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Jeremy Olson Steps Down as House Majority Caucus Leader

In a late-session shakeup at the North Dakota State Capitol, Representative Jeremy Olson (R-D26) has resigned as House Majority Caucus Leader, citing time constraints and professional obligations. Olson, who represents District 26 and serves on the Finance and Taxation and Energy and Natural Resources committees, submitted a letter to House Republican leadership on Tuesday, April […]
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April 29, 2025
North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong, center, held a signing ceremony April 29, 2025, for three justice reform bills. Seated with Armstrong were bill sponsor Rep. Lawrence Klemin, R-Bismarck, right, and co-sponsor Rep. Karla Rose Hanson, D-Fargo. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)

North Dakota laws address avoiding criminal charges, improving life after jail

By: Jeff Beach (ND Monitor) North Dakota officials on Tuesday described new legislation as improving “off-ramps” from the criminal justice system, with one of the off-ramps coming before offenders get into the court system.  “We know that people who get into the criminal justice system tend to stay there,” said Tom Erhardt, director for parole […]
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April 29, 2025

Trump orders list of ‘sanctuary cities’ to target for funding freeze

By: Amy Figueroa WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday evening signed executive orders targeting so-called sanctuary cities by threatening to revoke federal funding and providing legal services and national security assets to law enforcement. The signings fell on the eve of Trump’s first 100 days of his second term, during which his administration has […]
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April 29, 2025
Mark Carney at Davos in 2010 (Shaun_courtice / Flickr / Wikimedia Commons)

Canada’s Liberals Retain Power With Minority Gov’t While Conservatives Notch Big Gains In Key Election

By: Anthony Iafrate Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will remain in office as his Liberal Party won a minority government in Monday’s federal election. Carney took over as Canada’s leader in March when he replaced deeply unpopular former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who had announced his resignation after almost a decade in office. Despite the Liberal victory — […]
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April 29, 2025
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Daily Brief: Holmberg Details, House Kills Term Limit Start Date Change, Mandatory Reporting Push, and RFK affect on ND

Call logs show Holmberg, former AG communicated amid federal sex crime investigation See the full breakdown here Newly released records reveal late North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem had undisclosed communications with former Sen. Ray Holmberg during a criminal investigation into Holmberg’s sexual exploitation of minors — raising troubling questions about transparency and oversight. Meanwhile, […]
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April 29, 2025
Sen. Tim Mathern, D-Fargo, center, speaks during a press conference hosted by Democratic state lawmakers urging the statehouse to pass legislation to require legislators and higher ed officials to report child sexual abuse. Pictured from left are Rep. Zac Ista, Sen. Ryan Braunberger, Sen. Josh Boschee and Rep. Gretchen Dobervich. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)

North Dakota Dems push for new mandatory reporting laws in response to Holmberg emails

By: Mary Steurer (ND Monitor) A committee of lawmakers on Monday rejected a last-minute bill to make legislators and higher education officials mandatory reporters of child sexual abuse in light of new documents that show a University of North Dakota official may have known about sex crimes committed by former Sen. Ray Holmberg. Holmberg, who […]
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April 28, 2025
Former Sen. Ray Holmberg, left, served 45 years in the North Dakota Legislature. Wayne Stenehjem, right, served as attorney general for 22 years. The two Republicans were close associates who began their political careers at the same time. (Photos provided by Sherburne (Minn.) County Jail, Office of Attorney General)

Call logs show Holmberg, former AG communicated amid federal sex crime investigation

By: Amy Dalrymple (ND Monitor) Newly released call logs show the late Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem communicated with former Sen. Ray Holmberg as the lawmaker was being investigated for sex crimes, including calls the day Stenehjem sat for a law enforcement interview. Yet Stenehjem only told law enforcement about one phone conversation with Holmberg, according […]
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April 28, 2025
Rep. Ben Koppelman, R-West Fargo, speaks about term limits during a committee hearing on Jan. 23, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor

House kills term limit start date bill after conference committee stalemate

By: Michael Achterling (ND Monitor) A bill clarifying the state date for North Dakota’s term limits law failed in the House on a 61-28 vote Monday. The bill was debated over multiple conference committee meetings in recent days. The Senate version contained a Jan. 1, 2023 start date for the term limits, while the House […]
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April 28, 2025

Trump is shifting cybersecurity to the states, but many aren’t prepared

By: Madyson Fitzgerald For the first half of his career in law enforcement, working as a police officer in South Florida, Chase Fopiano did not think cyberattacks on police agencies were a serious threat. Many of his law enforcement colleagues were under the same impression — that since they were the most likely to investigate […]
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April 28, 2025

North Dakota farmers feeling effects of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s health kick

By: Jeff Beach (ND Monitor) Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s push to “Make America Healthy Again” is making some North Dakota farmers queasy.  Kennedy’s MAHA movement shuns highly processed foods and dyes. But it also includes an attack on oils made from seeds such as sunflowers and canola, with North Dakota […]
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April 28, 2025
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