Brittany Stewart, right, delivers the opening statement for the plaintiffs at the beginning of a trial over North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors on Jan. 27, 2025. Jess Braverman, another attorney for the plaintiffs, is shown at left. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A North Dakota teenager on Tuesday told a courtroom that gender-affirming…
Injecting carbon dioxide into oil wells to enhance oil recovery could have significant economic impacts for North Dakota, officials said Jan. 28, 2025. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota could see another $9 billion in oil tax revenue over 10 years if oil companies begin injecting carbon dioxide into oil wells on a…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota lawmakers are considering a bill that would divest money from the Legacy Fund away from Chinese-owned businesses. If passed, the bill would also initiate a review of all Legacy Fund investments to determine which direct holdings include securities of any Chinese companies. Indirect investments in Chinese-owned companies, such as through a mutual fund, would…
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR/NEWSDAKOTA) — A Valley City man makes his first court appearance after being arrested and charged with luring minors by computer and indecent exposure. 30-year-old Adam Liesener was arrested on Monday. Court documents say Valley City Police were tipped off last August that he had sent a nude picture to minors. He was working at Open Door…
President Donald Trump WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a push from President Donald Trump to pause federal funding while his administration conducts an across-the-board ideological review to uproot progressive initiatives. The Trump administration plan plunged the U.S. government — and states and organizations that rely on federal funding — into panic and confusion and set the stage…
Signs in protest of a carbon pipeline project sit along Highway 281 south of Ellendale, North Dakota, on Nov. 12, 2024. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Several bills related to carbon capture pipelines are set for hearings this week in the North Dakota Legislature covering topics including eminent domain, common carrier status and liability in the…
Sen. Bob Paulson, R-Minot, testifies in support of a bill during a public hearing at the Capitol on Jan. 24, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota school boards pushed back on a Senate bill that would require public comment periods during regular meetings of local subdivisions. Sen. Bob Paulson, R-Minot, said he is sponsoring Senate…
Plaintiff attorneys Jess Braverman, left, and Brittany Stewart appear in court on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, at the Burleigh County Courthouse in Bismarck, N.D., during the trial related to the state’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for kids. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A trial in a lawsuit seeking to strike down North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors began Monday,…
BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota Legislature is considering a bill that would increase taxes on tobacco products. Senate Minority Leader Kathy Hogan of Fargo is the sponsor of the bill. SB 2281 would raise the tax on a pack of cigarettes by 25 cents, to 69 cents. Cigars would see a tax of 32 percent while electronic cigarettes and vapes…
FARGO (KFGO) – A Fargo man charged with murder after telling police officers he killed his girlfriend and put her body in the closet has pleaded guilty. Randall Duffy called police last June and asked them to send someone to his apartment in the 3100 block of 33rd Street S. Duffy led officers to a closet where he had put…
