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Daily Brief: Fuller Announces Mayoral Run, VanWinkle Responds, Every Year Legislative Sessions defeated

Alderman Rob Fuller Announces bid for Mayor Full List Here Minot Alderman Rob Fuller officially announced his candidacy for mayor in a Monday interview with Jonathan Starr. Fuller, 52, was elected to the City Council in June 2023 and now enters the special election race following the recent resignation of Mayor Tom Ross. He joins […]

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April 15, 2025

Protesters opposing a bill that would raise the standard for proving liability for lawsuits involving pesticides peer through the windows of the Capitol on April 14, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)

Bill protecting pesticide availability prevails in North Dakota Senate

By: Jeff Beach (ND Monitor) The North Dakota Senate on Monday passed a bill that backers say ensures farmers in the state will have access to needed ag chemicals, while protesters outside the Capitol lobbied against legal protections for pesticide manufacturers. House Bill 1318, which is similar to legislation being considered in several other states, […]

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April 14, 2025

North Dakota Senate chambers. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)

North Dakota Senate defeats plan for legislative sessions every year

By: Jeff Beach (ND Monitor) The North Dakota Legislature will continue to meet every other year after the Senate on Monday defeated a bill to meet annually. House Bill 1408 called for shorter legislative sessions every year. It was seen by advocates as a way for North Dakota to be more nimble and to make it […]

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April 14, 2025

President of El Salvador refuses to return wrongly deported Maryland man to the US

By: Ashley Murray WASHINGTON — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele won’t return a Maryland man the United States erroneously deported to a mega-prison in his Central American country, he said Monday during a visit to the Oval Office. Sitting beside President Donald Trump, Bukele told reporters, “Of course I’m not going to do it.” Administration […]

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April 14, 2025

North Dakota lawmaker defends absence as she’s urged to go without pay for vacation

By: Michael Achterling (ND Monitor) North Dakota’s House majority leader urged a state lawmaker Monday to forgo her legislative pay for a week of the session she missed while taking a family vacation. Rep. Lori VanWinkle, R-Minot, returned Monday after missing five days at the Capitol to go with her family on an annual vacation. […]

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April 14, 2025

More than 5M could lose Medicaid coverage if feds impose work requirements

By: Shalina Chatlani(Stateline Reporter) Under an emerging Republican plan to require some Medicaid recipients to work, between 4.6 million and 5.2 million adults ages 19 to 55 could lose their health care coverage, according to a new analysis. The study, conducted by Urban Institute researchers with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, calculated that […]

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April 14, 2025

Alderman Rob Fuller Announces Bid for Mayor

Minot-Alderman Rob Fuller, 52, sat down with Jonathan Starr the morning of Monday April 14 to announce his intentions to run for Mayor. Fuller looks to give Minot a "fresh start" following the resignation of Tom Ross at the beginning of this month. Fuller was elected to city council in June of 2024 and looks […]

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April 14, 2025

Updated tribal textbooks detailing the history and culture of the five Native nations that share land with North Dakota will soon be available at public schools across the state. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)

Tribes, North Dakota partner to update 30-year-old textbooks on Native history

By: Mary Steurer (ND Monitor) Revised textbooks on the five Native American tribes that share land with North Dakota will be ready in time for next school year. For about three decades, the books went without updates due to a lack of funding, said Lucy Fredericks, director of Indian and multicultural education for the North […]

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April 14, 2025

Daily Brief: Weekend Wrap Up with Dire Wolves, Wild Fires, and a Legislative Round Up

Hunters Win Big: Legislature Overrides ND Game and Fish Ban Read it here North Dakota hunters scored a major legislative victory this week as lawmakers passed a bill overriding a state Game and Fish Department policy that restricted certain controversial hunting practices, including baiting on private lands. The bill, championed by rural legislators and hunting […]

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April 14, 2025

AI rendering of Adult Dire Wolves Romulus and Remus

Like a Phoenix Rising From the Ashes, Dire Wolves are Reborn: Could They Return to ND?-Collom's Column

Romulus, Remus, and now Khaleesi and Titus are the first living dire wolves in more than 10,000 years. Born through advanced genetic engineering in late 2024 and early 2025, these pups represent a monumental leap in science, one that has long been theorized over and now seems to be reality. Thanks to the work of […]

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April 12, 2025

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Daily Brief: Fuller Announces Mayoral Run, VanWinkle Responds, Every Year Legislative Sessions defeated

Bill protecting pesticide availability prevails in North Dakota Senate

North Dakota Senate defeats plan for legislative sessions every year

President of El Salvador refuses to return wrongly deported Maryland man to the US

North Dakota lawmaker defends absence as she’s urged to go without pay for vacation

More than 5M could lose Medicaid coverage if feds impose work requirements

Alderman Rob Fuller Announces Bid for Mayor

Tribes, North Dakota partner to update 30-year-old textbooks on Native history

Daily Brief: Weekend Wrap Up with Dire Wolves, Wild Fires, and a Legislative Round Up

Like a Phoenix Rising From the Ashes, Dire Wolves are Reborn: Could They Return to ND?-Collom's Column

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