WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden used his farewell address to the nation Wednesday to deliver stark warnings of an “oligarchy” of the ultra-wealthy taking root in the country and of a “tech-industrial complex” that is infringing on Americans' rights and the…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon and House Democrats have asked the state's highest court to intervene in a partisan power struggle that has roiled the start of the 2025 legislative session that extended into a second…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A judge is limiting the scope of a lawsuit challenging North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors after concluding three families don’t have standing to participate as plaintiffs. Luis Casas, a North Dakota…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Local government leaders told lawmakers Tuesday they’re ready to work on property tax reform, but expressed concerns about the state capping their budgets. The House Finance and Taxation Committee took testimony on a bill…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) -- South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is having her hearing to become the next Homeland Security Secretary pushed back from Wednesday to Friday. According to a committee aide, the FBI has yet to complete its portion of…
FARGO — The ACLU of North Dakota is weighing in on HB 1145. The bill would require a display of the Ten Commandments in public schools across the state. They cited the case of Stone…
UPDATE 8:29PM : Democrats respond to Republicans holding session in the House without them. Former Speaker of the House Rep. Melissa Hortman said, "Very strange afternoon indeed. We saw something on the floor of the Minnesota House of Representatives today…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Witnesses on Monday characterized the kratom plant as both as a dangerous and sometimes fatal drug and as a safe way to manage chronic pain and help people wean themselves off more dangerous opioids.…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (North Dakota Monitor) — The U.S. Supreme Court settled a North Dakota voting rights case Monday, leaving in place two majority-Native American subdistricts challenged as unconstitutional. “I’m glad that it’s finally been resolved,” said Rep. Lisa Finley-DeVille, a…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) -- "What a tradition of exellence. This shines such a bright light on our state. I like to talk a lot about American energy dominance. Well this right here is North Dakota…
