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States try to rein in health insurers’ claim denials, with mixed results

By The Dakotan on March 29, 2025

By: Shalina Chatlani Health insurance companies are under increasing scrutiny for allegedly using artificial intelligence bots and algorithms to swiftly deny patients routine or lifesaving care — without a human actually reviewing their claims. The high-profile killing late last year of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has focused even more attention on so-called prior authorization, the process by which […]

North Dakota House votes against revising rules on charitable gambling eligibility

By The Dakotan on March 29, 2025

By: Michael Achterling (North Dakota Monitor) The North Dakota House voted overwhelmingly against a bill that would have changed which organizations could conduct charitable gambling. The bill failed in the House on a 87-4 vote. Senate Bill 2035 would have changed the definition of public spirited organizations and removed adult amateur athletic and tourism organizations from being able […]

Federal judge dismisses Standing Rock’s latest lawsuit over Dakota Access Pipeline

By The Dakotan on March 28, 2025

By: Mary Steurer (North Dakota Monitor) A federal judge dismissed the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers seeking to shutter the Dakota Access Pipeline, finding that the tribe must wait until the Army Corps finishes a key environmental study to bring another legal challenge against the agency. “No matter […]

More Than 300 Student Visas Revoked As Trump Cracks Down On Foreign Terrorist Supporters

By The Dakotan on March 28, 2025

Jaryn Crouson (Daily Caller News Foundation) More than 300 student visas have been revoked as the Trump administration works to crack down on student protesters who express support for Hamas and other terrorist organizations. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at a press conference Thursday that the administration is revoking visas from “lunatics” “every day” […]

North Dakota Senate defeats amended conversion therapy bill

By The Dakotan on March 28, 2025

By: Mary Steurer (North Dakota Monitor) The Senate on Thursday defeated a bill 22-25 that originally sought to legalize conversion therapy. Initially, House Bill 1430 bill would have authorized social workers to provide “a treatment plan or counseling plan that aligns with heterosexuality or the individual’s biological sex,” so long as it was freely chosen […]

People’s town hall draws overflow crowd in Fargo

By The Dakotan on March 28, 2025

By: Jeff Beach Air Force veteran David Kelsen stood on a stage and decried Trump administration plans to privatize health care through the Department of Veterans Affairs. “The VA should never be about making a profit any more than the active military force is,” Kelsen said to applause. Kelsen was among a group of speakers […]

Committee advances North Dakota property tax bill but reduces level of tax credit

By The Dakotan on March 28, 2025

By: Michael Achterling (North Dakota Monitor) The North Dakota Senate Appropriations Committee advanced a property tax bill Thursday, but adopted amendments such as reducing the proposed tax credit for homeowners. Senate Majority Leader Sen. David Hogue, R-Minot, supported amendments to House Bill 1176, a property tax proposal backed by Gov. Kelly Armstrong. Hogue proposed lowering the […]

Carbon pipeline company seeks dismissals of North Dakota court challenges

By The Dakotan on March 27, 2025

By: Jeff Beach (North Dakota Monitor) Summit Carbon Solutions is asking North Dakota judges to dismiss appeals in different legal challenges to its five-state carbon capture and storage project. Attorneys for Summit and North Dakota landowners argued a Summit request for dismissal in a Burleigh County Court on Tuesday. Landowners have appealed the legality of the North […]

Gov. Armstrong advocates for eliminating student cellphone use in public schools

By The Dakotan on March 27, 2025

By: Michael Achterling (North Dakota Monitor) Gov. Kelly Armstrong showed up at two committee hearings and held a press conference Wednesday to advocate for eliminating student cellphone use in North Dakota public schools. Identical amendments replacing most of the bill text were presented to both the Senate and House Education Committees during hearings on Senate Bill […]

Not Guilty: Nichole Rice Acquitted in Anita Knutson Murder Trial

By K.L. Collom on March 26, 2025

GRAND FORKS, ND – After a week of testimony and years of speculation, Nichole Rice has been found not guilty in the 2007 stabbing death of Anita Knutson. The verdict, delivered today by a Grand Forks County jury, brings a dramatic conclusion to a case that remained unsolved for nearly 15 years before Rice’s 2022 […]

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