The William L. Guy Federal Building pictured on Dec. 18, 2024, in Bismarck. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A North Dakota federal judge on Monday delivered the latest blow to the federal Council on Environmental Quality, finding that the agency for decades has exercised regulatory authority it doesn’t actually have. U.S. District Court Judge Dan Traynor…
South Central Judicial District Judge Jackson Lofgren presides over a trial to determine the constitutionality of North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors on Feb. 3, 2025. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A seven-day trial over North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors concluded Tuesday, though a final decision on the case is still…
WASHINGTON (AP) — As part of the Trump administration’s push to expand U.S. energy production, federal officials will review and consider redrawing the boundaries of national monuments created under previous presidents to protect unique landscapes and cultural resources. The review — laid out in a Monday order from new Interior Secretary Doug Burgum — is raising alarms among conservation groups…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO)– A 13 member city-run committee will be tasked with developing proposals for the planning and design of a new convention center in Fargo. The project was approved by voters in November when they passed a 3% lodging tax. Fifty-one percent of voters approved increasing the tax by 3% to 6%. It will be in effect for 25…
Protests against Project 2025 and President Donald Trump’s executive orders are planned for Wednesday at state Capitol buildings in all 50 states. The one day protest, also known as the 50501 Movement, are against Trump’s actions during his first few weeks back in the White House. Trump last fall denied he had anything to do with Project 2025. In North…
Lonna Jackson-Street, chair of the Spirit Lake Nation, speaks during a summit between state and tribal leaders on June 25, 2024. She testified last week in support of a bill that seeks to restore a motor vehicle excise tax exemption for tribal citizens. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A bill in the North Dakota House seeks…
Rep. Eric Murphy, R-Grand Forks, speaks on the House floor before a vote to reconsider his bill on public charter schools on Feb. 3, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A bill to establish public charter schools narrowly failed in the North Dakota House, but a similar proposal is being vetted by the Senate. House lawmakers…
MINOT, N.D. (KVRR) — Retired West Fargo Police Chief Denis Otterness will not be headed to Minot to serve as interim police chief. Minot City Council tonight voted for an alternate plan to keep current interim chief, Capt. Dale Plessas, in that role. The city manager had wanted to offer Otterness a six-month contract with the option to extend it…
Kaylie Langved (L), Tyler Langved (R). (photo: Williams Co. jail)WILLISTON, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Police are releasing the name of the victim and those of the suspects in a weekend murder investigation in Williston. A Williston Police Department spokesperson says officers were called to a home where Clay Kyllonen, 30, was suffering from a gunshot wound. First responders tried saving Kyllonen,…
Rep. Craig Headland, R-Montpelier, chair of the House Finance and Taxation Committee talks with vice chair, Rep. Jared Hagert, R-Emerado, before a public hearing on property tax reform on Jan. 14, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — House Bill 1335 would broaden North Dakotans’ eligibility for what is called the homestead property tax credit, which reduces or eliminates…
