Morning headlines: Bill raising speed limit to 80 mph passes North Dakota House

Right here is your InForum Minute for Wednesday, Feb. 8.

BISMARCK — The 2 chambers of the North Dakota Legislature have despatched combined messages to drivers this week: hit the gasoline and buckle up.

The Home of Representatives voted 65-29 on Tuesday, Feb. 7, to move Home Invoice 1475, which might elevate the velocity restrict on multi-lane highways from 75 mph to 80 mph.

Throughout the corridor, the Senate accepted Senate Invoice 2362 in a 31-14 vote on Monday. The laws would enable police to tug over a automobile if the motive force or any passengers should not sporting seat belts.

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BISMARCK — A number of amendments to a North Dakota increased training funds invoice handed a committee listening to Tuesday, Feb. 7, together with one that will require the state college system workplace, not North Dakota State College, to bear the price of the severance package deal of former President Dean Bresciani.

The modification to Home Invoice 1003, which handed on a 6-1 vote, calls on the North Dakota College System workplace to pay NDSU $400,000 for extra prices incurred when Bresciani’s contract was not renewed, which some have known as a “golden parachute.”

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WEST FARGO — Whereas some West Fargo Metropolis Commissioners mentioned a water fee hike was vital as a result of it was set by Fargo and the Cass Rural Water District — who now present water to West Fargo — different commissioners questioned if the rise might be absorbed by the town as an alternative, not less than briefly.

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