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White House Reportedly Weighs Major Nuclear Regulatory Shift

By The Dakotan on May 14, 2025

By: Audrey Streb (Daily Caller) Executive orders reportedly being drafted by the White House could fundamentally change nuclear power policy by shifting more authority to federal departments to approve reactor designs and projects with the goal of quadrupling capacity by 2040. Four separate draft orders reportedly outlined the possibility of expanding nuclear power by restructuring the […]

No tax on tips, child tax credit and business tax cuts survive in big House GOP bill

By The Dakotan on May 14, 2025

By: Ashley Murray WASHINGTON — House Republicans advanced the tax portion of the “one big, beautiful” reconciliation package early Wednesday, a step forward in permanently extending, and in some cases expanding, the 2017 tax law and temporarily handing President Donald Trump a win on campaign promises like no tax on tips. The House Committee on […]

Appeals court rules against North Dakota tribes in voting rights case

By The Dakotan on May 14, 2025

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 […]

Students full of questions about cellphone ban in North Dakota schools

By The Dakotan on May 14, 2025

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. […]

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

By The Dakotan on May 14, 2025

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 […]

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

By The Dakotan on May 13, 2025

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 […]

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

By The Dakotan on May 13, 2025

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 […]

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

By The Dakotan on May 13, 2025

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, […]

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

By The Dakotan on May 13, 2025

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 […]

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

By The Dakotan on May 13, 2025

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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