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Minnesota, 21 Other States Sue to Halt Dismantling of U.S. Education Department

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MINNEAPOLIS – Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and 21 other state attorneys are suing to stop dismantling the federal Department of Education. The lawsuit, filed in a Massachusetts federal court, claims the Trump administration’s massive reductions in the Education Department are unconstitutional and usurp congressional authority. It seeks a court order to halt the shutdown. Trump officials earlier this week…

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Judge orders Trump to reinstate probationary workers let go in mass firings

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(AP Photo/Ben Curtis)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of probationary workers let go in mass firings across multiple agencies. U.S. District Judge William Alsup on Thursday found the firings didn’t follow federal law and required immediate offers of reinstatement be sent. The agencies include the departments of Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Defense,…

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Former Greenpeace leader disputes allegations by Dakota Access Pipeline developer

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Greenpeace Senior Legal Adviser Deepa Padmanabha is pictured outside the Morton County Courthouse on March 3, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)MANDAN, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A former executive director of Greenpeace’s U.S. affiliate on Wednesday refuted accusations from the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline that the environmental group was a major force driving protests against the pipeline in…

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North Dakota lawmakers hear emotional testimony on resolution against same-sex marriage

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Bradley King of Bismarck holds up a photo of his daughter and her wife during a committee hearing on a resolution opposing same-sex marriage on March 12, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A North Dakota Senate committee voted 6-1 Wednesday to not issue a recommendation on a House resolution urging the U.S. Supreme Court to…
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Former Greenpeace employee tells jury he emphasized nonviolence at Dakota Access Pipeline protests

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MANDAN, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A former Greenpeace employee who trained demonstrators during the Dakota Access Pipeline protests told jurors Tuesday that he never engaged in underhanded efforts to undermine the pipeline. Greenpeace has spent the last two weeks on trial in Morton County District Court related to its involvement in the protests against the pipeline in 2016 and…

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Senate lawmakers weigh questions of fairness in North Dakota property tax debate

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Rep. Robin Weisz, R-Hurdsfield, testifies in favor of a property tax reform bill to a Senate committee on March 11, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Members of a Senate committee debated meaningful versus equitable property tax reform during hearings for two bills that would drastically affect how property tax is collected in the state. House…
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Man sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for damaging energy facilities in the Dakotas

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (North Dakota Monitor) — A Canadian man who pleaded guilty last fall to shooting at energy facilities in North Dakota and South Dakota was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison. Cameron Monte Smith, 50, also was ordered to pay more than $2 million in restitution after being convicted in U.S. District Court of two counts of destruction of…

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Dakota Access Pipeline developer outlines damage claims, rests case against Greenpeace

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Morton County deputies respond Aug. 31, 2016, to a Dakota Access Pipeline construction site where two protesters used devices to attach themselves to equipment. (Morton County Sheriff’s Office photo)MANDAN, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The $300 million trial between Dakota Access Pipeline developer and Greenpeace reached the halfway mark on Monday as the company wrapped up its side of the…

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Democrat Melissa Lopez-Franzen Enters Minnesota U.S. Senate Race

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ST. PAUL (KVRR/KFGO) — Former Minnesota Senate Minority Leader Melissa Lopez-Franzen is joining the race for U.S. Senate. The Democrat from Edina says she’s launching a campaign focused on fighting for working families and bringing common sense and decency to Washington. She served ten years in the state senate but left after new legislative maps were drawn in 2022. Democratic…

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