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People’s Session provides legislative wish list for 2027 session

By: Michael Achterling (North Dakota Monitor) Progressive North Dakotans who brainstormed ideas for the next legislative session want lawmakers to focus on three areas: strong schools, economic security and personal freedom. About 40 people broke into small groups at the North Dakota Heritage Center on Friday to discuss what they believe are the most pressing […]
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May 19, 2025

North Dakota governor issues 7 line-item vetoes, including lawmaker ‘immunity’ provision

By: Mary Steurer, Amy Dalrymple and Michael Achterling Gov. Kelly Armstrong issued seven line-item vetoes on six bills Monday, with many objections focused on policies he felt lawmakers “shoehorned” into budget bills or encroached on executive authority. One line-item veto was of a section of the Ethics Commission’s budget bill meant to protect lawmakers from […]
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May 19, 2025
Voters cast ballots at the Mandan Eagles Club in Morton County on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024. The Legislature advanced three statewide ballot measures North Dakota voters will consider in 2026. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)

North Dakota Legislature to put three ballot measures to voters in 2026

By: Michael Achtetling (ND Monitor) North Dakota lawmakers passed three ballot measures during the legislative session that will go to voters in 2026. If passed by a majority of voters, the state could see a new 60% voter threshold for passage of future constitutional changes; a single-subject rule that limits the scope of future ballot […]
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May 19, 2025
Soybeans grow in a field near Casselton, North Dakota on Aug. 7, 2024. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)

Soybean market changing for North Dakota farmers but China and tariffs still loom large

By: Jeff Beach (ND Monitor) Soybean grower Jim Thompson said there is no way to replace a customer the size of China, but North Dakota farmers have more options than they did in the 2018 Trump administration trade war.  The first Trump administration paid out $23 billion in relief to farmers who suffered a loss of trade […]
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May 19, 2025

Biden Cancer Announcement, New State HHS Head, Budget Bill Fallout, and More

Dunseith Debacle-New Update Traynor to step away from Dakota Medical Foundation to lead state health agency Read it here Gov. Kelly Armstrong has appointed Pat Traynor, president of the Dakota Medical Foundation, as interim head of North Dakota’s largest state agency — the Department of Health and Human Services. Traynor, who begins June 2, will […]
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May 19, 2025

U.S. House Republicans aim to ban state-level AI laws for 10 years

By: Paige Gross A footnote in a budget bill U.S. House Republicans are trying to pass before Memorial Day is the first major signal for how Congress may address artificial intelligence legislation, as they seek to create a moratorium on any AI laws at the state level for 10 years. The measure, advanced Wednesday as […]
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May 18, 2025
The U.S. House Budget Committee votes on Friday, May 16, 2025 on a massive reconciliation package. The vote failed, 16-21. (Screenshot from House webcast)

U.S. House right wing tanks Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ in Budget Committee

By: Ashley Murray and Jennifer Shutt WASHINGTON — Republicans suffered a major setback to their “big, beautiful bill” on Friday, when amid conservative objections the U.S. House Budget Committee failed to approve the measure, a crucial step in the process. In a 16-21 vote, Reps. Andrew Clyde of Georgia, Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma, Ralph Norman […]
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May 17, 2025

Traynor to step away from Dakota Medical Foundation to lead state health agency

By: ND Monitor The leader of the Dakota Medical Foundation will take a one-year leave from that position to head up the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services. Gov. Kelly Armstrong on Friday announced that Pat Traynor will serve as the interim leader for Health and Human Services beginning June 2.  Health and […]
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May 17, 2025
South Dakota state Rep. Karla Lems, R-Canton, speaks to hundreds of rally attendees at the South Dakota Capitol in Pierre on Jan. 13, 2025, during an event highlighting opposition to a carbon dioxide pipeline. (Photo by Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight)

Is Congress trampling on state laws protecting property rights against pipelines?

By: Jacob Fischler Lawmakers and advocates on the right and left are raising questions about a provision in legislation a powerful U.S. House committee approved Wednesday, with critics arguing it would allow federal regulators to approve natural gas and carbon dioxide pipelines over prohibitions in state law. Two sections in the House Energy and Commerce […]
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May 16, 2025

Road Construction, NAWS Update, Greenpeace Seeks Reduction, Supreme Court Talks Birthright Citizenship

16th Street SW Construction Begins May 27th Read it here Drivers in southwest Minot should brace for detours starting Tuesday, May 27, as the 16th Street SW Reconstruction Project gets underway. The project will close parts of 16th Street and the Burdick Expressway intersection for pavement removal and storm sewer upgrades. Temporary access will be […]
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May 16, 2025
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