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Emily Thompson, legal division director for Legislative Council, speaks during a committee meeting on June 26, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)

Lawmakers weigh possible legal action, special session to address veto error

By: Michael Achterling (ND Monitor) Attorneys for the North Dakota Legislature on Thursday rebuked an attorney general’s opinion of a veto error and outlined possible next steps, which could include a special legislative session or legal challenges. Lawmakers asked Legislative Council to research options after an error with a line-item veto Gov. Kelly Armstrong issued May 19 […]
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June 26, 2025
A shelter belt is destroyed and littered with debris east of Enderlin, N.D., after tornadoes and strong winds hit the area on June 20, 2025. (Dan Koeck/For the North Dakota Monitor)

Bank of North Dakota researching ways to aid farmers hit by storm

By: Mary Steurer (ND Monitor) The North Dakota Industrial Commission is looking for ways to help farmers who lost storage and other infrastructure in last weekend’s severe storm prepare for harvest season. “Harvest is coming, and some of these farms may only have one or two bins left,” Agricultural Commissioner Doug Goehring, who sits on […]
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June 26, 2025

Drones descend on storm-damaged eastern North Dakota to search for personal items

By: Michael Achterling (North Dakota Monitor) Drones are helping residents of storm-damaged areas in eastern North Dakota find personal items scattered during tornadoes and straight-line winds. Enderlin native Sadie Rudolph posted on social media Monday calling on drone operators to help search for items taken away by the series of storms that rolled across North Dakota on […]
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June 25, 2025

Enderlin tornado that claimed 3 lives is North Dakota’s deadliest since 1978

By: Mary Steurer (North Dakota Monitor) The weekend tornado that killed three people in rural Enderlin was the most deadly North Dakota has seen in nearly five decades. While North Dakota sees an average of about 23 tornadoes a year, fatalities are rare, National Weather Service data indicates. The last tornado to claim three or more lives in the […]
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June 24, 2025

Lawmaker drops plan to pursue property tax ballot measure

By: Mary Steurer (North Dakota Monitor) A North Dakota lawmaker says he’ll no longer petition for a ballot measure to make the state fund 100% of the public school system after polling showed homeowners have mixed feelings about his proposal. Property taxes assessed by local governments cover about 27% of the cost of North Dakota’s […]
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June 24, 2025
The Quentin Burdick federal courthouse in Fargo, North Dakota. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)

North Dakota man charged with threatening official after email citing Minnesota shootings

By: Mary Steurer (ND Monitor) A North Dakota man was charged Monday with threatening at least one federal official in an email that references the Saturday shooting that killed one Minnesota lawmaker. About 5 p.m. Sunday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of North Dakota received a threatening email from St. Thomas resident Charles Dalzell, according […]
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June 18, 2025
North Dakota lawmakers participate in a Senate floor session on April 25, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)

North Dakota removes lawmaker addresses from website in response to shooting

By: Jeff Beach (ND Monitor) North Dakota legislative support staff on Saturday wiped legislators’ home addresses from the Legislature’s website in response to the shootings of two lawmakers in Minnesota.  John Bjornson, director of Legislative Council, said he made the decision Saturday morning hearing about the shootings that left one Minnesota legislator dead and another […]
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June 18, 2025
Emily Mizell, right, of Bismarck holds up her sign and cheers at passing cars near the Capitol in Bismarck during the nationwide No Kings protests on June 14, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)

Thousands join North Dakota No Kings rallies, including many first-time protesters

By: Michael Achterling, Jeff Beach, and Amy Dalrymple (ND Monitor) Thousands of North Dakotans in 10 cities joined the national No Kings protest movement Saturday, with organizers saying they saw new faces joining the effort to oppose Donald Trump’s policies. Kathy Bullinger of Bismarck showed up at the state Capitol grounds with her two sons, […]
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June 16, 2025
Vance Boelter, 57, was captured by law enforcement Sunday, June 15, 2025 in Sibley County. (Photo courtesy of Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office)

Vance Boelter, accused in assassination of Minnesota House leader Melissa Hortman, apprehended

By: Madison McVan Law enforcement officers on Sunday night arrested Vance Boelter, who is accused of assassinating Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband at their home in Brooklyn Park as part of a larger plot to kill Democratic elected officials and other advocates of abortion rights. Boelter is also accused of shooting Democratic-Farmer-Labor state Sen. […]
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June 16, 2025
The Band Day parade on May 10, 2025, in Williston, N.D., was among the sites of reported measles exposure in North Dakota. The state has 34 confirmed cases, with 16 reported in the Williston area. (Photo by Roger Riveland/For the North Dakota Monitor)

Measles cases are in 34 states with North Dakota now the focus

By: Tim Henderson (ND Monitor) As super-contagious measles continues to spread and nears a six-year U.S. record, cases in its original epicenter of West Texas may be subsiding as hesitant residents become more concerned and willing to vaccinate, while North Dakota is a new focus with the highest rate of any state. The reality of […]
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June 13, 2025
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