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Legislators attending a Redistricting Committee meeting Dec. 13, 2023, look at maps of different proposals. An appeals court on Wednesday ruled in favor of North Dakota in a voting rights case. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)

Appeals court rules against North Dakota tribes in voting rights case

By: Mary Steurer (ND Monitor) A federal appeals court on Wednesday found that the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and Spirit Lake Nation don’t have standing to bring a voting discrimination claim against the state of North Dakota. The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision overturned a 2023 decision by a North Dakota […]
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May 14, 2025
Members of the Superintendent of Public Instruction’s Student Cabinet discuss a new law banning student cellphone use in North Dakota public schools on May 14, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)

Students full of questions about cellphone ban in North Dakota schools

By: Michael Achterling (ND Monitor) North Dakota student leaders say they have a lot of unanswered questions after lawmakers passed a law requiring schools to be cellphone-free. Members of the Superintendent of Public Instruction’s Student Cabinet met Wednesday in Bismarck to discuss new legislation that will affect students.  Senate Bill 2354, which takes effect Aug. […]
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May 14, 2025

2 Summit Pipeline Lawsuits Advance, Superintendent Talks Measles, Holmberg Update, China Tariff Pause

Superintendent addresses measles concerns Read it here With North Dakota’s measles outbreak expanding beyond Williams County, Minot Public Schools Superintendent Scott Faul briefed the school board Friday on the district’s preparations should a case emerge locally. Faul said the district is coordinating with First District Health and has notified unvaccinated families about the risks. While […]
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May 14, 2025
Lenora Kenner, center, of Bismarck, talks with attendees of an anti-CO2 pipeline protest at the Capitol in Bismarck on July 27, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)

2 lawsuits against Summit allowed to advance; a third case is pending

By: Jeff Beach (ND Monitor) Two North Dakota judges have ruled that lawsuits filed by landowners against carbon pipeline company Summit Carbon Solutions can proceed over objections about court procedures. Several landowners are suing Iowa-based Summit Carbon Solutions, which is attempting to build a network of pipelines across five states. The pipelines would take carbon […]
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May 13, 2025
David Hogg (Photo via democrats.org)

DNC Moves To Void David Hogg’s Election To Party Vice Chair On Technicality

By: Ireland Owens The Democratic National Committee (DNC) voted Monday to void the results of gun control activist David Hogg’s election as one of its vice chairs. Following the credentials committee’s decision that the vice chair election had not followed proper parliamentary procedures, it will bring the vote to the DNC’s full body of members to decide […]
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May 13, 2025
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

U.S. and China hit the pause button on trade war for 90 days, as talks continue

By: Ashley Murray The United States and China agreed Monday to lower steep tit-for-tat tariffs for 90 days, temporarily cooling a trade war but still leaving a cloud of uncertainty over businesses in the world’s two largest economies. American and Chinese officials announced the pause will go into effect Wednesday, following talks in Geneva, Switzerland, […]
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May 13, 2025
Impact Dakota lead a food safety certification program in Minot, North Dakota, in May 2025. (photo courtesy of Impact Dakota)

Federal funding cuts have North Dakota manufacturing support agency working on Plan B

By: Jeff Beach (ND Monitor) The North Dakota program that provides training and support to manufacturers in the state faces an uncertain future if federal funding is cut.  Impact Dakota temporarily lost its federal funding last month. Jodie Mjoen, CEO and president of Impact Dakota, said federal funding is usually renewed on April 1. This year […]
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May 13, 2025

Daily Brief: 2002 Minot Train Derailment, Measles Cases, Tax Credit for Child Care, and more

The 2002 Minot Train Derailment: A Preventable Disaster and Its Aftermath On January 18, 2002, a Canadian Pacific Railway freight train derailed near Minot, North Dakota, releasing approximately 147,000 gallons of anhydrous ammonia into the atmosphere. The incident resulted in one fatality, numerous injuries, and significant environmental damage. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation […]
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May 13, 2025
Vehicles travel on Interstate 94 in Fargo on Dec. 23, 2023. (Amy Dalrymple/North Dakota Monitor)

2 new measles cases confirmed in Cass County; 1 hospitalized

By: Michael Achterling (ND Monitor) Two new measles cases were confirmed in Cass County on Sunday, bringing North Dakota’s total cases to 11 since May 2, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services. The department reported both people were unvaccinated and one was hospitalized as a result of the disease. Both people are believed […]
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May 12, 2025
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site hosts its Rendezvous event every June. This year, volunteers are prepping for an event with fewer National Park Service staff amid federal funding cuts. (Photo provided by National Park Service)

Volunteers prep for Fort Union Rendezvous amid National Park Service ‘whiplash’

By: Erin Hemme Froslie The third full weekend in June is always the busiest part of the summer at Fort Union Trading Post near Williston, North Dakota. This is when the National Park Service historic site hosts its Rendezvous, which draws about 3,000 visitors. This year, however, the event has been in flux as organizers […]
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May 12, 2025
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