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Entrance sign at the gate of the Missouri River Correctional Center in Bismarck on June 6, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)

North Dakota Corrections working on 4 ‘mini prisons’ to relieve crowding

By: Mary Steurer (ND Monitor) The North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is working to add as many as 300 additional beds to its overburdened prison system over the next year. “We’re literally trying to lift up about, as far as I’m concerned, four mini prisons across the state all in the same year,” […]
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July 14, 2025
Tom Strinden, husband of North Dakota Lt. Gov. Michelle Strinden, died Sunday after a 17-month battle with brain cancer. (Photo provided by Office of the Governor)

Husband of North Dakota Lt. Gov. Strinden dies of cancer

By: ND Monitor Staff Dr. Tom Strinden, the husband of North Dakota Lt. Gov. Michelle Strinden, died Sunday.  A new release from the office of Gov. Kelly Armstrong said Strinden died after a 17-month battle with brain cancer.  Michelle Strinden was a Fargo lawmaker before being tapped as Armstrong’s running mate last year.  “Tom was […]
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July 14, 2025
A sign in Devils Lake, North Dakota, marks the road leading to the Spirit Lake Reservation. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)

North Dakota tribes want US Supreme Court to hear voting rights case

By: Mary Steurer (ND Monitor) Two North Dakota Native tribes and a group of tribal citizens plan to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a court decision that found they don’t have standing to sue the state of North Dakota for alleged voter discrimination. The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in the ruling concluded […]
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July 11, 2025

ND after-school providers, school districts in ‘limbo’ due to frozen federal grants

By: Michael Achterling (ND Monitor) Frozen federal grants are putting North Dakota after-school programs in limbo, pausing teacher training and leaving schools scrambling, education officials said this week. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget withheld $6.8 billion in federal education grants for the upcoming school year for further review. The total withheld for North […]
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July 11, 2025
Members of the Legislative Management Committee conduct a meeting at the Capitol on June 26, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)

Legislators should discuss possible veto lawsuit in open meeting-Commentary

By: Amy Dalrymple (ND Monitor) North Dakota legislative leaders are scheduled to go into a closed-door session on Friday to discuss a possible lawsuit over a veto error. It’s a conversation that should happen out in the open because lawmakers should be transparent about their thinking and decision-making. The interim Legislative Management Committee is weighing […]
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July 11, 2025

Minot City Manager Harold Stewart Named Finalist for same role in Pasco, Washington

MINOT - Minot City Manager Harold Stewart is once again in the spotlight as he has been named a finalist for the city manager position in Pasco, Washington. This marks the second time in recent months that Stewart has been considered for a similar role in the Pacific Northwest. The City of Pasco announced this […]
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July 10, 2025
Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline gather Nov. 1, 2023, in Bismarck ahead of a public meeting on an environmental impact statement. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe opposes the pipeline, citing concerns for its water supply and sovereign rights. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)

Federal government appealing $28M award to North Dakota for pipeline protest costs

By: Mary Steurer (ND Monitor) The U.S. Department of Justice is appealing a federal judge’s decision to award North Dakota $28 million in damages for the executive branch’s response to the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. The case now heads to the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals for review. Thousands traveled to south-central North Dakota to protest the […]
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July 8, 2025
North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven, left, speaks during a press conference next to Sen. Kevin Cramer and U.S. Rep. Julie Fedorchak at the North Dakota Petroleum Council in Bismarck on July 7, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)

North Dakota congressional delegation touts GOP megabill as win for oil, coal

By: Michael Achterling (ND Monitor) North Dakota’s congressional delegation emphasized the elimination of tax credits for solar and wind projects as part of the federal reconciliation package will be a huge win for coal, gas and oil producers. The bill was signed into law by President Donald Trump during a White House ceremony on July 4. During […]
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July 8, 2025
Travis Finck, executive director of the North Dakota Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents, speaks during a Tribal and State Relations Committee on October 9, 2024 at Prairie Knights Casino. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota)

North Dakota public defenders see budget increase with new biennium

By: Michael Achterling (ND Monitor) New budgets for state agencies and commissions in North Dakota went into effect July 1 and one commission will see a 20% increase over the next two years — the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents. The commission has a budget of nearly $27.2 million through the 2025-27 biennium, a […]
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July 7, 2025
Members of the Legislative Management Committee conduct a meeting at the Capitol on June 26, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)

North Dakota lawmakers to hold hearing on security concerns after Minnesota attacks

By: Michael Achterling (ND Monitor) North Dakota lawmakers plan to hold a security hearing with the North Dakota Highway Patrol and Capitol Security to discuss the safety concerns of legislators after Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark, were killed June 14 in their Brooklyn Park home. Law enforcement arrested and charged Vance Boelter in connection […]
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July 7, 2025
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