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Lawmakers selected for committee that makes study decisions for interim

By The Dakotan on April 28, 2025

By: Michael Achterling (ND Monitor) With the 69th North Dakota Legislative Assembly finishing its business in the coming days, lawmakers elected members to the Legislative Management Committee to prepare for the next session and deal with any unfinished business. The Legislative Management Committee has three primary roles during the interim before the 70th Legislative Assembly […]

Daily Brief: Holmberg Report Out, Minot Voter Turnout, Armstrong Signs Bell to Bell Bill, Gas Taxes, and Bill Langer

By The Dakotan on April 28, 2025

Growing City, Shrinking Votes: Minot's Mayoral Turnout Paradox See the full breakdown here Despite population growth, fewer Minot residents are voting for mayor today than in the 1970s and '80s, when the city was 15,000 people smaller. A new analysis comparing elections from 1970–1986 to modern contests shows turnout has dropped by more than half, […]

North Dakota's Maverick, William "Wild Bill" Langer-Collom's Column.

By K.L. Collom on April 26, 2025

William “Wild Bill” Langer remains one of the most controversial, charismatic, and enduring figures in North Dakota’s political history. A lawyer, reformer, outlaw governor, and longtime U.S. senator, Langer’s life embodied the contradictions of prairie populism: deeply rooted in the struggles of ordinary people, yet unafraid to bend, or break, the rules of the system […]

North Dakota House, Senate at odds over proposed gas tax increase

By The Dakotan on April 26, 2025

By: Michael Achterling and Amy Dalrymple (ND Monitor) North Dakota lawmakers continue to debate the first increase to the gas tax in 20 years, with the House on Friday narrowly advancing a 5-cent tax increase while the Senate unanimously defeated a separate bill with a 3-cent increase. Supporters in the House said the increase is […]

Gov. Armstrong signs bill banning public school student cellphone use in North Dakota

By The Dakotan on April 25, 2025

By: Michael Achterling (ND Monitor) North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong went to a Bismarck elementary school Friday to sign a bill banning public school student cellphone use from “bell to bell.” “This is a game changer for our public schools, giving students the freedom to focus on learning and to interact with teachers and friends […]

Votes fail to overturn vetoes of library bill, private school funding

By The Dakotan on April 25, 2025

By: Jeff Beach (ND Monitor) Two vetoes by Gov. Kelly Armstrong stood up to challenges in the North Dakota Legislature on Friday. Armstrong vetoed Senate Bill 2307, a library obscenity bill, and House Bill 1540, that would have used taxpayer dollars to support private school tuition vouchers. A two-thirds majority was needed to override the vetoes. The library […]

Growing City, Shrinking Votes: Minot's Mayoral Turnout Paradox

By K.L. Collom on April 25, 2025

So after last weeks article breaking down statewide Mayoral election turnouts, we saw a steady recent trend for Minot's turnout numbers. Despite being the fourth largest city in the state, it is twelfth in turnout among the 13 largest cities in North Dakota. This led to a followup thought of why this might be, and […]

Daily Brief: HB1318 Pesticide Bill Passes, House Blocks ESA Bill, DAPL Ruling, and Trump Orders

By The Dakotan on April 25, 2025

North Dakota House kills final Education Savings Account bill of session See how here North Dakota’s push for Education Savings Accounts ended Thursday as the House rejected a sweeping $110 million school choice bill—just one day after Gov. Kelly Armstrong vetoed a similar, narrower measure. Despite Armstrong urging lawmakers to support broader options, concerns over […]

Trump DOJ asks US Supreme Court to reverse ruling allowing transgender troops

By The Dakotan on April 24, 2025

By: Ashley Murray (ND Monitor) WASHINGTON — The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday to block a lower court’s decision allowing transgender individuals to continue enlisting and serving in the armed forces. Administration officials are seeking a stay of a broad district court ruling in late March that applied to all troops rather […]

Bill signed this week seeks to prevent health coverage delays for North Dakota patients

By The Dakotan on April 24, 2025

By: Mary Steurer (ND Monitor) New legislation signed Wednesday by Gov. Kelly Armstrong aims to protect patients from care-delaying snags in the health insurance prior authorization process. Prior authorization refers to when someone must obtain approval from their insurance company before they can undergo a procedure, obtain medication or receive some other health service. The […]

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