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Plain Talk: A North Dakota gas station owner responds to President Biden’s accusations about prices
MINOT, N.D. — President Joe Biden is placing the blame for top gasoline costs on gasoline station house owners.
“My message to the businesses working gasoline stations and setting costs on the pump is straightforward: it is a time of warfare and international peril,” he wrote in a tweet posted earlier than Independence Day. “Deliver down the worth you might be charging on the pump to mirror the fee you’re paying for the product. And do it now.”
My message to the businesses working gasoline stations and setting costs on the pump is straightforward: it is a time of warfare and international peril.
Deliver down the worth you might be charging on the pump to mirror the fee you’re paying for the product. And do it now.
— President Biden (@POTUS) July 2, 2022
How does an precise gasoline station proprietor really feel about that?
“He appears to suppose we are able to drop the worth 20 cents to be patriotic,” Kent Satrang mentioned on this episode of Plain Speak.
Satrang is the proprietor of Petro Serve USA, which has a number of areas in North Dakota and Minnesota. He mentioned he does not actually get to decide on his gasoline costs. His firm posts them on the indicators alongside the highway, however the quantities are set by a really aggressive market.
A station that’s promoting gasoline at a worth that is considerably larger than competing stations merely will not see enterprise, which is why gasoline costs in a selected space are typically so shut.
And moreover, Satrang argues, corporations like his do not make a lot on the gasoline anyway. Satrang says his margin quantities to a “few cents a gallon.”
“The precise bank card firm makes extra off our gasoline for his or her charges than we do,” he mentioned, including that the majority of his income come from the meals, drinks, and different gadgets bought in his comfort shops.
Additionally on this episode, Wednesday co-host Chad Oban and I focus on the sad state of America as one other Independence Day comes and goes.
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Death Investigation: North Dakota Person Died After Consuming Recalled Microdosing Candies – KVRR Local News
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/NorthDakotaMonitor) — A person in North Dakota died after consuming recalled microdosing candies.
The death is under investigation by state agencies, the poison control center and FDA.
The FDA published a recall on June 28 of some Prophet Premium Blends Diamond Shruumz products.
They are marketed as containing a proprietary blend of mushrooms.
As of July 1, 48 illnesses, including 27 hospitalizations, have been reported in 24 states.
North Dakota is the only state where a death is being investigated.
North Dakota officials are warning the public because the recalled products could still be available for sale online, in stores that sell hemp-derived products, or in smoke and vape shops, said Michelle Dethloff, director of the infectious diseases and epidemiology unit.
The products are not illegal but they are not licensed or regulated by the state.
State officials would not provide specifics about when or where in North Dakota the death occurred or the person’s age, citing privacy reasons. The person who died is an adult, Dethloff said. The exact cause of death remains under investigation.
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North Dakota Residents Speak Out: 15 Things To Outlaw Forever
There’s really not much I don’t like about North Dakota.
Yeah, the weather can be annoying at times. Mostly the wind, but other than that I personally love the 4 changes of seasons even though sometimes we miss out on one or two of them Some years we don’t get much of a spring or in other years fall is very short and we go right into winter.
Besides the weather what’s not to like right? Well, there are some things according to our listeners that should be “outlawed” in the state of North Dakota.
Wouldn’t be nice if you could make one law in the state of North Dakota?
I recently asked my listeners on our Facebook page, app, and on-air if they could outlaw one thing in North Dakota what would it be? Some of the answers were of course comic genius. Like, “STDs”, “Mothers in Laws”, “White Claw Drinkers”, “South Dakotans” and my favorite “Mondays”. Yes, we should definitely go to a 4-day work week in this country.
Some more serious answers like “Texting and Driving”, “Vaping”, “Smoking”, and “The Enforcement of Littering Fines” were also given.
I had over 1,000 answers to my question to add up.
Those are just some of the honorable mentions that didn’t quite make the top 15 answers to my very scientific poll that encompassed over 1,000 answers. I’m actually starting to get pretty good at math thanks to this job.
So, without further ado, here are “The Top 15 Things We Would Like to Outlaw in North Dakota.” Hopefully, some of these will become illegal in the future.
These Are The 15 Things North Dakotans Would Like To Outlaw
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Minnesota, North Dakota prep for busy roads this holiday weekend
FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) – According to AAA, nearly 71 million people are expected to travel this week. Chances are, many of you will be if you haven’t already.
It’s all hands on deck for law enforcement in Minnesota. They’re keeping an extra eye out for impaired and distracted drivers.
“We hope when we go out, we don’t find anybody. You know, making those poor choices because we want everybody to hear the conversations here than along the roadside. Really the 4th of July holiday should be about making memories and we don’t want to involve bad crashes or anything like that,” said Sgt. Jesse Grabow with the Minnesota State Patrol.
State Patrol says over the last five years, there have been 25 traffic-related deaths on the 4th. That’s more compared to other holidays including the winter ones like Christmas and New Year’s.
”Clear, sunny days, dry roads, it’s one of those things that again, just because the road conditions are in good conditions doesn’t mean you can get laxed on your behaviors when it comes to traffic safety.”
While different states, safety is also the main goal in North Dakota.
“We have a speeding grant that’s going on right now. So we’ll definitely be enforcing speeding but as always, we definitely do whatever we can to deter DUIs and we will be enforcing DUIs whenever we can,” Sgt. Matt Ysteboe with Fargo Police tells Valley News Live.
In North Dakota, a first-offense DUI is considered a Class B misdemeanor. It can lead to a $500 fine if your blood alcohol concentration (BAC) is below .16. The higher the BAC, the higher the penalty. Drinking and driving can be more than a penalty to your wallet.
“Making sure that you have a designated driver. We don’t want to see anybody out there getting hurt or getting involved in with some terrible accident from drinking and driving,” added Ysteboe.
For Minnesota, punishment for one’s first DWI can vary. The Department of Public Safety says a typical penalty for a first-time offender is potential jail time and the loss of a license for a minimum of up to 30 days to a year. When factoring costs and legal fees, you could be looking at a price tag as high as $20,000.
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