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Mark Jantzer Wins Minot Mayoral Race in Special Election

Minot, N.D. — Mark Jantzer has been elected Mayor of Minot, earning 2,351 votes in Tuesday’s special election, according to unofficial results released by the City of Minot. The election was called in response to a citizen-led petition to fill the remainder of the mayoral term through June 2026. Jantzer, a longtime public servant and […]
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August 5, 2025

Lawsuit Questions Mineral Rights Transfer Under Lake Sakakawea

A quiet title lawsuit challenging ownership of mineral rights under Lake Sakakawea remains active after multiple county hearings, according to a recent press release. The suit, filed by former gubernatorial candidates Michael Coachman, Marvin Nelson, and Paul Sorum; questions whether a 2017 law, Senate Bill 2134, improperly relinquished state-held minerals historically managed in trust for […]
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July 25, 2025
A sign in Devils Lake, North Dakota, marks the road leading to the Spirit Lake Reservation. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)

North Dakota legislative district map to remain in place for now, Supreme Court decides

By: Mary Steurer (ND Monitor) The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday put a temporary freeze on North Dakota’s legislative district map, keeping it in place pending next steps in a tribal voting rights case against the state. The move came just a day before the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals was expected to issue a […]
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July 17, 2025
Gov. Kelly Armstrong testifies on highway infrastructure during a meeting of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works in Washington, D.C., on July 16, 2025. (Screenshot from Senate webcast)

Gov. Armstrong pushes flexibility, transportation permitting reform during Senate committee hearing

By: Michael Achterling (ND Monitor) North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong highlighted the need for permitting reform and flexibility for states to administer federal transportation funding during a U.S. Senate committee hearing in Washington, D.C. Armstrong provided a state’s perspective Wednesday on the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act, which provides federal funding to states to maintain highways, roads and […]
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July 17, 2025
Commissioners Murray Sagsveen, left, and Ronald Goodman, right, members of the North Dakota Ethics Commission, listen to a House committee hearing on March 18, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)

North Dakota Ethics Commissioners to evaluate ‘strained’ relationship with Attorney General’s Office

By: Mary Steurer (ND Monitor) The North Dakota Ethics Commission is looking into whether strongly worded communications from the state Attorney General’s Office have negatively impacted commission staff. The decision follows a July 3 letter addressed to the commission from Attorney General Drew Wrigley that harshly criticized the commission’s recent investigation report on ethics violations by Rep. […]
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July 17, 2025
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
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