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1 ADVICE: A6 CLASSIFIEDS: B11 FOOD: A4 LOTTERIES: B2 OBITUARIES: A9, B10 OPINION: A10 Volume 144, Issue 212 A Lee Enterprises Newspaper Copyright 2018 Follow us online: facebook.com facebook.com instagram.com/bistrib Today in history: Berlin Olympics List: 18 insider wedding tips for a stress-free day AT BISMARCKTRIBUNE.COM/CONNECT DISCOVER DIGITAL Midwest celebration Bismarck native to release new album at heritage event DAKOTA, B1 Northwoods League Larks fall to Waterloo Bucks SPORTS, B4 PARTLY CLOUDY 74 56 FORECAST, A12 Wednesday, augusT 1, 2018 bismarcktribune.com $2.00 TOM sTROMMe, TRIBUNE Alexis Bachler, 17, Almont, sings her favorite songs from the Mandan bandshell stage Monday evening and concluded her set with a country song dedicated to her grandparents in the audience. started performing on stage with my mother when I was 4 and have been performing solo since I was Bachler said following her hourlong set. The series of free bandshell concerts at Dykshoorn Park continues through Aug. 16. Randy Karr is scheduled tonight, with the Hungry Five performing old-time and country songs on Thursday.

The concert series, sponsored by the Bismarck Mandan Musicians Association, runs Monday through Thursday beginning at 7:30 p.m. Mandan BandsHeLL JACK DURA Bismarck Tribune As North Dakota Su- preme Court opinion on executive vs. legislative authority has sunk in, lawmakers say glad for the decision, while political ob- servers point to a significant and historic case. Justice Jerod Tufte wrote the opinion that found four of five of Gov. Doug disputed par- tial vetoes in spending bills in 2017 were ineffective, while one was within his right.

Additionally, the Budget Section ally upon executive authority in provisions of two of the spending bills. The 42-member Budget Section is an interim group of lawmakers that meets between sessions to approve or reject certain expen- ditures. think anything really earth-shaking other than the fact that our Budget Section has to probably do business a little bit Senate Majority Leader Rich Wardner, R-Dickinson, said Tuesday. House Minority Leader Corey Mock, D-Grand Forks, said the door is opened for discussion of the Budget authority in rela- tion to that of executive, with some parts from the opinion. might change how we as a Legislature delegate or advocate authority to the Budget Section.

It might change how we use it, what would be permissive in terms of contingent appropriations and then leaving those decisions up to (the Budget said Mock, adding that lawmakers have sought guidance from Legislative Council on aspects of the Budget authority in the opinion. Senate Minority Leader Joan Heckaman, D-New Rockford, said spoken with Legislative Council about the opinion and the bills that included partial vetoes. Tufte wrote that the bills with ineffective vetoes became law in their entirety. to Wardner was one of a handful of legislators of Legislative Manage- ment who opposed pursuing the lawsuit last year that wound up before the state Supreme Court. JACK DURA Bismarck Tribune In his bid for a recount of his pri- mary votes, Roland Riemers, the Libertarian candidate for secretary of state, challenged North election process and questioned why ballots are not a matter of public record.

they public records? Why we look at he said before the North Dakota Su- preme Court on Tuesday. Riemers, I think unusual that people allowed to rummage through Chief Justice Gerald VandeWalle later told him. good reason for Riemers officially received 247 votes in the statewide primary election as the only Libertarian on the ballot. He needed 300 votes to be nominated for the November ballot and maintain the Libertar- ballot status. Riemers disputes Secretary of State Al interpretation of the recount statute, which Riemers said applies to him as he failed to be nominated by less than 1 percent of the vote total of the top vote-getter for the office, being Republican Will Gardner.

Riemers has sued Jaeger for the high court to order a recount. State Solicitor General Matthew Sagsveen argued that the primary election was for nomi- nations for office, and Riemers was the only candidate in his col- umn; therefore, no recount. Both parties also cited a 1991 amend- ment to language of the statute which Sagsveen said was meant to broaden application for non-po- litical races, such as for judgeships and county commission seats. Riemers said he hopes find 53 and his petition to the court is an opportunity to examine the election process, given what he says were 2,000 ballots due to crossover voting in the primary. JACK DURA AND BLAIR EMERSON Bismarck Tribune The brother of a missing New Town woman has confirmed that the truck she was last seen driv- ing has been found.

Matthew Lone Bear said he could answer few questions Tuesday night related to the dis- covery that evening. He said he say where or how the truck was found, if it was on the Fort Berthold Reservation or how the vehicle was identified. He also declined to say what may have been found inside the truck. still dealing with Matthew Lone Bear said. MHA Nation Chairman Mark Fox said the truck had been found in Lake Saka- kawea on the reservation, but added there was formal ver- ification from law enforcement verification of all rele- vant data, I (have nothing) more to formally Fox said in an email.

Three Affili- ated Tribes Po- lice Capt. Grace Her Many Horses directed the Tri- bune to MHA Nation spokesman Tony Lone Fight, who confirmed a truck was found, but could not offer other immediate details. Lone Fight referred questions to the Federal Bureau of Investi- gation, which he said has taken over the investigation. Olivia Lone Bear, 32, was last seen between 5 and 7 p.m. Oct.

25, 2017, in downtown New Town, driving a teal 2011 Chevrolet Sil- verado 2500 with North Dakota license plate 839 BRC. The Bureau of Indian Affairs took the lead on the investigation in early February, amid search ef- forts from volunteers, the Lone Bear family and Three Affiliated Tribes Police. Reach Jack Dura at 701-250-8225 or jack.dura@bismarcktribune.com. Lone Bear truck found Court opinion highlights constitutional authority BARBARA ORTUTAY AND MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press NEW YORK Facebook elevated concerns about election interfer- ence Tuesday, announcing that it had uncovered efforts, possibly linked to Russia, to manipulate U.S. politics and by extension the upcoming midterm elections.

The company was careful to hedge its announcement; it link the effort directly to Russia or to the midterms, now less than a hundred days away. And its findings were limited to 32 appar- ently fake accounts on Facebook and Instagram, which the company re- moved because they were involved in and political behavior. But official Washington con- nected those dots anyway, not least because the reported activity so closely mirrored Russian influence campaigns during the 2016 pres- idential election. Nearly 300,000 people followed at least one of the newly banned accounts and thou- sands expressed interest in events they promoted. is an absolute attack on our said Virginia Sen.

Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee, which Facebook had briefed in ad- vance. Warner expressed high that Russia was behind the assault. A spokesman for Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley said Face- book had informed his office a limited group of Russian actors has attempted to spread disinformation using its platform and that the af- fected groups are affiliated with the political The identified accounts sought to divisions and set Ameri- cans against one wrote Ben Nimmo and Graham Brookie of the Atlantic Digital Forensic Research Lab in a blog post Tuesday. Facebook finds efforts to disrupt U.S. elections Libertarian candidate disputes recount statute Zuckerberg Political observers remark on a historic decision for branches Please see OPInIOn, Page A12 Please see FaCeBOOK, Page A12 Brother confirms vehicle tied to missing woman has been found Lone Bear Roland Riemers questions why ballots public records Please see LIBeRTaRIan, Page A12.