EMT and medical student Jamey Sharp speaks at a press conference about protocols for ICE encounters at medical centers Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026 outside of Hennepin County Medical Center. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is auditing Hennepin Healthcare, which operates Minnesota’s largest safety net hospital, for compliance with immigrant…
Sen. Sean Cleary, R-Bismarck, asks a question during a Dec. 10, 2026, legislative committee meeting. (Photo by Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK (North Dakota Monitor) — Two state lawmakers have raised concerns to the State Investment Board that the $1.3 million in bonuses slated to go to the Retirement and Investment Office employees may be a violation of state law. Sen….
ST. PAUL, Minn. — On Thursday, Jan. 15, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced the launch of a form on the Minnesota Attorney General’s website that allows Minnesotans to share information about how they, or someone close to them, have been affected by federal actions in Minnesota, including those of the Department of Homeland Security. The Attorney General’s office released…
N.D. Attorney General Drew WrigleyBISMARCK — North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley issued an opinion on Thursday about whether the Williston Basin School District #7 violated the law by failing to provide records. According to the attorney’s office, the request came from a Nicole Johnson, who was asking for bid documents for the Innovation Academy renovation project that had been…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – North Dakota Democratic State Rep. Liz Conmy will run for a second term. Conmy represents District 11 in south Fargo. “Our south Fargo community is diverse, with needs in education, housing, childcare and healthcare,” Conmy said in a statement. “I will continue to focus on the issues relevant to my district, and work with all members of…
FARGO — Senate Minority Leader Kathy Hogan announced on Thursday, Jan. 15, that she will be retiring from the North Dakota Legislature at the end of her current term. Hogan was first appointed to represent Fargo’s District 21 in the state House of Representatives in 2009 and was elected to the position the following year. She served in the House…
Protesters confront federal agents outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Tom Baker)MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against the federal officers sent to Minneapolis to enforce his administration’s massive immigration crackdown. The president’s threat comes a…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal officer shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis after being attacked with a shovel and broom handle, further heightening the sense of fear and anger radiating across the city a week after an immigration agent fatally shot a woman in the head. Smoke filled the street Wednesday night near the site of the latest…
North Dakota Health and Human Services Interim Commissioner Pat Traynor speaks to lawmakers about incoming federal funding on Jan. 13, 2026. (Photo by Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota lawmakers took final steps this week to prepare for next week’s special session to authorize the spending of federal health care money. Congress last year created…
People attend a candlelight vigil at US Embassy in London, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, for US Citizen Renee Good, who was shot by ICE in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Renee Good ’s family is accusing federal immigration officers of killing the Minneapolis mother as she attempted to follow agents’ instructions, and said Wednesday they have hired the same law…
