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

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, […]
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April 28, 2025
Governor Langer’s pose in this portrait shows his characteristic energy.

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

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 […]
by K.L. Collom
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April 26, 2025
A Bismarck gas station displays the current per gallon rate for fuel on March 24, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)

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

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 […]
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April 26, 2025
North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong gives a student the pen he used to sign a bill establishing cellphone-free public schools during a signing ceremony April 15, 2025, at Bismarck’s Centennial Elementary. He was joined by first lady Kjersti Armstrong. (Photo provided by governor’s office)

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

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 […]
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April 25, 2025
Sen. Keith Boehm, R-Mandan, testifies in favor of a bill to address explicit content from school and public libraries during a committee hearing on Feb. 10, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)

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

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 […]
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April 25, 2025
Minot Lags Behind the State Averages for Mayoral Turnout

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

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 […]
by K.L. Collom
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April 25, 2025
DB:4/25/25

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

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 […]
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April 25, 2025

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

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 […]
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April 24, 2025
Gov. Kelly Armstrong signs a bill that seeks to prevent insurance prior authorization from blocking patients’ access to care in an April, 23, 2025, ceremony at the Capitol. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)

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

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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April 24, 2025
Rep. Ben Koppelman, left, R-West Fargo, asks a question to Rep. Mike Nathe, R-Bismarck, on the House floor on April 24, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)

North Dakota House kills final Education Savings Account bill of session

By: Michael Achterling and Amy Dalrymple (ND Monitor) The North Dakota House overwhelmingly rejected an Education Savings Account bill Thursday night, a day after the governor vetoed a similar bill. House members voted 78-14 against Senate Bill 2400, which sought to establish private school vouchers plus Education Savings Accounts for public school and homeschooled students. In vetoing House Bill […]
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April 24, 2025
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