles are gaining traction in North Dakota and Minnesota as battery prices fall and the benefits of EVs increase. In recent years, virtually every major automobile manufacturer has announced plans to transition to electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles. The Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Council of...
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