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The backers have until July 8.
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Prairie Public hosted a debate Tuesday between Lt. Governor Tammy Miller and U.S. Representative Kelly Armstrong, who are vying to be selected as the Republican gubernatorial candidate in the 2024 North Dakota primary election.
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This week is Severe Summer Weather Awareness Week.
Main Street, hosted by Ashley Thornberg and Craig Blumenshine, keeps its finger on the pulse of Prairie Public's broadcast region.
Main Street | Latest Episode
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There's an upcoming cohort aimed at supporting Indigenous entrepreneurs. We visit with Brenna Ortiz who's hosting the cohort, in partnership wtih StrengthenND. She's the program manager at Native Max, an Indigenous fashion magazine. ~~~ Historian Tom Isern takes us back in time to prohibition with a Plains Folk essay. ~~~ Part interview, part existential game show, veteran NPR host Rachel Martin rips up the typical Q and A script and asks guests to go deep with her new show Wild Card. ~~~ Where we're from shapes who we are. In this episode of Poetry from Studio47, how place shaped poet Joe Wilkins.
News from NPR
A federal court has blocked Louisiana's new congressional map in a case that could determine the balance of power in the next Congress and set up another Supreme Court test of the Voting Rights Act.
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The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady this week — and possibly for months to come — as policymakers try to sort through mixed signals about the U.S. economy.
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Nicaragua brought the case arguing that by providing arms to Israel, Germany is failing to prevent possible genocide against Palestinians in Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza.
Arts & Culture
In this episode of Dakota Datebook, we'll listen to Violet Smith, enrolled member of the Spirit Lake Dakota Nation, as she shares about stories from her grandma.
The Great American Folk Show